RAUL BIEL SA
Masterplanner / Landscape & Urban Designer / Architect
Experience April 2020
Public Practice / St Albans City & DC UK Associate / Urban Design Officer
+ Strategic Sites [+1,000 u] Masterplanning Design Guidance / Design Tracker + Hemel Garden Communities [+10,000 u] Spatial Vision / Framework Plan / Urban Design Advice
Mar 2020 Feb 2019
Prior + Partners London UK Urban Designer / Masterplanner
+ San Jose Downtown West Mixed Use Plan, California, US Spatial Vision / Framework Plan / Station Development / Urban Realm Strategy + Silvertown Quays Masterplan, London, UK Phase 1 RMA / Strategic diagrams / 3D visualizations / Urban Realm Design
Raul
is a Spanish architect and urban designer based in London with an interest in urban and territorial transformation and a focus on urban research, interactive cartographies, policies and landscape. He holds a MArch from Zaragoza University (Spain) and a Landscape Urbanism MSc from Architectural Association (AA). As Urban Designer at St Albans City & DC, Raul is providing specialist urban design expertise and capacity on the master planning, and detailed design guidance for a series of major urban extensions, including Hemel Garden Communities. He has also been a technical tutor at the Architectural Association (AA) and Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) teaching geomorphological computer simulations.
Groundlab London UK Sep 2017 Design Consultant May 2016 +Alameda Providencia Corridor, Santiago, Chile
Urban Realm Design development / Design Guidelines / Detail design +Garden Courtyard/ Hellowood, Hungary Temporary Pavilion / Concept Design / Models / Detail design / Construction +Sochi Post Olympic Development, Russia [Competition (Shortlisted)] Masterplan / Landscape Design
May 2015 Dec 2014
PUPC Research Group Zaragoza University Spain Urban Research Intern
+ Riverbank Strategy for the Euphrates River, Nasiriyah, Iraq Framework Plan / Urban & Landscape Strategy
Teaching Oct 2020
Master in City & Technology IAAC Barcelona Spain Technical Tutor
+ River computer simulations
+44 7563854172 / bielsaperezraul@gmail.com / London UK Nov 2019 Nov 2018
Landscape Urbanism Master AA London UK Technical Tutor
+ Coastal & River computer simulations
Education Sep 2018 Sep 2017
Architectural Association London UK MSc Landscape Urbanism
+ Pass with distinction + Design Thesis published in Landscape as Territory, Clara O, 2019
Sep 2016 Sep 2014
EINA Zaragoza University Spain Master’s in Architecture
Sep 2014 Sep 2009
EINA Zaragoza University Spain Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture
+ Published in Urban Regeneration (II) Proposals for Balsas de Ebro Viejo, 2015
+ Mention in Urban Project and Landscape + 2012-13 Erasmus ITU Istanbul Turkey
Computer Skills
Adobe Illustrator ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ InDesign ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚪ Photoshop ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ Premiere ⚫⚫⚪⚪⚪ 2D/3D Rhinoceros ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ Autocad ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ Sketchup ⚫⚫⚫⚪⚪ GIS ArcGis ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ QGIS ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚪ Simulation CEM_coastal ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚪ CAESAR_river ⚫⚫⚫⚪⚪ Scripting Grasshopper ⚫⚫⚫⚪⚪ Processing ⚫⚫⚪⚪⚪ Python ⚫⚫⚪⚪⚪ Office Excel ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚪ Word ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚪ Power-point ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫ ⚫
Languages Mother language Other languages
Spanish English C1
Other Interest Flute & Piano Grade 6 Graphic Design Video Edition
HEMEL GARDEN COMMUNITIES
DOWNTOWN WEST + DIRIDON STATION
FISH MATCH
Spatial Vision / ST ALBANS CITY & DC
Framework Plan / PRIOR + PARTNERS
Design Thesis / AALU
SILVERTOWN QUAYS
ALAMEDA PROVIDENCIA CORRIDOR
HACKING PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT
RMA / PRIOR + PARTNERS
Design Guidence / GROUNDLAB
Interactive Policy / AALU
