Agri-Box Towards a Self-Sustaining Neighborhood
Saina Abdollahzadeh IE University - PFG 2022 Professor Matan Mayer
CONTENT
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Manifesto
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Research - Territory
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Program Proposal
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Design Strategy
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Building Documents
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Technical Documentation
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Manifesto
Being isolated from the rest of the city and having insufficient services surrounding it, the neighborhood of Can Baro has long been in need of becoming independent. Throughout history, Can Baro has gone through changes that have always left it with various insufficiencies. From lack of services to not enough housing, it seems that over the years, the city of Barcelona has put its focus on bringing more and more tourists to the area while ignoring its everlasting problems. The site requires a bold intervention; A program that not only helps provide the community to become self sufficient, but it also revitalizes the area for the locals and outsiders. Any temporary and small program that has been proposed on the site thus far, have proven to be not enough. The site sits in the center of the neighborhood, and asks for attention. However, when approached with an invisible architecture, it once again fails to continue existing. The idea proposed here is to connect the green areas of the neighborhood from the bottom of the hill all the way to the site to create a green corridor as the journey one goes through. Later, as the site is approached, one encounters a factory of production in which the users can also enjoy the spaces both for fluid programs based on community’s needs, and to create a stronger sense of community and revitalizing the neighborhood through communal gardens. The productive program is meant to not only provide for the neighborhood of Can Baro, but also through a circular use of water and waste, revitalize the dead soil of the surrounding. That being said, the landscape around the site then becomes space for communal gardening, where the memebers of teh community can both contribute and take advantage of. Such a complex program will require workers to be on site on unconventional hours of the day and night, therefore, to ensure that the program is well supported, a support building is introduced to house the workers and provide spaces for the laboratories and all that is needed to keep the project going. The project therefore sits as an efficient factory of production in the middle of the site, and ensures that the spaces in between the building and the wall of the quarry become alive and drag the community into it.
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Research - Territory
Turo de la Creueta
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Turo de la Rovira
Parc de Guindaro
Turo del Carmen
Parc Guell
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Research - History
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Research - Morphology
The Morphology of the neighbohood more than anything emphasizes the need for a bold and put-together intervention. As it is seen from the figure ground, the neighborhood is saturated with many tiny and fragmented detached houses. It seems that the site is the perfect place, as it is also in the epicenter of the neighborhood, to provide one coherent program in order to give form and bring the rest of the neighborhood together in one spot.
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Research - Program
The program distribution of the neighborhood emphasizes more than anything the need for more services as majority of the space is filled with residential blocks. Most of the food for the neighborhood is provided from the center of Barcelona, which causes people to travel long distances especially in such an isolated and topographically inaccessible place. There is a clear need for a program that provides for the community with food and access to fresh produce in order to fullfill their needs and make it selfsufficient and less dependent on the metropolitan area.
Residential Commercial Cultural Residential
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Research - Infrastructure
As it has already mentioned, the topography of the site makes it a must for a program that allows people to live their day to day life without having to depend on the rest of city and long commute. The water reservoirs close to the site makes it an opportunity to use the water as a means to further provide for the neighborhood. In addition, a close look at the infrastructural aspects of the site as well as its connectivity give more of a reason as to why the neighborhood should move towards independency.
Water Infrastructures Vehicular Roads Pedestrian Paths
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Research - Ecology : Soil
As the main soil of the area is lime, it is proven to not be good for cultivation of any sort. However, such weakness of the area can also be seen as its opportunity; There is a possibility of revitalizing such soil through a circular waste strategy of production, by using the waste water from sea animals to revitalize and rejuvenate the soil.
