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PUERTO DE PANTALLAS The New Urban Harbor of Gandia

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2021PFG_Gandia_Valencia_Sarah R. Al Atiyat

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PUERTO DE PANTALLAS Your itinerary upon arrival_ pfg 2021 (Planned by the Final Thesis Project of Sarah R. Al Atiyat)

Destination: Gandia Harbor, Valencia - Spain (in the MEDMET) Duration of trip: Jan. /2021 - June/2021 Design Studio VII: Prof. Fernando Rodríguez | Prof. Matan Mayer Technical Studies: Prof. Rafael Iñiguez Research Workshop: Profs. Juan Elvira and Monica Garcia

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Day 01: Context

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Day 02: Concept and Strategy

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Day 03: A New Urban Infrastructure

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Day 04: The System in Detail

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Day 05: Designing through Modeling

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Day 06: Design in Detail

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Day 07: Structural Description

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Day 08: 3D Model Images

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Last Day: Project References

Day 01: (Context) - Territorial analysis - Urban conditions of Gandia - About the harbor

Grau i Platja

Harbor

Context: El Grao

Gandia as a city is divided into two territories: the city down south and the harbor. (Both highlighted through the yellow dotted border) Tourists usually prefer staying in the city rather than the harbor for the lack of appeal while locals’ density is higher in the city rather than the port.

Gandia

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Urban Fabric Analysis In the following pages, an urban analysis is provided through a series of maps

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Gandia City

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Grau i Platja

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Port + El Grao

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Economy Analysis in a Post Industrial Situation The harbor in its nature brings in an influx of goods, services and revenue. Spain is the most important exporter of fresh fruit and vegetables globally. Annually, Spain exports more than 12 million tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables, valued at more than 12 billion euro. About 60 per cent of Spanish export of fresh fruit and vegetables comes from three provinces: Almeria, Murcia and Valencia.

The focus has been always on the industrial part of the harbor that deals with the shipping industry. There is another part of the harbor that is as equally important which is the one near the Grau.

“Spain Is the Number One Exporter of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Globally.” FreshPlaza, 27 Nov. 2017, www.freshplaza.com/article/2185412/spain-is-the-number-one-exporter-of-fresh-fruit-and-vegetables-globally/.

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A Brief Look into some Ports of Spain Many ports in Spain provide two urban conditions at the same time, the industrial part of the harbor and the more local one that relates to other leisure activities that relate to tourists and locals alike.

Port of Santander

They aim to have an infrastructure that provide fluidity and flexibility for multiple programs to happen at the same time. Moreover, they provide adaptability for spaces to change over the years.

Port of Cartagena

Port of Malaga

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Back to Gandia Harbor How can this port provide another infrastructure on the side of the industrial infrastructure ?

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the industrial harbor and recreational harbor - two sides of the same coin Gandia is a beautiful town on the Costa de Valencia, capital la Comarca de La Safor, and a major tourist destination in the Levantine Coast

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And about 3km there is the Gandía old town and the historical center of the town. The area of coast and fishing port have suffered a great development in recent years growing considerably. The harbor area also can be divided into the area of the fishing port, marina and commercial port.

The town of Gandia has 2 distinct nuclei; on one hand there is Gandia y el Grau, which is the area located on the coast and traditionally considered the fishing district.

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The port of Gandia is planned by D. Rafael Yagüe on April 30, 1883, his first stone being laid on June 23, 1886. Three years later, ownership of it is transferred to the British company "The Alcoy & Gandia Railway and Harbour Company Limited", whose objectives were, on the one hand, to import the coal needed by the Alcoyan textile industries and, on the other, to export the products of the area to the overseas markets. The latter company expands the works and manages to turn Gandía into the second fruit port in Spain, reaching 250,000 tons in 1934.

In 1946, after World War II and due to the decrease in the activity of the port, the State declares the port of Gandía "of general interest", making effective the purchase of it on October 21 of that same year and finally becoming part of the Administrative Commission of Ports of Valencia in 1961.

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PUERTO DE PANTALLAS Puerto de Pantallas is a 700m harbor intervention that aims to create an interface between people and the harbor activity while bringing in tourists and locals alike. In its nature, it aims to enhance or improve a post industrial situation. This is done through the use of filters or ‘screens’ that are layered in parallel to create interior and exterior spaces. The infrastructure allows for a multitude of programs that can be changed in the future according to the needs of the harbor.

The intervention also reflects up on the other side of the harbor that is purely industrial. Moreover, the intervention creates two relationships simultaneously; one with the water and harbor and the other with the city and beach whether it is the Grau or the city center.