HEMEL GARDEN COMMUNITIES What is Hemel Garden Communities? Hemel Garden Communities (HGC) will take the best of the New Town heritage into the 21st century with over 11,000 homes, 10,000 jobs and Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter at its heart, anchoring the transformation of Hemel Hempstead and the wider area. Dacorum, St Albans, Hertfordshire, LEP and The Crown Estate are working together to deliver this ambitious development programme which will transform and grow Hemel Hempstead and create attractive, sustainable new neighbourhoods by 2050. What is a Spatial Vision? The Spatial Vision provides a framework of locally specific spatial principles to inform detailed masterplanning and further studies. A series drawings have been produced to illustrate the vision, supported by best practice, local context, case studies and photography. The maps and drawings diagrammatically present different aspects of the Spatial Vision and the potential resulting built and green form. Tasks + Collaborative working with DK-CM + Spatial Vision review + SSDG/Local Plan ST ALBANS CITY & DC St Albans UK 2018 - ongoing HGC team + DK-CM Hemel Hempstead UK Spatial Vision Garden town / New Communities / Sustainability
SILVERTOWN QUAYS Prior + Partners is working on the masterplan of this major urban renewal project in London’s East End. The Phase 1 Masterplan has been granted Planning Permission by the Borough of Newham. The Silvertown Masterplan offers the opportunity to create a unique and exciting place, celebrating heritage, activating the water and creating a new centre for the Royal Docks. The site is strategically located between Canary Wharf and City Airport, and is well connected to existing DLR stations, with a new walking and cycling bridge linking the site to the future Elizabeth Line at Custom House. The project will feature 3,000 new homes with a large proportion of affordable, extensive, high quality public realm, commercial and brand space, and retail space providing new employment opportunities for the residents of Newham. The first phase includes the restoration of the iconic Millennium Mills, as well as the delivery of two new major open spaces and 943 homes. Tasks + Site analysis & strategic diagrams + Urban & landscape design + Masterplan development diagrams + Illustrative plans and 3D drawings PRIOR + PARTNERS London UK 2018 - ongoing Jason P + Graciela M + Chris C The Royal Docks London UK Masterplan / Urban Design Housing / Public Realm / New Communities
DOWNTOWN WEST + DIRIDON STATION Prior + Partners are supporting Google in the development of a major mixed use quarter in downtown San Jose. The City is the epicentre of the global technology industry and the wider Silicon Valley. The project is clustered around the proposed new California High Speed Rail Station at Diridon. The redefinition of the relationships between public transport accessibility, passenger experience has been a key element of the program. Place making, and the needs of local communities has been integrated into the process of bringing forward of a major development area to create a contemporary mixed use quarter.
Framework Concept
The project will deliver employment for over 25,000, up to 5000 homes, new parks and a mixed use Town-centre with cultural and social infrastructure. The project will restore the ecology of nearby river systems and stitch together areas of city and community’s currently divided by rail lines and infrastructure corridors. Tasks + Spatial Vision development + Framework Plan concept development + Rail Station Concept Design + Public Realm Strategy
Diridon Station Concept Plan
PRIOR + PARTNERS London UK 2019 - ongoing Jason P + Graciela M San Jose California USA Masterplan / Urban Design Mix-use / Transit Oriented / Regeneration / Rail Station
Diridon Station Concept Section
Vision Framework Plan
ALAMEDA PROVIDENCIA CORRIDOR Groundlab as part of a consortium made of LyonBosch Architects+Martic, Idom and Sergio Chiquetto has won a major competition to redevelop the Alameda/Providencia Urban Corridor in the City of Santiago, Chile. The proposal is aimed to link the new function of this transportation corridor in the Alameda-Providencia axis with important civic history and heritage character, creating a new identity in the process of the integration system which includes infrastructure, architecture, ecology and public space. The unifying element is the realization of an urban landscape where different transportation lines, rainwater runoff, infiltration and recycling of water and the movement of people all take place simultaneously. It creates a linear plaza framed by water and tree landscape that brings back the character of the corridor as an ‘Alameda’.