Granodiorite Limestone and Shales Shales, Quartzites, and greywackes Limestone outcrop Shales, Quartzites, and greywackes outcrop Granodiorite outcrop
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16H 16H 5.0
8.5
6.5 to 8.5
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7.2 to 7.8
Carp
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5.0
5.0 to 7.0
Bluegill
Tilapia
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Barramundi
5.0 Carp
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Australian Bass 85
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Tilapia
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idea is to extend this green population through
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Murray Cod
Crappie 45
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12H
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65o to 70o
68o to 72o Shrimp
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65o to 70o 5.0
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7.0 to 8.5
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Tetra 49o to 68oGoldfish 68o to 74o Koi
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68o to 74o 5.0
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6.8 to 7.0 Yabbies 76o 7.5
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75o to 80o
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7.5 to 8.0
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68o to 77o
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85
59o to 77o
5.0
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12H
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6.8 to 7.8 Murray Cod
8.5
7.0 to 8.5 Salmon
5.0
8.5
7.0 to 8.0 Shrimp
Tetra
Goldfish
Koi
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49o to 68o
7.5 to 10.5
5.0
7.0 to 9.0 Trout Crappie
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7.0 to 8.0
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68o to 77o
5.0
5.0
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6.0Bass to 7.5 White
8.5
59o to 82o
14H
12H
5.0
6.8 85 to 7.045
60o to 70o
67o 7.7
8.5
6.5 to 8.0 Largemouth Bass
5.0
5.0
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49o to 68o
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to 8.0 60o 7.0 to 79o
5.0
7.0 to 8.5
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14H 16H
85
68o to 72o
8.5
6.8 to 7.8 7.0 to 8.5 65o to 68o
7.0 to 8.5
14H
75o 7.0
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49o Salmon to 68o
Koi
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45
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Murray Cod
7.5 6.5 to75o 8.5to 80oRed Ear 7.0 68oto to8.0 77o 59o to to 77o10.5 Smallmouth Striped Bass 68o Sunfish Bass 7.0
5.0
8.5
85
50o 8.5 to 68o Crappie
7.0 to 8.0
Goldfish
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16H 16H
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85
52o8.5toTrout 68o 5.0
7.0 to 8.5
50o to 68o
7.0 to 8.0
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7.5 to 8.0 75o to 80o
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5.0
Tetra 45
85
7.4 to68o 8.1 to 8.5 49o to 68o7.0 to 74o Jade Perch Crayfish
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16H
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52o to 68o
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5.0
7.0 to 8.5
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59o to 82o 8.5 85
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82o 5.0 59o to 8.5 Yabbies 6.8 to 7.8
Shrimp
Salmon 45
60o to 70o
to 8.5 to 70o 49oto to8.5 68o 68o to 72o 7.0 65o 7.0 Australian Yellow Perch Sturgeon Bass
8.5
455.0
5.0 45
67o 7.7
16H
16H
8.5
Catfish
16H
a green corridor from the bottom of the hill
85
50o to 68o 6.0 to 8.0
7.0 to 8.5
85
65o to 68o
5.0
5.0
7.0 to 8.0
8.5
Trout 45
85
70o to 75o
59ototo8.5 82o 52o to to 68o 6.5 6.5 67o 8.0 Barramundi 7.7
6.5 to 8.0 85 45
5.0
85
85 8.5
5.0
8.5
Yabbies
White Bass
75o to 80o
68o to 80o
7.0toto90o 8.5 65o
81o 7.7
18H 18H
45
