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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.

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Comment on the project by Aina Pont

CONTINUITY IN TWO STAGES

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CONTINUITY IN TWO STAGES

The railway and Catalana Avenue draw two key guidelines that become the basic framework of the proposal. They are understood as two spines that intensify urban uses and movements around this area.
The tram follows a boomerang-shaped path that puts together both segments of the Gran Via.
A double urban continuity is granted by the multiplicity of intersections and the geometric superpositions of the project.

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Comment on the project by Marina Povedano

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.

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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.

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Comment on the project by Carla Patsi