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PATIOSCAPE

PATIOSCAPE

A NEW WAY OF CREATING BLOCK AND PATIOS

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PATIOSCAPE

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.

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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 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

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Clinic Detail plan

B-1 floor

B-1 floor

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B-2 floor

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Detail plan DETAILS

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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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15

50 m

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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

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B'

SECTION B-B' Perspective

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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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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

Rec Comtal

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Grass basin

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Patio

Sand slope

Path

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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

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COLLAGE

lawn road

lawn

road

path

lawn

path

lawn path

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DETAILS

Detail plan

PLAN

Carrer de Cartagena

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25 m

E'

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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