60o to 70o 6.5 to 7.8 Bluegill
5.0
77o to 82o7.0 to 8.580o to7.4 85oto 8.1
7.0 to 8.5
85
67o to 77o
65o to 5.0 68o to 7.060o to 79o
Carp
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Striped Bass
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50o to 80o 45
16H
shown in different densities 16H in the map. The
18H
8.5
45
Smallmouth Bass 45
45
7.5 to 8.0
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75o 7.0
85
65o to 80o
5.0
81o There is a vast variety of trees in 7.7 the area, as 81o 7.7
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5.0 Perch 5.0 5.0 50o to 80o 5.0 65o to 68o to 70o 5.0 8.5 5.0Bass 8.5 60o 5.0 8.5 5.0to 79o 8.5 Ear to 75o Smallmouth Striped Largemouth White60o Bass 65o to 80o8.5 Yellow 67o to8.577oJade 68o8.5 to 80oCrayfish 75o5.0to 80o 8.5 Red70o Australian Perch 8.5 Sturgeon 7.5 to 10.5 7.0 to 8.5 6.5 to 8.5 7.0 to 8.0 7.5 to 8.0 Bass 7.0 to 9.0 6.5 to 8.0 Sunfish 6.0 to 7.5 Bass6.8 to 7.0 Bass
Red Ear Sunfish
Crayfish 85
6.5 75ototo8.5 80o
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45
8.5
7.4 to 8.1
77o to 82o
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6.0 to68o 9.0 to 80o 75o 7.0
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6.5 to 8.5
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14H 14H 18H 18H
85 5.0 77o to8.582oCatfish
Jade Perch
Sturgeon
45
45
7.0 to 8.5
65o to 90o
7.5 to 8.0 50o to 80o 67o to 77o
65o to 80o
85
65o to 90o 5.0 Barramundi
8.5
45
80o to 85o
7.7 Research - Ecology : Ecosystem
80o to 85o 81o 65o to 90o 16H
5.0
85
45
7.0 to 8.5
Yellow Perch 45
77o to 82o 45
85
6.0 to 8.0
6.5 to 8.0
Catfish
45
77o8.5to 82o 5.0 8.5 to 85o 5.0 Bluegill Tilapia 80o
85
45
5.0
85
65o to 70o
68o to 72o
8.5
6.0 to 7.5
5.0
6.8 to76o 7.0 7.5
45
85
45
49o to 68o
8.5
5.0
8.5
7.5 to 8.0
85
68o to 74o
5.0
8.5
7.0 to 9.0
45
85
75o to 80o
5.0
85
45
68o to 77o
8.5
6.8 to 7.8
45
5.0
8.5
7.0 to 8.5
85
59o to 77o
5.0
8.5
7.0 to 8.0
76o 7.5
14H
14H
68o 7.0
12H
12H
76o 7.5
where the neighborhood begins all the way to
18H
the site itself to connect the site to the sur-
12H
14H
16H
16H
rounding by using the same type of trees that 12H
have long been growing there. 14H
16H
18H
16H
orridor rridor
INDIAN INDIAN BEAD TREE BEAD TREE
APPLE APPLE
5. Strategy 5. Strategy Neighborhood Neighborhood - Green - Green Corridor Corridor
APPLE APPLE
INDIAN INDIANBEAD BEADTREE TREE
5. Strategy 5. Strategy
ORANGE ORANGE
GLOSSYGLOSSY PRIVET PRIVET
Neighborhood Neighborhood - Green - Green Corridor Corridor INDIAN BEAD INDIAN BEAD TREETREE
APPLE WILDAPPLE CHERRY WILD CHERRY
APPLE
INDIAN BEAD INDIAN TREEBEAD TREE
ORANGE ORANGE GLOSSY GLOSSYPRIVET PRIVET
INDIAN BEAD INDIAN TREE BEAD TREE
5. Strategy
STONE PINE STONE PINE GLOSSY PRIVET GLOSSY PRIVET
5. Strategy Neighborhood - Green Corridor
ORANGE ORANGE PEAR PEAR
CALERY CALERYPEAR PEAR
Neighborhood - Green Corridor
ORANGEORANGE APPLE
INDIAN BEAD TREE
5. Strategy
INDIAN BEAD TREE
APPLE
STONE STONEPINE PINE LONG LEAVE LONGLIME LEAVE LIME
WILD CHERRY WILD CHERRY CAUCASIAN CAUCASIAN LIME LIME
WILD CHERRY WILD CHERRY PEAR PEAR
ORANGE
CALERY CALERY PEARPEAR
ORANGE
Neighborhood - Green Corridor
INDIAN BEAD TREE INDIAN BEAD TREE
WILD CHERRY
GLOSSY PRIVET GLOSSY PRIVET LONG LEAVE LONG LIMELEAVE LIME
CALERY PEAR
BLACKCAP BLACKCAP LONG LEAVE LONG LEAVE LIMELIME
BLUE CROWNED BLUE CROWNED CAUCASIAN CAUCASIAN LIMELIME
PEAR
INDIAN BEAD TREE
COMMON KESTRELKESTREL COMMON
PEARPEAR
WILD CHERRY
WILD CHERRY
ALPINE SWIFT COMMON SWIFT COMMON SWIFT ALPINE SWIFT
ABRN SWALOW EURASIAN EURASIAN BUZZARD BUZZARD ABRN SWALOW
CALERY PEAR ALPINE SWIFT ALPINE SWIFT
BLUE BLUECROWNED CROWNED
BLACKCAP BLACKCAP
LONG LEAVE LIME
LONG LEAVE LIME
COMMONBLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD COMMON
CAUCASIAN LIME
CAUCASIAN LIME
STONE PINE
COMMON COMMONKESTREL KESTRELSTONE BLACKCAP PINE BLACKCAP
GLOSSY PRIVET
BLACKCAP BLACKCAP
BLUE CROWNED BLUE CROWNED
COMMONSWIFT SWIFT COMMON
ALPINE SWIFT
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PEAR
PEAR
ORANGE LONG LEAVE LONG LIME LEAVE LIME INDIAN BEAD TREE