Tasks + Schematic design / multi-criteria + Visual communication + Public Realm Design Guidelines + Detail design Phase 1 GROUNDLAB London UK 2015- on going Alfredo R + Clara O + Liam M Santiago de Chile CHILE Urban Design / Landscape Design / Detail Design Public Realm / Mobility / Sustainability / Regeneration
00 CURRENT SITUATION
03 EFFICIENT MOBILITY
06 MULTIMODALITY
01 MEMORY
04 SHARED AREA
07 OPTIMIZE FUTURE
02 CITYSCAPE
05 HERITAGE
08 FUTURE: LRT OR METRO LINE
FISH MATCH Although Britain’s small-scale fishing industry accounts for only a small part of its national economy, it remains crucial to coastal communities. Policies have heavily impacted the way fishers live and how they interact with their communities, the market, and the environment. This project sets off from a national scale into the centralized vision of fishing policies. The research looks into aspects of the policy system, particularly the quota allocation scheme and the non quota species. It explores the complex production system, the market allocation scheme, the environmental conditions, and its social implications, and suggests how it can weave together through local co-operative initiatives. It questions the power of the community to support the small-scale fishers whom have been left out of the big picture.
FISH♥ ♥MATCH SWAAAP
fisher FISH PILGRIMAGE
MARKETPLACE
buyer
Although alternative shorter fish chains exist, these initiatives are not usually owned by the fishers. In addition, local restaurants don’t rely on small fisher’s catch because they cannot provide a constant supply. FISH MATCH encourages a local and decentralized market, supports a stronger local market, and promotes the consumption of alternative species.
App scenarios FISH♥ ♥MATCH SWAAAP
peer to peer exchange SEAFORK////Gary
BRIXHAM////Peter
FISH PILGRIMAGE
fisher
site specific distribution Quota in use
building trust
MARKETPLACE
Quota in use
Sprat Cod Lemon Sole Dover Sole
Quota no use Sprat Sandeel Herring Plaice
Quota no use Herring Cod
SUPPORTING ECONOMIES POLPERRO
FISH♥ ♥MATCH
market-based activities
tourism & leisure
supply of capital
environmental non-fishing activities contract work
capture & culture
pro cessing
SWAAAP
weather & site conditions
wholesale marketing
FISH PILGRIMAGE
retail
temporary migration fisher
catch %
supporting economies
MARKETPLACE
employment obligations
COVERACK////Paul
SWAAAP FISH PILGRIMAGE
maintenance participation pay rent
0:00 PM
FISH♥ ♥MATCH
0 kg
185 kg
200 kg
SWAAAP
fishers co-operative FISH PILGRIMAGE
decentralized market
REQUEST
SEAFORK////Gary
fisher
sustainable consumption
MARKETPLACE
REQUE S T
GA R Y
Fish Match intends to address these questions as an alternative vision of the industry through an open platform in which interactions can take place. The application is meant to challenge existing landscapes which could ultimately be replicated throughout the coast in a multi-scalar dimension.
Sprat Sandeel Plaice Whiting Lemon Sole Dover Sole
SWAAAP
buyer
SIDMOUTH////Jack
British Fishers protest fishermen
primary processor
secondary processor
distributor
retailer
consumer
alternative (short) fish chain CSF (Community Support Fisheries)
fishermen
SEA B A SS 8KG
community supported fisheries
consumer
~Dungeness~
AALU London UK
~Emsworth~
~Newhaven~
2017-18 Camila Ocejo ~Plymouth~
South coast of UK ~Newlyn~
Research / Cartography / Design Strategy Coastal Communities / Food Chain / Sustainability / Local Economy
The Stade, Hastings
Fishing supply chain UK
How will temporary migration serve as the base for associations to happen? How will the data serve as index of the communities that require extra support?
quiet zone
Time-frame scenarios
coastal evolution model
We explore the possibilities through a speculative scenario. The scenario would be based on these interactions and would be the backdrop for the integration of new social dynamics and ultimately, the need of different spaces.
