Barcelona (ES) winner
Eduard Balcells (ES)
Ma Li (CN)
Travessera de les Corts 265
Honorata Grzesikowska (PL)
architect
esc.A 6o2a
architects - urban planners
Joan Gallego (ES)
08014 Barcelona, Spain
Balbina Mateo (ES)
Cristina Aznar (ES)
T. +34 686 464 185
Valentin Kokudev (BG)
Mike Swords (IE)
eduardbalcells@coac.net
Andrés Lupiáñez (ES)
students in architecture
www.eduardbalcells.com
Marcos Ruiz De Clavijo (ES)
www.honoratagrzesikowska.com
architects
www.balbinamateo.wix. com/balbinamateo www.arq-lupianez.com www.vkarq.net
342 Rambles verdes Team point of view Barcelona is organized by axes parallel and perpendicular to the sea. To the east, the parallel axes are extended to complete the system of public spaces and to establish transversal links between the project site and the surrounding neighbourhoods. Through the site, these transversal links form the Green ramblas (Rambles verdes), which are the main public spaces and play a key role in managing the climate and the water cycle: creeks let the surface runoff infiltrate and ponds clean the waste water. Between them, strips of potential building space can absorb, over time, the different functions, populations, incomes, housing typologies and ways of life. The Green ramblas are also the main social focus, bringing a truly vibrant new neighbourhood to life. City scale strategies and urban tissues of northern Besòs
The public spaces system of at the north of Besòs river
Barcelona’s public spaces system from Serra de Marina
Jury point of view The project aims to give the urban grid a new transversality and create a clearer relationship between the linear La Sagrera Park and the Bon Pastor district, by means of ramblas, civic focal points and green zones. The project breaks away from Barcelona’s historical organization in parallel lines running perpendicular to the sea, while at the same time striving to recover the traditional meaning of the “riera” and its natural function of ecological regeneration for these areas. The project’s focus on these different scales is remarkable. It also deals with important factors such as the qualities of collective well-being in the public spaces and housing quality standards.