CAUCASIAN CAUCASIAN LIME LIME APPLE
ABRN SWALOW ABRN SWALOW
PEAR
PEAR
ALPINE SWIFT ALPINE SWIFT WILD CHERRY BLUE CROWNED BLUE CROWNED
CALERY PEAR ALPINE SWIFT
STONE APPLE PINE STONE PINE
CAUCASIAN CAUCASIAN LIME LIME
CALERY PEAR
COMMON COMMON BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD
CALERY PEAR CALERY PEAR
ABRN ABRNSWALOW SWALOW
ALPINE ALPINESWIFT SWIFT STONE PINE STONE PINE
PEAR
ORANGE ORANGE
WILD CHERRY CALERY PEAR
Neighborhood - Green Corridor
APPLE
CAUCASIAN CAUCASIANLIME LIME
LONG LONGLEAVE LEAVELIME LIME
5. Strategy
WILD CHERRY WILD CHERRY
APPLE
STONE PINESTONE PINE
GLOSSY PRIVET
PEAR PEAR ABRN SWALOW ABRN SWALOW
GLOSSY PRIVET GLOSSY PRIVET
CALERY PEAR CALERY PEAR
GLOSSY PRIVET
STONE PINE ALPINESTONE SWIFT ALPINEPINE SWIFT
APPLE
GLOSSY PRIVET GLOSSY PRIVET
WILD WILDCHERRY CHERRY
Neighborhood - Green Corridor
APPLE
ORANGE ORANGE
CALERYCALERY PEAR PEAR
5. Strategy - Green Corridor
APPLE
ORANGE ABRN SWALOW ABRN SWALOW
GLOSSY PRIVET
ABRN SWALOW
EURASIANBUZZARD BUZZARD EURASIAN ABRN SWALOW
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LONG LEAVE LIME
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CAUCASIAN LIME
PEAR
BLUE CROWNED BLUE CROWNED
Research - Synthesis
Based on the research shown above, we come to a conclusion that in this specific site, the weaknesses and the current problems, can become an opportunity for the better imporvement of both the site and the neighborhood around it. The soil, the topography and inaccessibility, the vast variety of the ecosystem, as well as the water infrastructures around the site all add to the many layers of history which hint at a strong, and indepent neighborhood to come.
Water Infrastructures Vehicular Roads Pedestrian Paths Residential Commercial Cultural Residential Granodiorite Limestone and Shales Shales, Quartzites, and greywackes Limestone outcrop Shales, Quartzites, and greywackes outcrop Granodiorite outcrop 14
Program Proposal
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Research - Secondary: Production in Catalunya
Looking broader at Catalunya as a whole, it is easily noticable that most of the produce provided for Barcelona is not within its municaipality, rather is comes from the other municipalities in Catalunya. That being said, the closes produce farm is around 40km away from Barcelona, making it a program to consider not only for the neighborhood of Can Baro, but perhaps for the city of Barcelona as a whole.
38 km
Wine Production
Olive Farm & Olive oil Production Produce and Vegetable Production
Beef, Pork, and Poultry Production
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Program Proposal
ELECTRICAL AQUAPONICS
GREEN CORRIDOR
SOLAR PANELS
Why Aquaponics? Plants
Why Vertical? Pepper
Tomato
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85
70o to 80o
4.5
6.0 to 6.5
7.0
Cucumber
45
85
65o to 80o
4.5
7.0
6.0 to 6.5
45
Squash
85
45
65o to 80o
4.5
7.0
4.5
5.5 to 6.0
7.0
5.0 to 6.5
45
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45
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45
7.0
4.5
Beetroot
85
12 to 14 hrs
7.0
4.5
85
50o to 65o
7.0
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW 45-75 CM
85
7.0
45
4.5
85
7.0
Cabbage
45
85
45
45o to 65o
4.5
Broccoli
85
45
7.0
4.5
5.5 to 6.5
7.0
4.5
5.5 to 6.5
45
7.0
85
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5.6 to 6.5
It has been scietifically proven 6.0 to 7.0 6.0 to 7.0 70% to 90% that vertical production saves50% to 70% DWC, EBB, DWC, EBB, 90% more water than the tradiNFT, FLOW NFT, FLOW tional farming. 5-10 CM 7.0
90% to 95%
5-10 CM
20-25 CM
15-20 CM 30-45 CM
~12 hrs
Landscape Rejuvenation
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
45
85
65o to 85o
Soil 75% to 90% Fertilization
Communal Garden
90% to 95%
45
85
45o to 65o
45
85
55o to 70o
45
85
60o to 80o
7-15 CM
45
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
4.5
5.5 to 6.5
7.0
4.5
7.0
6.0 to 7.0
4.5
7.0
6.0 to 7.0
80% to 95%
60% to 75%
4.5
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6.0 to 7.0
~12 hrs
6 to 10 hrs
