Bilbao: Transformation and Future
Susana Ruiz Technical Head of Town Planning Office Bilbao City Council
THE METROPOLITAN AREA OF BILBAO
35 counties (municipalities) bordering the downstream of the Ibaizabal estuary. It is the 5th largest Metropolitan Area in the State and the 10th largest city.
THE OROGRAPHY. SPREAD OF THE POPULATION
THE INDUSTRIAL MODEL (1880 – 1990)
The urban overdevelopment
Employees go on strike (1975)
FLOODS 1983
The city is destroyed
POSTINDUSTRIAL MODEL (1990 – 2010). FEATURES OF THE NEW MODEL:
1. The estuary as backbone of the territory and economy of the city
2. U r b a n s u s t a i n a b i l i t y : A b a n d o n e d a n d degraded (brown) fields are put back to use. No green fields have been used.
3. Quality urban planning and architecture 4. Zero debt 5. The conservation of industrial GDP by adaptation to new technologies.
EXTENSION OF THE PORT
Port of Bilbao 1991
Port of Bilbao 2017
Freeing up of port and industrial spaces along the river. Abandoibarra
Before
After
Freeing up of port and industrial spaces along the river. Abandoibarra
Total Investment: 1,000 million euros in the sphere of the water board (roughly 8 times more than the cost of building the Guggenheim Museum).
Bilbao's underground system 3 metro lines in service with 87.100.000 travellers in 2016
The GUGGENHEIM BILBAO Museum. The symbol of the transformation of Bilbao
Elimination of Railway Barriers
Elimination of Railway Barriers
Before
After
Main cultural FACILITIES
Tourist evolution of Bilbao 1994
1996
1998
2001
2004
2007
2011
2014
2015
VISITORS WITH USE OF HOTEL
24.302
169.166
216.409
380.469
489.978
623.229
726.003
742.445
813.357
CONGRESSES
88
109
268
523
735
1.007
1.067
1.064
1.022
18.817
20.000
36.412
76.297
136.144
185.035
171.967
186.130
175.768
29
29
36
42
44
51
57
69
70
442.012
518.820
804.994
720.808
964.673
1.148.891
2.123.305
2.491.729
3.395.773
DELEGATES OF CONGRESSES HOTEL ESTABLISHMENTS HOTEL USERS AERIAL PASSENGERS
1.425.822 1.794.586
1.386.219 1.443.407 1.560.185
4.254.395 4..045.613 4.015.352 4.277.430
ENTRANCE OF CRUISES
0
0
2
16
21
22
53
58
44
PASSENGERS OF CRUISES
0
0
1.331
5.954
12.180
22.972
77.345
80.161
70.497
MICRO-SPACES for social integration
There are 35 public elevators and 20 mechanical ramps and escalators, providing accessibility in upper neighbourhoods
ZORROTZAURRE MASTER PLAN. Planner: Zaha Hadid
NEW AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY ABANDO
NEW AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY ABANDO
NEW AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY ABANDO
THE ECONOMY AGREEMENT OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY FISCAL AUTHONOMY AND THE “CUPO”
Susana Ruiz Bilbao City Council s.ruiz@bilbao.eus
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