Through the implementation of a series of ‘screens’ layered in parallel over a structure that blends in with the masts of all of the boats and yachts around, a new urban infrastructure is created that provided connections to the existing Grau and Platja neighborhood. As well as visual connections to the sea and the industrial harbor happening on the opposite side of the harbor. The esplanade is maintained through a mostly open ground floor plan that extends to both ends of the harbor. The esplanade connects to the sea through a series of steps, docks and a ramp that touches the surface of the sea.

By utilizing flexible floor spaces, situations can occur rather than fixed programs. The nature of the harbor is ever changing and it needs an infrastructure that allows such adaptability. The structure itself as well as the screens can be changed and allowed to adapt throughout the years according to the needed urban conditions.

The two relationships between harbor and city & harbor and sea are interchangeable through the changing layers of the screens and their respective opacities. The situations happening allow for different programs to occur at the same time.

What this proposal aims to do is connect the harbor to the Grau and Platja neighbourhood as well as Gandia city, this way the touristic potential increases though the different programs happening while at the same time giving the local community a plethora of services that the harbor is currently lacking aiming to extend the infrastructure at the city and street level. Such infrastructure related to connectivity to public transport, green spaces, open ground floors and esplanades by the seaside. In addition to that, the interior spaces happening between the screens provide offices, cafes, library, museum, workshops, etc.

Puerto de Pantallas aims to provides a new look at the future of port and harbor urbanism to create flexible spaces in an infrastructure that benefits the harbor and the city at different levels by the creation of the interior/ exterior spaces that are blurred between the screens imitating the fluidity and change of sea waters that in a way represent the change and adaptively of our nature as humans.

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DAY 02: (Concept and Strategy) - Regenerating the urban harbor - City/Sea connection - Creating an infrastructure - Touristic potential

Passeig Marítim de Neptú

urban plaza

Carrer Mare Nostrum

Carrer Atlàntic

programs related to the city

programs related to the sea

Urban Regeneration Implications As seen in the drawing the two sides of the harbor are different in terms of urban density and programmatic use. Puerto de Pantallas aims to connect physically to the Grau i Platja and visually with the tinglados and the industrial part of the harbor.

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TRANSPORTATION LINK

With the direct connection of the adjacent streets, the proposal would extend beyond the first row of blocks.

ACTIVATED HARBOR

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POSSIBLE TOURIST ATTRACTION

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Gandia City

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Port + El Grao

will serve as a connection to the city’s other facilities serves as an extension of the public infrastructure that connects the neighborhood and sea connection to the ferry service that will possibly attract tourists.

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existing situation

How to adapt to the morphological, transportation, programmatic and volumetric situations?

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How to adapt to the morphological, transportation, programmatic and volumetric situations?

morphological situation opening up to existing views extending the existing

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How to adapt to the morphological, transportation, programmatic and volumetric situations?

transportation situation pedestrian streets waterways for boats

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How to adapt to the morphological, transportation, programmatic and volumetric situations?

programmatic & volumetric situation residential/hotel commercial beach/ leasuire nautical green areas

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proposal city - sea connection creating direct contact with the sea through the ramps, stairs and docks reinforcing the public plaza

greenery the harbor lacks greenery and trees especially in the public plazas.

the proposal having an almost open GF to allow the esplanade condition while providing circulation to the upper floors

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cultural centers

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Touristic Potential There is a missing link between Gandia the city and the harbor in terms of touristic potential in which all cultural centers, theaters and museums are in the city center while there is one museum in the harbor. Such institutions attract tourists a lot especially when there is a close proximity to a harbor and a beach. Furthermore, the ferry rides that arrive to the harbor that would bring in an influx of tourists into the harbor. This would also create a connection with the other institutions in the city center.

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two routes available to get to the old city: 1: bus route from Passeig Marítim - Navegant 2: C1 (cercanias) from platja de gandia

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culture and heritage

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Culture is a fundamental part of the tourism experience in Europe, and its importance is growing. Today, cultural tourism is one of the largest and fastest-developing global tourism markets: an estimated four out of ten tourists choose their destination based on its cultural offering. They are increasingly attracted by intangible factors such as the atmosphere of a place, its association with famous people, ideas or events – in other words by a place’s culture, history and traditions.

Europe is a key cultural tourism destination thanks to its incomparable cultural heritage that includes museums, theatres, archaeological sites, historical cities and industrial sites, as well as music and gastronomy. https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/pdf/10.18111/9789284418978

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Site Axonometric 1:750

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4) Insertion of circulation cores to access different levels of buildings

3) The possibiltiy of different situations through insertion of programs

Exploded Axonometric This drawing shows the layering of the project horizontally and vertically through the families of elements.