6 to 8 hrs
min. 6 hrs
50% to 65%
60% to 75%
90% to 95%
60% to 70%
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
45-75 CM
45-60 CM
17-20 CM
14 to 18 hrs
12 to 18 hrs
4 to 6 hrs
6 to 8 hrs
40% to 60%
90% to 95%
80% to 90%
75% to 90%
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
25-30 CM
8-10 CM
45
NFT, FLOW
NFT, FLOW
45-60 CM
25-45 CM
30-45 CM
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45
85% to 95% 45
85
65o to 75o 6 to 8 hrs
4.5
7.0
45
85
55o to 85o
10 to 12 hrs
7.0
5.5 to 6.0
4.5
7.0
85% to 95% Final Filter 6.0 to 7.0
4.5
7.0
Add Fish Nutrition
6.0 to 7.0
85
72o to 74o
3-4 M 4.5
Bio Filter
30-40 CM
7.0
4.5 to 5.0
4 to 6 hrs
7 to 8 hrs
8 to 12 hrs
6 to 8 hrs
80% to 95%
90% to 95%
90% to 95%
85% to 90%
90% to 95%
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
38-61 CM
4-5 M
Fish Waste
Add Plant Nutrition 12 to 16 hrs
90% to 95% DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW
30-45 CM
Cantaloupe
Citrus
75o to 85o
6.5 to 7.0
7.0
4.5 to 5.5
Aeration of Water Blueberry 4.5
Mechanical Filter DWC, EBB, DWC, EBB,
9 to 12 hrs
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~10 hrs
4.5
Grape
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85
68o to 85o
7.0
65o to 80o
7.0
5.1 to 6.8
25-30 CM 4.5
30-45 CM
85
14 to 16 hrs
45
5.5 to 6.5
Parsley
Kale
85
4.5
Pomegranate
min. 6 hrs Arugula
Basil
Pineapple
68o to 75o
7.0
65o to 75o 10 to 18 hrs
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65o to 80o
Fish Water
45
85
4.5
85
55o to 65o
6.5 to 7.0
60o to 65o 2 to 6 hrs
7.0
45
65o to 75o
Strawberry
Cauliflower
12 to 14 hrs
4.5
85% to 90%
Spinach
Carrot
45
~14 hrs
Lettuce
In a city like Barcelona where land is a major problem, going 70o to 80o 65o to 80o 65o to 80o vertical in production will not only save land, but also produce more efficiently for a larger population 6.0of to 7.0 5.5 to 7.0 5.6 to 6.2 people.
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65o to 80o
The idea of the community 5.5 to 6.0 6.0 to 6.5 to produce 80% toworking 90% 50% totogether 70% 85% to 95% what they themselves will conDWC, EBB, DWC, EBB, DWC, EBB, NFT, FLOW FLOW NFT, FLOW sume,NFT, further supports the idea identity 61-91of CM creating 30-45 CM a stronger 25-45 CM for Can Baro. 4.5
Ginger
Green Bean
65o to 75o 12 to 18 hrs
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65o to 72o
Eggplant
8 to 10 hrs
Peas
Addition of fish to the system will not only save more water through a closed loop water system, but the fish waste will also Banana help revitalizing the land around the site.
1.2-1.5 M
1.8-2.5 M
1.8-3.5 M
30-45 CM
Research - Plants and Fish that can be grown aquaponically
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Research - Plants Categorization Based on type, temperature, light and humidity needs
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Research - Fish Categorization Based on type, temperature, light and PH needs
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Design Strategy
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Strategy - Existing Footprint
The primary startegy of the project is to use the same exisiting footprint on the site, to aim for maximum efficiency and instead take advantage of the in-between spaces created with the landscape.
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Strategy - Extruding the Exisitng Footprint
The height of the building is determined based on the existing surrounding, to ensure that it doesnt obstruct views from the Bunkers or the pedestrian bridge close by. The inbetween spaces created as a result were later used for productive landscape.
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Strategy - Separating Production and Service Building
The production building was then separated from the service building to ensure maximum open space in the main building, both for sufficient lighting, and for user experience through the building. The service building was then divided into supporting programs of the aquaponics, and workers housing units.
