GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
RELATIONS
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
RELATIONS
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
RELATIONS
HORTA GUINARDO
SANT MARTI
SARRIA SANT GERVASI
GRACIA
EIXAMPLE CIUTAT VELLA
LES CORTS
GRID LOCATION
STREET
EIXAMPLE:
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
RELATIONS
FORMULAS CHOSEN AREA DIMENSIONS 484,180 sqm TOTA L S I Z E
BUILT-STREET RATIO 57 % BUILT ( 279,770 sqm) 43 % STREET ( 204,410 sqm)
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
RELATIONS
THE GRID PLAN Distance between pts: 140 m
STREET TYPES A: AVENUE 50 m B: MAJOR STREET 30 m C: REGULAR STREET 20 m A
B
B
C
C
A
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
RELATIONS
THE GRID PLAN
THE BLOCK
Distance between pts: 140 m
Unit size 113 m x 113 m
A: AVENUE 50 m B: MAJOR STREET 30 m C: REGULAR STREET 20 m
Corner length: 20 m
STREET TYPES
CHAMFER
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
RELATIONS
h=21m
HEIGHT DETERMINATION STREET TYPE A REGULAR STREET
min 21m
BUILDING
max 27m
street width 20m
20m
20m
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
RELATIONS
h=24m
HEIGHT DETERMINATION STREET TYPE B MAJOR STREET
min 21m
BUILDING
max 27m
street width 30m
30m
30m
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
RELATIONS
h=27m
HEIGHT DETERMINATION STREET TYPE C AVENUE
min 21m
BUILDING
max 27m
street width 50m
50m
50m
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
RELATIONS
TYPE C: AVENUE
5m
5m 6m one direction
A
18 m two directions
5m 6m one direction
B
5m
C
w= 50 m h= 27 m
w= 31 m h= 24m
9m one direction 3m 4.5 m
TYPE A: REGULAR
4.5 m
5m
Bicycle Vehicles 5m
Pedestrian
21m one direction
TYPE B: MAJOR
w=21 m h= 21 m
GRID LOCATION Park
STREET
Monument
Open Space
OPEN SPACE Open Private Garden
Diagonal
BUILDING
Pocket Garden
Passage Horizontal
RELATIONS Passage Vertical
Full Built
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
EXISTING RELATIONS BETWEEN BLOCKS
RELATIONS
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
RELATIONS
La Sagrada Familia
1
3
1 Plaรงa de Braus
2
St. Albertus Magnus
2 3
GRID LOCATION
STREET
OPEN SPACE
BUILDING
La Sagrada Familia 40 % OPEN
RELATIONS
IMPORTANT
Built > 62,963 sqm Open> 42,167 sqm 6 Opening blocks
Plaรงa de Braus 16 % OPEN
11 % OPEN
Built > 61,100 sqm Open> 11,500 sqm 4 Opening blocks
St. Albertus Magnus Built > 67,474 sqm Open> 8,839 sqm 2 Opening blocks
UNIMPORTANT
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
min
max COVERAGE
113
113
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
1
min 0.50
COVERAGE
max 1
113
113
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
2
0.5 COVERAGE
max 1
113
min 0.50
113
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
3
0.8 COVERAGE
max 1
113
min 0.50
113
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
4
1 COVERAGE
max 1
113
min 0.50
113
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
Block Examples
0
min 0.50
0.5
0.8
0.9
0.97
1
max 1
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
1. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK WITH PASSAGE
PARCEL DIMENSIONS BLOCK SIZE
21m 27m
sqm
SITE AREA=11,251
8m
21m
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
COVERAGE= 0.602 ( 6,778 sqm)
72m 24m
GROSS FLOOR AREA=48,211
72m
20m
88m
88m
20m
FAR( FLOOR AREA RATIO) =4.28
2. CLOSED BLOCK BLOCK SIZE
24m 27m
SITE AREA=12,914
24m 30m
24m
27m 21m 24m
COVERAGE= 0.971 ( 12,546 sqm)
87m
18m 21m
GROSS FLOOR AREA=83,487 20m
87m
sqm
88m
88m
FAR( FLOOR AREA RATIO) =6.46
20m
3. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK BLOCK SIZE
SITE AREA=12,688
27m 21m
83m
15m 12m
6m 15m
9m
COVERAGE= 0.730 ( 9,274 sqm)
21m
18m
GROSS FLOOR AREA=50,335 20m
83m 86m 20m
sqm
86m
FAR( FLOOR AREA RATIO) =3.96
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
1. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK WITH PASSAGE FACADE OPENESS C
12m 10m
B
D 72m
72m
20m
88m
FACADE A
FACADE C
61%
14%
54m
34m
-
A
20m
2. CLOSED BLOCK C
B
D
NO OPEN FACADES
87m
87m
20m
88m
88m
A
20m
3. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK C
B
D
72m
11m 20m
83m 86m 20m
54m
A
31m
FACADE A
FACADE B
63%
14%
