2050+ uses movable frontones to reclaim a parking lot for play in logroño, spain
2050+ reimagines a parking lot as public sporting infrastructure
Selected through the Ephemeral Agents international open call for the 2026 edition of Concéntrico, Frontones Danzantes is a temporary installation by 2050+ that transforms the Aparcamiento del Revellín in Logroño, Spain, into an open-air playground. The project draws on the traditions of Pelota Vasca, a sport that uses architectural surfaces as part of the game, to explore how athletic activity can reactivate underused urban spaces and foster new forms of collective occupation.
‘The devices can be placed everywhere, reclaiming public space through sport and bringing people together. It’s part of a wider reflection on the fact that public space and activities like this are disappearing everywhere. For us, it’s a way to re-inject activities into public space,’ Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli tells us.
The intervention proposes a flexible system of sporting infrastructures designed to support movement, gathering, and social interaction. Installed within a parking lot surrounded by local sports facilities, the project temporarily shifts the function of the site away from circulation and storage toward participation and public life.
Even before Concéntrico’s official opening, the installation had already begun fulfilling its intended purpose. Within hours of its completion, local residents gathered around the movable frontones to play basketball, turning the parking lot into an impromptu space for collective recreation.
all images by Sara Cuerdo, unless stated otherwise
three movable frontones support different forms of play
At the center of the installation by 2050+ are four mobile frontones, each dedicated to a different activity: Pelota Vasca, basketball, football, and climbing. Distributed across the site, the structures can be repositioned and reconfigured according to different uses and events, allowing the spatial organization of the parking lot to evolve over time.
The project expands the fronton beyond its original sporting context, turning it into a multifunctional device to reclaim public space. Frontones Danzantes considers sport as a mechanism for producing temporary commons within the city, encouraging locals and visitors to move, gather, and compete within a shared environment. The project continues the ongoing research of the Milan-based multidisciplinary practice into the spatial dimension of sport and its ability to transform urban environments. Curator and researcher Erica Petrillo explains that the studio is interested in ‘sport and in the act of play as a tool to reclaim public space, as a tool to transform urban settings, cities.’
image by Josema Cutillas
drawing from local architecture and sporting culture
‘Inspired by Pelota Vasca, we decided to create walls where they didn’t exist, occupying a space that used to be a parking lot. It’s a way to carve out spaces where they didn’t exist before,’ Erica Petrillo shares.‘The specificity of Pelota Vasca is that it is a game in which you hit a ball against already existing facades, so it’s a way of repurposing urban space and transforming it into a playground.’
The geometry of the structures references surrounding and historical architectures, connecting the intervention to the urban fabric of Logroño, reinterpreting familiar forms as sporting equipment. 2050+ seeks to bridge physical and social gaps embedded within the site, using play as a tool to reconnect fragmented urban conditions.
Presented during Concéntrico 2026, the installation contributes to ongoing discussions about how temporary architecture can test alternative uses for public space and how adaptable and low-impact interventions can reveal new possibilities for collective life in cities.
the geometry of the structures references surrounding and historical architectures | image by Josema Cutillas
visitors are invited to use and reconfigure the structures throughout the festival
the intervention transforms parking infrastructure into a temporary playground
three movable frontones can be repositioned across the site | image by Josema Cutillas
the basketball fronton draws on local architectural forms and sporting traditions | image by Josema Cutillas
the structures combine steel frames, wheels, and painted panels | image ©designboom
players use the movable walls for basketball and other forms of collective recreation
a fronton designed for Pelota Vasca occupies the former parking lot
a flexible system of sporting infrastructures designed to support movement, gathering, and social interaction
the 2050+ team with Frontones Danzantes at Concéntrico 2026
project info:
name: Frontones Danzantes
designer: 2050+ | @2050.plus
festival: Concéntrico 2026 | @concentricofestival
location: Aparcamiento del Revellín, Logroño
team: Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, Sara Barbini, Francesca Lantieri, Erica Petrillo, Massimo Tenan, Marco Gambarè, Davide Marcianesi, Livia Mazzocchetti, Sofia Tapia Buchelli
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