Tag Archives: Viaducte

A JUNCTION AS AN INTERCHANGE

A JUNCTION AS AN INTERCHANGE

The two-level junction of Diagonal Avenue with Ronda de Dalt is multiplied with the aim of proposing a great hub at that same spot. The already planned coach terminal is placed here and also an elongation of the L3 Metro Line.
The expressivity of infrastructural traces become the main element at this case. Superposition is manifested both underground and externally with new volumes located beside big surfaces serving Barcelona’s mobility: halls, parking and squares.

Comment on the project by Luis Bellera, Ferran Iglesias and Chantal Marfà

THE FIRST FACADES

EL PRIMER TRAM DE FAÇANES

El projecte condensa totes les accions al tram entre el nus viari i l’Avinguda dels Països Catalans d’Esplugues. La Diagonal estira la seva urbanitat fins allí gràcies a la solució elevada de les connexions entre Ronda de Dalt i la B-23 i aconsegueix així l’acumulació de nous programes metropolitans i de barri a peu de carrer. La secció de l’avinguda pren gruix amb els nous volums i usos que l’acompanyen.
A escala del projecte urbà s’assagen múltiples variacions volumètriques a la façana de la Diagonal, que busquen establir un nou ordre articulant alhora els antics darreres. L’espai es densifica situant un nou intercanviador (amb autobusos urbans i interurbans, metro, taxi i bicicletes) que identifica la posició estratègica de l’enllaç.

Comment on the project by Toni Cladera

TENSIONING THE TRAMWAY TROUGH THE PARK

TENSIONING THE TRAMWAY TROUGH THE PARK

The tram line is stretched as a string, its slope and height become the key decisions of the proposal.
The new tramway would start passing under the Gran Via and, then,it would continue by a tunnel until arriving to the intersection with the Ronda Highway. At that point the tram would cross the river at the right left in order to meet the left border under the viaduct.
The project generates a new park for the city on the free space left by the road junction. It also provides a new river-front façade all along the river Besòs.

Comment on the project by Aina Santiago

NEW ALIGNED STATIONS

NEW ALIGNED STATIONS

Two new tramway stops along the Gran Vía Avenue become theorigin for the transformation of the area.
The first one is located between the railway and the new axis Via Trajana-Sant Ramon de Penyafort St. It provides new facilities to ensure the continuity between the Gran Via Avenue and the vertical street pattern.
The second one is located by the river, improving the accessibilityof the isolated blocks of La Catalana as well as introducing leisure facilities into that privileged position.
The urban activity as a result of the new stops aims to revitalize a third existing stop located right after the second one under the highway where now lies the market.

Comment on the project by Carla Patsi

AN EMBEDDED COMPASS

The junction of Rambla de Marina with the railway track and Gran Via becomes a place of high intensity. The project reveals this situation and draws, from this specific point, two great avenues that become real links between different metropolitan districts. Those two new curve-shaped guidelines shows how new metropolitan elements can still be imagined on this area.

Gran Via is lifted and converted into aa viaduct, thus becoming an artefact which is both infrastructure and architecture. This important street is divided into two separate levels: a more fast and metropolitan way at the top and new local services and facilities underneath.

Comment on the project by Àlvaro Clua.

GRAN VIA AS AN OVERPASS

GRAN VIA AS AN OVERPASS

Gran Via’s continuous façade is extended from the Eixample to Cerdà Square. From that point, the housing blocks, large boxes, old warehouses and high-rise towers are arranged in creating a diverse succession of empty and built spaces.
The Project transforms Gran Via into a viaduct and a entral urban artery . A sequence of new buildings are displayed along the transversal streets that connect the different hospitals and the other facilities on this area.
The correct dimension and dialogue between the façades, the shadows and the corners becomes the key element of the proposal and a good way of taking care of the human scale at that place.
The intensity of the project allows to free space towards the Llobregat River.

Comment on the project by Pau villalonga and Guillem J. Pons.