Park[o]polis

_Smart cities for the era of real-time information

EMERGENT TERRITORIES

PARK [O] POLIS

[The [ Area] ]

parks and dis connections

#6 #5 #4

Barcelona, Spain

#3 #2 #1 THE GRIDS

The area is an urban void at the crossing point where 3 different grids of the city meet but do don connect:

THE LIMITS The Zoo, the train station and the ronda [highway] cut the site in two, not allowing pedestrians to cross from one side to the other:

Eixample grid

Zoo

Estaci贸n

El Born grid

Barceloneta grid

Ronda

#1

Barceloneta Beach

#2

Barceloneta Park

#3

Ronda Litoral

#4

Estaci贸n de Francia

#5

Cascades Park

#6

Ciutadella Park

THE ENTRANCES The Ciutadella park has

THE USERS Because of the lack of prop-

access from the Eixample and the El Born grids. The other parks are not well connected to the city:

er access, only the Ciutadella park is fully used by barcelonians. The other parks remain empty most of the time:

Ciutadella Zoo

Zoo

Estaci贸n

Ronda

[The Green Areas] barcelona x the world

Curitiba_Brazil Curitiba_Brazil

New New York_USA York_USA

Area: 430 km2 Park Area: 90 km2 % Green Areas: 20.93% Population: 1,746,896

Area: 790 km2 Park Area: 190 km2 % Green Areas: 24.05% Population: 8,391,881

51,50 m2 | hab

The World Health organization suggests at least a m

Barcelona_Spain Barcelona_Spain Area: 101 km2 Park Area: 9 km2 % Green Areas: 8.90% Population: 1.621.537

23,10 m2 | hab

minimum of

5,60 m2 | hab

9 m2 of green open space per city dweller.

[The Strategy] connecting and creating green areas

2.5 m Cars of the Today

1.2 m

Cars of the Future THE ZOO

that today acts as a limit has to be ‘exploded’ throughout the entire territory so pedestrians can cross from Ciutadella to Barceloneta park:

THE EXISTING PARKS have to be physically connected to activate the green areas that are not being used to their full capacities today:

Arc de Triomf

Ciutadella Zoo

Cascades

Zoo

Barceloneta Park

Detail 1:

THE CARS of today are getting smaller.

Detail 2:

The Ronda Today

The Ronda Tomorrow

In this case, the hypothesis is that the flow of vehicles will continue the same, so the space that was left free was transformed into a green urban area, connecting the existing parks of the territory.

Detail 1:

Detail 2:

THE GRIDS also have to be connected

THE NEW PARKS Because of the lack of

through physical paths. Today, there is no connection between the grids inside the parks:

green areas, the train station [soon to be deactivated], the ronda and the pier will be transformed into new parks

L’Eixample

L’Eixample

Arc de Triomf

Poblenou

Ciutadella El Born

Arc de Triomf

Ciutadella

Cascades

Zoo

Poblenou

Cascades

Zoo

El Born Estación de Francia

Ronda Barceloneta Park

Barceloneta Park

Barceloneta

Barceloneta

Pier

[The Fractal System]

Selecting the points

The Triangles The idea of c code for the mesh

Grasshopper triangulation-

from tectonic to pedestrian scale

building’ to connect the p but also in section was m triangles. The process tha movement that would cre also have to work in pede allow that system to be a territory, the triangulation area of the park could - if intervention.

Triangulating the me

creating a ‘mountainpark not only horizontally made possible by using at generated the tectonic eated the building would estrian scale devices. To applied throughout the n was fractalized so each f necessary - receive an

esh

1

4

16

64

256

Tectonic Scale

Human Scale

Fractilizing the system

[The Models] the flower model

Flower Model.

[discarded strategy]

[The Models] the origami model

Origami Model.

[discarded strategy]

[The Models] the cave model

Cave Model.

[permanent program strategy]

[The Models] the fabric model

Fabric Model.

[reactive program strategy]

[The Real-Time Data] transforming information into smart spaces

data x space diagram:

The Hypothesis Increasing green areas in urban environments is not only a

ing more square meters of green public spaces. It’s about [re]activating ones and, more importantly, promoting the possibility of different uses [s same space. Transforming mono-functional into hybrid, so the expansio only in space but also in time.

Permanently Reactive, Small Scale

about constructthe existing scenarios] for the on happens not Ocasionaly Reactive, Medium Scale

Permanent Program, Big Scale

[The Real-Time Data] transforming information into smart spaces

Satellite

Park User Data Input #1 Park Network

Park and User Interact

The Technology available today already allows us to detect data and promote interaction between user and objects. The same concept should be applied to cities, so the inhabitants could participate in designing the spaces they live in.

[The Reactive Program] transforming static into reactive spaces

Ciutadella Park

Output #1

11 am Output #2

Park Time

Barceloneta Beach

Output #1

11 am Output #2

Beach Time

[06. june. 2038]

17 pm Output #3

Playground

17 pm Output #3

Playground

2 am Sonar Festival

2 am Circus

[The Interactive Model] connecting real time data with a physical model

For the simulation of the project, a physical model was built according to the different possible scales of triangulation, from human scale - in the form of an inflatable bench / platform - to a pavilionar scale, in the form of a foldable structure. For the bench, the ground plane was inflated by a pump controlled by valves that simulated the interaction between the park and the users. For the pavilion, a Grasshopper code simulated the ‘Park Network’ controlling the physical ‘arm’ folding the structure up and down.

Surface

#2

Incision

Incision

#1 Air

ion’

‘Incis

‘Stone-like’ Structures

Air

Inflatable ‘Rocklike’ Structures

‘In

c

FOR THE VIDEO OF THE MODEL IN ACTION VISIT: http://vimeo.com/00000000

Surface

‘Cave-like’ Structures Permanent Program

#2

Space

Air

#1

Incision

cis

SLIDER

ion

’

Foldable ‘Pavilionlike’ Structures

ARDUINO

Mechanical Arm

Grasshopper Code

Inflation Device

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