2) Layers the different types of filters and screens

1) Structure in rows and columns

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DAY 03: (A New Urban Infrastructure) - Shared GF level and esplanade - Pantallas in Action

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urban section-elevation A-A

The view from the tinglados and other side of port. The layers of the structure and screens are seen with the backdrop of the city.

The proposal is narrow and long so to show it at the city scale; here are two urban section-elevations

A cross section-elevation portraying the two sides of the port with the water in between and the city on either sides. urban section-elevation B-B

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site sections 1:700

urban plaza + museum section

Cross Sections at Multiples Points of the Narrow Proposal The ground floors are mostly always open to ensure flexible movement from the street to the sea esplanade.

Vertical cores allow movement to upper levels.

At different section cuts, we can see different occurrence of programmatic situations. urban plaza + theatre section

urban program insertion section

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DAY 04: (The System in Detail) - How does the system work?

- Possibility of Program ‘Situations’

IN PLAN 1

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Grid and structure placement columns are 7 meters apart along the harbor

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Inserting different screens screens are layers along the structure

Program situations happening between screens different screens suitable for multiple programs and can over lap over each other

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Ground Floor Plan 1:1000

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program housed in the middle

The building system allows for different programs to take place that is due to the circulation and services core being adhered to one side of the building to allow an open floor plan. Of course, there are cases where the core moves to the shorter side of building to accommodate the a certain program. This also allows for flexible spaces and areas of different sizes for different programs.

Further more, the structure and layout of the floor plan allows for both scalability and flexibility, taking into consideration the urban development of the harbor.

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section a-a 1:250

At a given time, in 2022 for example , the program situations happening in section a-a range from ground floor open for street performers to offices and workshops happening in the upper floors while the roofs offer terraces to enjoy a 360 degree view.

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section b-b 1:250

At a given time, in 2022 for example , the program situations happening in section b-b range from ground floor open for a cafe to a theatre space and offices happening in the upper floors while the roofs offer terraces to enjoy a 360 degree view.

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At a given time, in 2022 for example , the program situations happening in section c-c range from ground floor open for a cafe that opens up to a museum and workshops happening in the upper floors while the roofs offer terraces to enjoy a 360 degree view.

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DAY 05: (Designing through Modeling) - Early process - Model Pictures

Model Making

1:500 model of site focusing on the relationship between two sides of harbor

Model making gives the ability to understand the volumes and a representative urban fabric. Experimenting with different materiality and volumes helped understand the site more and what works best in order to develop the project further.

Models were made at different scales ranging from 1:1000 to 1:500

1:500 model of the first attempt at the ‘screens’ idea and its relationship with the tinglados and harbor

1:1000 model of site focusing on the harbor

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IN PLAN: The different interior and exterior spaces blending into each other.

Model Making This model depicts one part of the proposal in 1:500 scale showing the different layers upon the structure as well as the relationship with water.

Moreover it shows the different interior and exterior spaces happening between the layers along with the circulation cores that connect them

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IN ELEVATION: The different layers overlapping gives the proposal an ambiguity and fluidity

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DAY 06: (Design in Detail) - A First Glimpse at the Screens - Planimetry (Plans, Atmospheric Sections, Elevations) - Sustainability Strategy - Images

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Screens + Filters Catalogue The main filters here are the glass and curtain combination but according to different programs and building orientaton, other filters can be added or layered.

1 pantalla de pita

2 pantalla de cañizo

4 pantalla de cortina

3 pantalla verde

Screen made of vegetable fiber fabric. Decorative and useful interior to exterior curtain that sifts the light and prevents flies and mosquitoes from entering the interior. Made from fiber fabric of Valencian origin.

Screen made of beige canizo (reed) which provides 75% concealment. Sourced locally from Spain.

Screen made of green plants in pots that provide shade and decrease temperature in the summer. Plants locally sourced from Valencia.

Curtains that attach to the main structure to provide shade or divide space.

type 1

gradient of filters and screens changing from lightest to heaviest, their placement depends on the program and orientation

5 pantalla de vidrio

8 pantalla de metal negro

7 pantalla de

6 pantalla de ETFE

policarbonato

type 3 type 2

black metal screen panels for private areas (e.g. theatre) with little to no light transmission

glass curtain wall (8/12/8) with operable panels

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ETFE cushions regulate the temperature and filters UV rays and allows varied light transmission

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polycarbonate panels allows light and thermal protection

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Longitudinal section 1:500 situation 1

situation 2

Ground Floor Plan 1:500

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Ground Floor Plan 1:300

rehearsal area + workshops/ offices

esplanade

cafe

performing plaza + workshops/ offices

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Ground Floor Plan 1:150

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First Floor Plan 1:150

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First Floor Mezzanine Plan 1:150

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Second Floor Plan 1:150

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Third Floor Plan 1:150

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Fourth Floor Plan 1:150

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Sustainability Strategy The sustainability strategy can be categorized into 4 main parts:

1 Vegetation - Green terraces and facades achieves high level of shading in the south facades.

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- Use of recycled water to water the plants in the facade screens and rooftops.

