Tag Archives: Façana

TO SANT JOAN DESPÍ

TO SANT JOAN DESPÍ

This proposal articulates a new Avenue to St. Joan Despí at the main highway space. The different relations between the Highway and its built surroundings are analyzed and with a systematic strategy a new organization is proposed that provides continuity to its sides, providing sidewalks, tramways and green spaces.
The open section of the Avenue allows to propose platforms where parks and facilities can be located, following the example of Ronda de Dalt. Some punctual interventions intensify the urban fabric and the tissues that form the new façade.

Comment on the project by Minerva Ramírez and Carlos Tugores

CONTINOUS FACADES?

CONTINOUS FACADES?

Although this corner could become representative as the ones at Passeig de Sant Joan or Passeig . de Gràcia, it is now just an empty spot.

The lack of continuity of the façades in this area generates an urban interruption and the lack of commercial activities. That could be one of the reasons why nowadays there are no bus lines crossing the full lenght of the avenue.

The proposal

suggests a fearless and clear intensification of the existint gardens by occupying it with a large mall that follows the sequence that has been used throughout the Diagonal Avenue (El Corte Inglés, la Illa, Diagonal Mar).

Comment on the project by Marc Rúcula

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

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.