Countless stone fences, schist and lime walls, windmills, clear-water troughs and wells stretch across the rolling terrain surrounding San Silvestre de Guzmán, in Huelva’s Andévalo region. The local building tradition—tied to the stewardship of the land and its agricultural and livestock activities—manifests in the public spaces of the town center: unmarked stone fences have been quietly repurposed as road boundaries, seating tiers and planters, a heritage the Clara Campoamor square regeneration project seeks to embrace and reimagine.

The intervention creates a new edge element for the square, connecting to existing urban features and defining an open civic space that flows into the rest of San Silvestre de Guzmán. This space weaves in iconic local elements: water, fountains, seating and native flora. The square is shielded from traffic noise and pollution by a series of built features: a boundary wall integrated with seating tiers; raised planters filled with Andévalo’s native vegetation—strawberry trees, holm oaks and rosemary; water features; and vantage points that frame views of the surrounding landscape.

The square is anchored by a permeable paved earthen expanse that delineates a social gathering area, open toward the town and intentionally enclosed at the far end of the walkway. Complementing the new trees, a linear bench is set into the landscape, with a curved flower bed of fertile soil at its base housing shrubs that add color, scent and texture to the space. Above this bench, a vegetated pergola provides solar shading, creating new shaded zones for use during periods of extreme heat. Nestled beneath the existing pine trees, the project culminates in a shallow water feature and a stone pillar, infusing this urban fringe space with the sound of running water and a gentle sense of humidity.