Tag Archives: Besòs

A DOUBLE STREET STRUCTURE

A DOUBLE STREET STRUCTURE

Both sides of the Gran Via are extended to the other side of the Besòs River. Two new complementary streets reinforce this connection.
Those new roads multiply the mobility opportunities of this particular space, enhancing a better accessibility to a sector that had only been used so far by vehicular traffic.
The existing activities (sports and leisure) and new metropolitan facilities consolidate an urban link reinforced by a double road network.

Comment on the project by Samuel Llovet

A STRAIGHT STREET WITH TRAMWAY

A STRAIGHT STREET WITH TRAMWAY

The project starts with the design of a straight street right through the middle of the infrastructure junction and without affecting the two main flows. This solution could help to reduce the impact of the large loops that allows the connection between the traffic of the Ronda Highway and Gran Via.
As a response to the idea of urban continuity, the Gran Via façade is extended into the cloverleaf, thus transforming it into a park with a wide range of facilities.
The tramway becomes the main element of the new street, connecting the two sides of the river, allowing an easy access to the new facilities and improving the accessibility of the Besòs river park.

Comment on the project by Aina Pont

LARGE ARTIFACTS

LARGE ARTIFACTS

While the left side of the river has been consolidated through successive operations, there hasn’t been a similar attention for the right side yet.
This exercise considers the urban structure of La Catalana and uses it as a part of a large urban idea. It proposes to create a new volumetric development by the River Besòs linear park and to extend it to the railway tracks leading to Badalona.
In the perpendicular direction the Gran Via is enhanced with the intersection with the new riverfront. A future system of platforms and photovoltaic pergolas is imagined as an extension of the singular elements of the Forum-Besòs masterplan.

Comment on the project by Ada Sánchez

CONTINUITY IN TWO STAGES

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

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.