2 Materiality

- All materials used in structure and screens are pre-cast which reduces the amount of energy needed on site.

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- Use of local materials (cortinas, canizos)

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- Whole structure with the slabs in between creates vertical chimneys allowing ventilation.

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greenery providing shadow

- Facade screen selection depends on orientation and program.

3 Passive System

summer

winter

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14.6m 13.2m cañizo filter providing shade

sea breeze coming in from the harbor

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HVAC: cold air

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8.25m

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light refraction

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HVAC: warm air heating

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cross ventilation

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- Making use of the local winds (E to W) which allows for ventilation.

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- Sea breeze cooling in the summer due to proximity to sea; softens atmosphere inside buildings.

4 Active System - HVAC System allows for heating, cooling and radiating in which radiant floors can heat the interiors in the winter and cool the interiors in the summer.

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The Atmospheric Sections These sections show different atmospheric instances of the proposal at different section cuts and times of day.

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The Atmospheric Sections These sections show different atmospheric instances of the proposal at different section cuts and times of day.

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The Atmospheric Sections These sections show different atmospheric instances of the proposal at different section cuts and times of day.

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interior shot of one of the programmatic situations

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interior shot of one of the programmatic situations

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interior shot of one of the programmatic situations

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DAY 07: (Structural Description) - Structural System and Details - Structural Plans - Foundation Details - Construction Process

exterior shot from the street into the puerto de pantallas

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The Layering System in Detail Facades Axonometric Scale: 1:300

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1 Southern facade and slab detail: 1:150 A3 1.ETFE cushion 2. stainless steel facade supporting structure 3.stainless steel operable frame 4. concrete tiles floor finish (0.5x0.5) 5. support and floor heating 6.thermal insulation 7.composite slab, steel sheeting with concrete 8. HEB 300 profile 9. HEB 400 profile 10.Steel plates 11. HEB 400 profile 12. linoleum floor finish

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The Layering System in Detail

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1. HEB 400 Profile 2. Steel plates 3. Metallic bolts 4. Steel profiles for HEB profiles 5. Custom connection steel plate 6. Box connector for plate and HEB profile

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Foundation Details detail 1 1

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Selected details: 1. HEB 300 Profile 2. Linoleum floor finish 3. Thermal insulation 4. Composite slab 5. Box connector for plate and HEB profile 6. Custom connection steel plate 7. HEB 400 profile 8. Bolts 9. Foundation steel plate 10. Concrete slab (20cm) 11. High resistance screw 12. Reinforcement bars (Ø 20mm) 13. Plaster waterproof membrane 14. Piles 15. Reinforcement bars (Ø 20mm) 16. Gravel for drainage 17. Drainage pipe 18. Steel connector ties 19. Reinforced concrete slab (20cm)

first floor plan

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basement floor plan detail 2

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A close-up elevation and section depicting materialtiy

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The plan on the right is for one of the interventions between the screens. The structural logic is the same elsewhere.

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Construction Process

Existing situation

(1) Necessary excavation for plaza, pool and strucutre.

(2) Assembling of steel profiles, columns and beams,

(4) Insertion of vertical cores (stairs, elevators and

(5)Layering the differnt screens on the structure (screens

Addition of docks and sea stairs.

(3)Instering the slabs creating multiple floors (slabs made of composite deck placed on top of trans girder)

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technical cores)

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(prefab) and weilding on site.

with frames are prefab), assembled on site

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exterior shot looking at one intervention and the sea connection

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DAY 08: (3D Model Images) - A few images in the immediate context - Bird’s eye view

A collage showing the proposal interacting with the neighborhood in the background and the sea in the foreground with the tinglados on the opposite side.

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Bird’s-eye view #1

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Bird’s-eye view #2

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LAST DAY: (Project References) - Fundacion Cartier - Jean Nouvel - Fundacion Beyeler - Renzo Piano - Wyly Theatre - OMA/ Rem Koolhaas - Eco- Boulevard - Ecosistema Urbano - Baukunst -Bruther - Curtains Work - Petra Blaisse - Humanidade2012 / Pavillion in Rio - Carla Juaçaba + Bia Lessa

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PUERTO DE PANTALLAS The New Urban Harbor of Gandia

see you next time!

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