These connections unveil the possible links between the different ports throughout the year. The catalogue on top displays each port and characteristics. Below, the chart shows black dots on the months that each host port can expect pilgrim incomers according to the size.
nº <10 fishing vessels 10 - 20 >20
<10
H&P PORTS
nº <10 fishing vessels 10 - 20 >20
<10
HOST PORTS
river inlet harbour
PILGRIM PORTS
nº <10 fishing vessels 10 - 20 >20
<10
beach / cove
In order to generate an efficient mooring area, the beach is mirrored to create a quite zone within for boats to moor and then barriers with tyres that fishers could build by themselves. Breakwaters would follow, protecting the exposed bits of accumulated sand from strong waves. These breakwaters would ultimately turn into the base for activities to take place.
nº pigrim ports relate to host ports
amount of fish variety
% days at sea waves heigth
disposed tyres UK 100000 tyres/day 46 /// millions tyres/year
goodyear’s modular system
new programme
routes from pilgrim and h&p ports to host and h&p ports
Fish Pilgrimage cartography The interactions are intensified in this baylike typology. It can be clearly seen how a pattern is created, where the host ports get grouped in the side of the bay where they are more protected from tall waves whereas the pilgrim ports are grouped in the tip most exposed to tall waves.
Fishers Marina proposal
types of ports host ports
seafish
host&pilgrm ports
pelagic
pilgrim ports
demersal
autumn + -
+ -
summer spring winter
each 20 vesselsrom f host&pilgrm ports each 20 vesselsrom f pilgrim ports each 20 existing vessels
netting routes rom f pilgrim and h&p ports to host and h&p ports
dredging
gravel
potting
mud
trawling
sand
Lyme Bay, a landscape concealer
Sidmouth Growing scenario
HACKING PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT This project is focus on the Permitted development right and selling off public land, taking LONDON as a case study. The Permitted Development right (PDR) is a policy which planning permission is not needed because is just for minor changes in different kinds of buildings. The UK government added, under the PDR, the change of use from OFFICES to HOUSING, meaning it would not be necessary to apply for Planning Permission, meaning there is not minimum amount of affordable housing, public facilities, not even minimum housing space standards!
> spatial relations between offices - public land - brownfields LOW PRESSURE AREAS
> area available offices - public land - bronwfields LOW PRESSURE AREAS
Hacking PDR is the aim of this project. Assuming that the PDR continues as a permanent right and that in the worst case scenario, the whole commercial land in London is transformed into housing. What would be the impact of that?? The project seeks to reduce the impact in facilities pressure in London and how to develop an interactive policy that can be dynamic, suggesting which offices spaces could be transformed into housing without applying more pressure to their surroundings and which ones would have any land available in relation to them to be able to deliver enough facilities if that is the case.
> area available+spatial relations offices - public land - bronwfields ALL AREAS
>L OW PRESSURE AREAS
buffer areas area available (ha) < 200 ha
AALU London UK
< 50 ha
2017
buffer areas 5000 m
commercial landuse (offices )
commercial landuse (offices )
nยบ houses
nยบ houses
b
b
72 - 64,096
land available
London / UK
public land on the market (ha)
Research / Cartography / App /
l
0.1 - 2.1
l
l
Permitted Development / Land / > facilities pressure by ward
R
l R 6 - 111,978
l land available
l
school/hab
public land on the market (ha) 0.0 - 5.7
% school/hab AFTER PDR
2.2 - 7.7
5.7 - 35.7
% school/hab NOW
7.8 - 63.9
35.7 - 96.6
brownfield land (ha)
Policy Housing Crisis / Social formation
>ALL AREAS
< 10 ha
A
0.0 - 2.2
A
2.3 - 5.2
A
5.3 - 17.4
A
brownfield land A (ha)
A 5 - 20 0-5
2% school/hab STANDARD
facilities presure by ward school/population
20- 50
0.00 - 0.02
connections
connections
0.03 - 0.04
length (m)
length (m)
269 - 2000
269 - 2000
2001 - 4000
2001 - 4000
4001 - 5000
4001 - 5000
0.05 - 0.12
river borough
RAUL BIEL SA +44 7563854172 / bielsaperezraul@gmail.com / London UK