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES URBAN USES
1. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK WITH PASSAGE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL RELIGION EDUCATION
2. CLOSED BLOCK RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL RELIGION EDUCATION
3. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL RELIGION EDUCATION
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
1. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK WITH PASSAGE 9
17
8 7
19
5
20
4 3
321
18
1 2
6
2
PARCEL DIMENSIONS AVERAGE PARCEL SIZE
16
10 11 12 13 14 15
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
1
21
sqm
2. CLOSED BLOCK AVERAGE PARCEL SIZE
7 1
2
3
4
5
6
8 9
27
31
26
28
25
29
24
30
33
10
360
11 32
12 13
23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16
sqm
14
15
3. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK AVERAGE PARCEL SIZE 2
3
1 4 6 7
5
1240 sqm
LARGER PARCEL= PUBLIC PROGRAM
BLOCK DEVELOPMENT
HEIGHT
CASE STUDIES
PARCEL TYPOLOGIES
1. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK WITH PASSAGE
OPEN SPACES OPEN SPACE SIZE 4500 sqm
1
40%
2. CLOSED BLOCK OPEN SPACE SIZE 360 sqm
3% 3. "U" ONE-SIDED OPEN BLOCK OPEN SPACE SIZE(sqm) 3929 sqm
31%
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
BLOCKS AT FULL COVERAGE RATE
>>
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
LACK OF OPEN PUBLIC SPACES
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
BLOCKS AT FULL COVERAGE RATE
>>
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
SEALED TO PEDESTRAINS >> REDUCED WALKABILITY RATE
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
FULL COVERAGE + ORTHOGONAL GRID
>>
PARAMETRIC DESIGN PEDESTRAINS ROUTE= VEHICLES ROUTE
NO ROUTE DIFFRENTIATION BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
PARTIAL SUBTRACTION OF COVERAGE >> MORE OPEN PUBLIC SPACES
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
CREATION OF SUPER-BLOCKS
>>
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
HIERARCHY FOR GENERIC BLOCKS
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS 1. DETERMINE GRID AXES
URBAN STRATEGIES
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
2. DETERMINE INTERSECTIONS
SIGNIFICANT TYPE 1
TYPE 2
TYPE 3 PERIPHERAL
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
3. CLASSIFICATION OF BLOCK BY INTERSECTIONS HIGHER GRADE= SIGNIFICANT
AVERAGE a
c
b
d
a+b+c+d 4
= 1 pts = 2 pts = 3 pts
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
4. CLASSIFICATION BY PROXIMITY TO MONUMENT HIGHER GRADE= SIGNIFICANT
a
c
b
d
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
5. DIVISION OF BLOCK TO PIXELS
>>
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
SUBTRACTION OF PARCELS
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
SUBTRACTION STRATEGY
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
5. DIVISION OF BLOCK TO PIXELS
>>
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
SUBTRACTION OF PARCELS
ONE OUTER SUBTRACTION= 4 INNER PIXELS SUBTRACTION
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
6. CREATION OF ANTI-NETWORK
ROAD CONTAINTS MIN 1 SUBTRACT MEETS ANOTHER MIN 1 SUBTRACT=
ANTI-NETWORK CONNECTION
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
7. CREATION OF SUPERBLOCK
ROAD CONTAINTS MIN 60% FACADE OPENESS MEETS ANOTHER MIN 60% FACADE OPENESS=
SUPER BLOCK CONNECTION
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
DESIGN OPTIONS 1. EXISTING STUDY AREA
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
DESIGN OPTIONS 2. TOWERS OPTION
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
DESIGN OPTIONS 3. PARKS OPTION
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
URBAN PLANNING EXISTING PROBLEMS
URBAN STRATEGIES
DESIGN OPTIONS 4. OPEN BLOCKS OPTION
PARAMETRIC DESIGN
OPEN BLOCK OPTION
EXISITING MODEL
TOWER OPTION
PARKS OPTION
OPEN BLOCK OPTION
EXISITING MODEL
TOWER OPTION
PARKS OPTION
OPEN BLOCK OPTION
EXISITING MODEL
TOWER OPTION
PARKS OPTION
OPEN BLOCK OPTION
EXISITING MODEL
TOWER OPTION
PARKS OPTION
OPEN BLOCK OPTION
EXISITING MODEL
TOWER OPTION
PARKS OPTION
OPEN BLOCK OPTION
EXISITING MODEL
TOWER OPTION
PARKS OPTION
OPEN BLOCK OPTION
EXISITING MODEL
TOWER OPTION
PARKS OPTION