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Strategy - Insertion of Production Towers
As seen earlier, the aquaponics are inserted into the project as cylindrical towers, in which the fish farming is at the ground floor and on top the plant production takes place. The rest of the space in the main building is used as fluid open space to house temporary events and programs of the neighborhood.
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Strategy - Natural Daylighting
To allow for direct and indirect sunlight to reach the plants and the fish respectively, openings were proposed in the floorplate following the sun path and the shadows of the towers.
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Strategy - Daylighting Studies & Floor Openings
The size, shape and depth of the openings were decided based on an extensive sun light and radiation analysis to find the most optimum result both in lighting and in space optimization and use.
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Strategy - Double Height Spaces
Double Height spaces are intorduced to allow for more open experience on market floors and the fish tank floors
Production Flexible Community Program Services Rersidences Ground Cafe
Production Flexible Community Program Services Rersidences Ground Cafe Production Flexible Community Program Services Rersidences
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Strategy- Circulation Ramp
For a more experiential floor by floor experience, a continuous ramp was introduced at the back wall which sits against the landscape and create a pleasant circulation for the users.
Vertical Circulation was also introduced through the production towers.
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Strategy - Double Height Spaces
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Strategy- Circulation Ramp
A diagrid structure for each of the towers was introduced to make sure it holds itself and the rest of the building up, hence eliminating the need for any columns.
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Tower Type A - For visitors circulation
Access to each floor directly through the vertical gardens with a visual connection all the way up
Services and piping running on the other side of the elevator to ensure water and nutrition access to plants 32
Tower Type B - For workers circulation, with service elevator
Access to each floor directly through the vertical gardens for the workers’ easy access
Services and piping running on the other side of the elevator to ensure water and nutrition access to plants 33
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Landscape Strategy
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INDIAN BEAD TREE
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APPLE GLOSSY PRIVET
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WILD CHERRY
APPLE
GLOSSY PRIVET
CALERY PEAR
WILD CHERRY GLOSSY PRIVET
CALERY PEAR
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GLOSSY PRIVET
CALERY PEAR
PEAR
STONE PINE
PEAR
LONG LEAVE LIME
STONE PINE
STONE PINE
STONE PINE CAUCASIAN LIME
LONG LEAVE LIME
ABRN SWALOW STONE PINE
CAUCASIAN LIME
BLUE CROWNED
COMMON KESTREL ALPINE SWIFT
COMMON BLACKBIRD
ABRN SWALOW
COMMON SWIFT
GLOSSY PRIVET PEAR
Productive Landscape C CAUCASIAN LIME
COMMON BLACKBIRD
BLACKCAP COMMON SWIFT
ABRN SWALOW
COMMON BLACKBIRD
WILD CHERRY CAUCASIAN CALERY PEARLIME
BLUE CROWNED COMMON KESTREL EURASIAN BUZZARD ALPINE SWIFT
ABRN SWALOW BLUE CROWNED
STONE PINE
COMMON KESTREL EURASIAN BUZZARD ALPINE SWIFT
BLACKCAP COMMON BLACKBIRD COMMON SWIFT
STONE PINE ABRN SWALOW
BLUE CROWNED
LONGBUZZARD LEAVE LIME KESTREL COMMON LONG LEAVE LIME EURASIAN
CAUCASIAN LIME CAUCASIAN LIME
COMMON KESTREL COMMON SWIFT
BLUE CROWNED
COMMON BLACKBIRD COMMON SWIFT
EURASIAN BUZZARD
EURASIAN BUZZARD
COMMON KESTREL EURASIAN BUZZARD
COMMON SWIFT
EURASIAN BUZZARD
ALPINE SWIFT
Outdoor Cafe
ABRN SWALOW
ABRN SWALOW
COMMON KESTREL BLACKCAP
Community Park COMMON SWIFT
PEAR
BLUE CROWNED
ALPINE SWIFT
COMMON BLACKBIRD
PEAR
COMMON KESTREL EURASIAN BUZZARD
COMMON BLACKBIRD COMMON SWIFT
COMMON KESTREL
WILD CHERRY
CALERY PEAR
LONG LEAVEABRN LIME SWALOW
BLACKCAP
BLUE CROWNED
ORANGE
BLACKCAP
ALPINE SWIFT
ORANGE
PEAR
BLUE CROWNED
COMMON BLACKBIRD COMMON SWIFT
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APPLE
GLOSSY PRIVET
LONG LEAVEABRN LIME SWALOW
BLACKCAP
BLACKCAP
WILD CHERRY
ABRN SWALOW STONE PINE CAUCASIAN LIME
COMMON BLACKBIRD
SWALOW CAUCASIAN LIME
PEAR
CAUCASIAN LIME
BLUE CROWNED ALPINE SWIFT
ALPINE SWIFT ABRN
WILD CHERRY INDIAN BEAD TREE
LONG LEAVE LIME
BLACKCAP
BLACKCAP
ALPINE SWIFT LONG LEAVE LIME
PEAR
CALERY PEAR ALPINE SWIFT
CAUCASIAN LIME PEAR LONG LEAVE LIME
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GLOSSY PRIVET
CAUCASIAN LIME
PEAR
