PATIOSCAPE
PATIOSCAPE
A NEW WAY OF CREATING BLOCK AND PATIOS
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Cerda’s plan made Barcelona city famous for its Exiample blocks. However, unlike Cerda’s expectation, the buildings inside the block replaced the small parks that were originally planned to accommodate the increasing number of people. Barcelona is such a dense city that there are limited public spaces for leisure and entertainment. The small patio enclosed by layers of buildings become a “public space” where most residents living in the block can resort to rest. Patios are places for buildings to breathe, in the city center, we want to create a series of patios for the city to breathe. Located in Les Glories, this site is surrounded by blocks and 4 main passages crossing through. As a new city park and public space, this project aims to reveal this understanding and experience of the city, creating Exiample blocks and patios by vegetation - inverse the experience between building patio and natural patio, which establish a connection with urban context. At the same time, we use topography and vegetation as our major strategies to enhance patios in the park, bringing an experience of different scales of natural patios to the citizens. The Independent Course 3
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CONCEPT
Typical Eixample Block
Patio in the block Big scale patios
Patios around the site
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A central park as big pa
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Block & patio &buildings
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Patios in the building for light Small scale patios
Small patios inside the park
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RESEARCH
Site location —— Les Glories
Extension of original block paths
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New transportat
New path system
tion circulation
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Preservation of four important roads and Rec Comtal
Relationship between Enviromental Health Clinic and the Park
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DIAGRAMS BUILDING PATIO VS. CANOPY PATIO
Building Patio
Canopy Patio
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Access
Drainage
Elevation
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DIAGRAMS
The population around the site
Patio location
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Tree distribution: According to the population
Patio distribution
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Organize trees in each block
New patio scale works for human scale
Define voids into patio circles
Final patio plan
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DIAGRAMS
Hill: by trunks and leaves
Basin: by elevation difference
Enhance patio enclosure feeling - Topography
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Closer to patio, Taller and larger trees.
By pedestrians, bushes create entrances. By patios, bushes strenthen enclosure feeling.
Enhance patio enclosure feeling - Vegetation planting
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DIAGRAMS
Infrastructure influences vegetation planting
TREE STUDY
EVERGREEN
DECIDUOUS
EVERGREEN
Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean cypress)
Olea europaea (Olive)
DECIDUOUS
EVERGREEN
STREET TREES
IMPORTANT NATIVE TREES
SPECIES
Shallow-root plants planted on infrastructure
Sophora japonica (Pagoda tree)
Ligustrum lucidum (Glossy privet)
Phoenix dactylifera (Date palm)
DECIDUOUS
IMPORTANT NATIVE TREES Robinia pseudoacacia (Black locust)
Celtis australis (Mediterranean hackberry)
Quercus ilex (Holm Oak)
STREET TREES
Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)
Tipuana tipu (Rosewood)
Platanus x hispanica (London plane)
ROOT
HEIGHT
10m ~ 25m
8m ~ 15m
15m ~ 20m
5m ~ 12m
20m ~ 23m
10m ~ 20m
4m ~ 8m
4m ~ 6m
6m
6m ~ 8m
4m ~ 10m
Medium
Medium
12m ~ 25m
8m ~ 25m
10m ~ 20m
15m ~ 30m
20m ~ 40m
8-10m
5m ~ 15m
15m ~ 25m
6m ~ 12m
Dry
Dry to Medium
Medium
Medium to wet
WIDTH 2-4m
10-15m
Dry
Medium
WATER Medium
Medium
Medium
LIGHT
Full light
VISUAL USE color
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OLFACTORY USE aroma ANIMAL USE fruit
Tree Study
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Full light to partial shade
Full light to partial shade
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Full light to shade
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Full light to partial shade
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Full light
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Full light to partial shade
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Full light
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Full light to partial shade
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Deep-root plants planted away from infrastructure
Final vegetation planting plan
Bush Study
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ROOT PLAN
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MASTER PLAN
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SECTION
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DETAILS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CLINIC PLAN Environmental Health
Ground floor
First floor 20 University of Virginia
Clinic Detail plan
B-1 floor
B-1 floor
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Detail plan DETAILS
C Rec
al omt
PLAN
A
Perspective section A-A'
SECTION A-A'
Pedestrian Road Pedestrian
Lawn Lab
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Patio entrance 1
Lawn Lab
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ec Comtal water tank
Lawn
Patio entrance 2
Observatory room Renfe Rodalies
Lawn
Path
Reception room 0
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DETAILS COLLAGES
Collage - from different perspectives
Look up the clinic's patio entrance
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Overlo
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Overlook the Rec Comtal water tank
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DETAILS
Detail plan
Collage
PLAN B
Carrer del Consell de Cent
Rec Comtal
N
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B'
SECTION B-B' Perspective
section B-B'
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Road
Grass slope
25 m
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COLLAGE
Small Patio
Rec Comtal
Big Patio
Path 0
Small Patio
Rec Comtal
Big Patio
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25 m
Path 0
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25 m
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DETAILS Detail plan PLAN C
Carrer del Consell de Cent
Rec Comtal
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25 m
C'
Perspective section C-C'
SECTION C-C'
Grass basin
Grass basin
Grass basin
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Pedestrian
Road
Sand slope
Patio
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Collage COLLAGE
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Grass basin
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Patio
Sand slope
Path
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DETAILS
Detail plan
PLAN
Collage
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50 m
Perspective section D-D' SECTION D-D'
Road
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Spiral ramp hill
10
25 m
PATIOSCAPE
COLLAGE
lawn road
lawn
road
path
lawn
path
lawn path
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DETAILS
Detail plan
PLAN
Carrer de Cartagena
E
N
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25 m
E'
SECTION E-E'
Perspective section E-E'
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Pedestrian
Grass
Pedestrian
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Collage COLLAGE
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Patio
Grass
Theater
Grass
Theater
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