Tag Archives: Parc

ON EITHER SIDE

ON EITHER SIDE

Diagonal Avenue becomes a highway after its last traffic light, beside the RACC’s building. How could we extend its urban continuity?

The north side could continue through Sant Joan de Déu’s Hospital after crossing Cervantes Park reverting its current eccentric position. At the southern side, another arm can connect with the sports area with a straight trace that could be parallel to Ronda de Dalt improving the connection with Collblanc streets.

Comment on the project by Víctor Morer, Sandra Pou, Joana Rahola, Joaquim Sellas and Jorge Suárez.

A PARK ON THE ROOF

A PARK ON THE ROOF

Although there is almost no clear relationship between the station and Espanya Industrial Park, its position and scale could have a more important role at this particular area of Barcelona. We can take advantage of the lost square meters of the station’s roof and convert it as a great collective space that could complements the existing park.

This proposal considers the potential of the station’s roof as a green carpet and takes the opportunity to open large skylights for the main hall underneath.

This new masterplan more complex and rich that the existing improves both the quality of the surrounding area and the station’s internal configuration.

Comment on the project by d’Adriana Campmany

SENSING NATURE

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

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

FROM LA TORRASSA TO LES PLANES PARK

FROM LA TORRASSA TO LES PLANES PARK

The project arises from the hypothesis that a new lineal park could establish a connection between the railroad junction and Les Planes Park up to Collserola.
A large park hides the railway tracks and provides a new façade for the surrounding urban fabric of Santa Eulàlia. The green link between Lla Torrassa Park and Les Planes Park is provided by Catalunya Avenue.
A green corridor replaces the existing noise and train traffic.

Comment on the project by Guillem Ros

A PLATFORM FOR THE PARK

A PLATFORM FOR THE PARK

This solution proposes the extension of the platform to La Torrassa Park. The new buildings both create a diverse combination of volumes, stairs and ramps and also a new central space in the hinge between the different neighbourhoods. The longitudinal direction of the urban space is thus reinforced.

Comment on the project by Ernest Planes