ALPINE SWIFT
LONG LEAVE LIME
ORANGE
INDIAN BEAD TREE
CALERY PEAR
WILD CHERRY
APPLE
WILD CHERRY
CALERY PEAR
Productive Landscape D
ORANGE INDIAN BEAD TREE
GLOSSY PRIVET
STONE PINE
LONG LEAVE LIME
APPLE
WILD CHERRY
CALERY PEAR
WILD CHERRY CALERY PEAR
STONE PINE
PEAR
STONE PINE
WILD CHERRY ORANGE
GLOSSY PRIVET
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INDIAN BEAD TREE
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INDIAN BEAD TREE
BLUE CROWNED
BLUE CROWNED
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COMMON BLACKBIRD COMMON SWIFT
Truck Access COMMON SWIFT
COMMON KESTREL
COMMON KESTREL EURASIAN BUZZARD
EURASIAN BUZZARD
Pedestrian Acces
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Orthogonal Drawings
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Ground Floor Plan - Context
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Ground Floor Plan - Fish Tanks
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3
2
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4
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Programs Main Building: 1. Fish Tanks 2. Reception 3. Open Exhibition Hall Sevice Building 4. Cafe 5. Services and Circulation 6. Reception
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10
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First Floor Plan - Fish Market
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1
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2
1
5
6 4 7
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3
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Programs Main Building: 1. Fishing platforms 2. Fish Market Sevice Building: 3. Laboratories 4. Lab Office 5. Trash and Recyclng Room 6. Kitchen 7. Food Storage 8. Laundry Room 9. Lab Information Archive
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5
10
20
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Second Floor Plan - Food Market 4
1
1 3 2 3
5 3 7
6 7
7
5 7
Programs Main Building: 1. Restaurant 2. Food Market 3. Dining Areas 4. Bridge to Productive Landscape Sevice Building 5. Conferece Rooms 6. Conference Information Stand 7. Workers’ Housing Units
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5
10
20
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Third Floor Plan - Fruit Floor
2
3 1
6
4 7 7 5
7 8 8 7 7 7
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7 8
Programs Main Building: 1. VF - Grapes 2. VF - Pineapples 3. VF - Cantaloups 4. VF - Strawberries 5. VF - Blueberries 6. Open Exhibition Area Sevice Building 7. Staff Offices 8. Workers’ Housing Units
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5
10
20
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Fourth Floor Plan - Roots Floor
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3 1
6
4 7 7 5
7 8 8 7 7 7
8
7 8
Programs Main Building: 1. VF - Beetroot 2. VF - Carrots 3. VF - Ginger 4. VF - Eggplants 5. VF - Squash 6. Open Pop-up Area Sevice Building 7. Staff Offices 8. Workers’ Housing Units
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5
10
20
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Fifth Floor Plan - Vegetable Floor
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3 1
6 4
7 5 9 9
8
9 7 9
Programs Main Building: 1. VF (Double height) - Peas+ Cauliflower 2. VF (Double height) - Green Beans + Cabbage 3. VF (Double height) - Tomatoes + Broccoli 4. VF (Double height) - Cucumber + Lettuce 5. VF (Double height) - Bell Pepper + Lettuce 6. Open Expo Area Sevice Building 7. Produce Laboratories 8. Labs Documentation Archive 9. Workers’ Housing Units
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10
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Sixth Floor Plan - Grean Leaves Floor
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3 1
6 4
7 5 8
7 8 7 7
8 7 8
Programs Main Building: 1. VF - Spinach 2. VF - Parseley 3. VF - Kale 4. VF - Arugula 5. VF - Basil 6. Aeroponic Leaf Garden Sevice Building: 7. Meeting Rooms 8. Workers’ Housing Units
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Rooftop Plan
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Axonometric Section
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South-west Elevation
+37.00
+33.50
+30.00
+27.00
+23.50
+20.00
+16.50
+13.50
+10.00
+6.50
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South-west Perspective Section
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South-East Elevation
+37.00
+33.50
+30.00
+27.00
+23.50
+20.00
+16.50
+13.50
+10.00
+6.50
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South-East Orthographic Section
+37.00
+33.50
+30.00
+20.00
+16.50
+6.50
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North-East Elevation
+37.00
+33.50
+30.00
+23.50
+20.00
+16.50
+10.00
+6.50
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North-West Elevation
+37.00
+33.50
+30.00
+23.50
+20.00
+16.50
+10.00
+6.50
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Process Models
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Technical Details
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Construction System Model - 1:50 70
Roof Construction: Composite Slab with 1-2% slope for rainwater collection Polished Concrete Finishing Screed with underfloor heating Separating Layer Impact and Sound Insulation Reinforced Concrete Slab Steel deck (flat) with Steel Beams
5 mm 80 mm 40 mm 100 mm varies
Hydroponic Sytem:
Multilayered Nutrient Film Technique (NFT)
Ramp Sytem:
Inverted beam for parapet with tension cables sustaining from the roof
Separating Partitions:
Double (and Triple) Layered Airtight Glazing of glass and polycarbonate 50mm
Circulation and Structureal Core with Space for services, pipes and ducts:
Single Bracing Self Supporting Structure, with hollow steel tubes - 200 mm diameter
Floor Construction: Composite Slab with Steel Deck Floor Covering Screed with underfloor heating Separating Layer Impact and Sound Insulation Reinforced Concrete Slab Steel deck (flat) with Steel Beams
5 mm 80 mm 40 mm 100 mm varies
Floor Construction: Unheated Basement Screed Concrete Ground Slab Lean Concrete
Foundation System
30 mm 200 mm 50 mm
A series of piles under the diagrid Followed by a series of micro-piles under the slab 71
Vertical Farming - Zoom in
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Construction System Model - 1:50 73
Ramp Structure and Connection System
Fishing and Market - Zoom in
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Exploded Axonometric - Diagrid System Connection
2.5 m
11.5 m
2.5 m
7m
Structural Plan - Beam and Steel Plate Pattern Construction System Model - 1:50 75
Rainwater collection system from
Ventilation from the kitchen
the roof, running through the core
through the central core, being
and collected in the underground.
exhausted from the roof
Service Elevators accessing the
Water drainage and filteration
kitchen and the vertical gardens
from the fish tanks directly to the
for the ease of workers. The open
underground
bracing structure allows for easy maintance of the pipes as well.
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PARKING Floor Plan
1 1
2
3 1
3
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Programs
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Main Building: 1. Service Elevators 2. Machinery Space 3. Loading Docks for Trucks 4. Truck Entrance/Exit
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Construction Sequence
The Construction Process of the project is a simoultaneous one.Since the towers are self supporting, during the construction process, the building develops both horizontally and vertically at the same time. This results in a more efficient constrcution pace, as well as better support for the beams and the horizontal elements. 0. Existing Condition of the Site
1. Excavation and Placement of Retaining Walls
2. Piles and MicroPiles
7. Reinforcements
8. Concrete Pouring, Insulation, Waterproofing layer. Screed, and Floor Finishing
9. Ground Level Vertical Structural Elements (Columns, Diagrid, and LoadBearing walls(
The piles follow the same footprint of the diagrid which end as columns in the basement, and the micropile are placed under the footprint of the tower to support and transfer the loads from the vertical farms and more importantly the water tanks.
While the beams on the ground floor follow a traditional grid, on the upper floors it becomes a more dynamic pattern as a result of the diagrid and the floor openings. The size of the beams then vary based on their placement in the floor plate area.
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3. Pouring the Concrete Base
4. Basement Columns aligning with the piles
5. Elevator Cores and Loadbearing walls
6. Basement Beams
10. Beams following the layout of columns and diagrid system
11. Steel Deck, Reinforcements, and Concrete Pouring
12. On the main building - Diagrid Structure developing vertically at the same time as the rest of the construction process
13. Beams following the structure of the building - Taking into account openings in the floor plates
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Environmental Section - Systems
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Environmental Section - Strategies
Solar Panels over the whole roof area, facing the south facade
Floor openings based on sun angle and direction to allow for more direct and indirect natural light
Natural Ventilation as a result of the open facade Moderating temperature and surrounding wind through the use of vegetation
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