MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Faculty: Areti Markopoulou, Tomas Diez Advisor: Salvador Rueda Assistants: Ionna Spanou, Tomas Vivanco
A NEW PARADIGM FOR THE SLOW CITY:
SUPERBLOCK 23: Hulda J贸nsd贸ttir Vicente Gasc贸 Jes煤s Sapien
THE (TELE) COMMUTING CITY
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Superblock Location - City Scale
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Superblock - Block Scale
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Leisure Commercial Service Residential Industrial Clinics Private garages
Uses at ground floor level
Uses at second floor
Characteristics: Mostly Residential Superblock
Uses at third floor
Clockwise Fabra i Puig Carrer de Sagrera Carrer de Castellbell Riera de Sant Andreu
Public buildings Empty lots / construction
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Service-based economy in the interior, salesbased economy in the exterior. (commerce and leisure).
Characteristics: Service-Commerce Economy
High concetration of garages or storage spaces at the ground level cause inactivity in parts of the Superblock, principally in the right and upper-right of it.
Areas of Ground Level Inactivity
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Leisure business Commercial business Service business High activity during day High activity during night High activity during weekdays
High Activity during the day
High Activity during the night
High Activity during the weekend
During the day, activity is highly concentrated around the bordering streets of the superblock and respond to clusters of commercial stores while during the night and the weekdays, activity is related to open spaces and leisure places such as bars and restaurants. Low activity areas are in direct proportion to areas with high concentration of closed garages or storage areas in the ground floor. Low activity
Characteristics: Activity Behaviour
Garages
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY Superblock 23: Sant Andreu District 9 Barrio Sant Andreu 55,813 hab. 184.1 hectareas Density: 303 hab / ha. (3rd most dense in district)
Sant Andreu in Numbers
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lack of (open space) Activate “death” areas (adaptability) Introduce productivity into a residential superblock (open space)(adaptability)(productivity) = ? Diagnosis
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Work as a verb, not a place... a new paradigm for the slow city.
TO Work Relations Workmates Career Transportation Family Friends Space Community
TRANSPORTATION WORKPLACE
In Europe,
HOUSE
35% of workers telecommute*...
TELECOMMUTING CITIES
Only 26% workers in Spain telecommute, but would like to have the option.
57%
... increasing interest in telecommuting by companies and government *at least 10 hours a week to be considered telecommuting... data according to the Telework Research Network and Open Mart
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hypothesis
Does telecommuting have the capacity of generating local economy? Is telecommuting a solution for more adaptable, multidisciplinary communities?
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
1 2 3
Application
st PHASE
Proposal +
IMMEDIATE
HOME OFFICES
GARAGES
nd PHASE
1-2 YEARS
PHASE
5-10 YEARS
+ MODULAR STRUCTURES
DIGITAL APP
rd
URBAN LEVEL
Proposal
“Turning unused spaces into productive ones at different scales in different time lapses.”
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
(left) Study of office configurations for apartments and small spaces and sketch studies for garages. (top) Orientations analysis for the garages. Natural and artificial lighting and artificial ventilation are used.
Proposal: First Phase, Home-Offices and Emergent Offices/Business
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Areas with the best conditions for emergent garages is selected. Based on those areas closer to esential services such as printing boutiques, banks, office materials, etc.
Proposal: Second Phase
The proposal concentrates on activating low activity areas by changing block typologies and reconfiguring open / public space relations.
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Proposal: Second Phase
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY ACTIVATE UNUSED INTERIOR BLOCK SPACES AS SEMI PUBLIC-PRIVATE OPEN SPACES.
THE LAST PHASE OF THE PROPOSAL IS TO TRANSFORM BLOCKS INDIVIDUALLY WITHIN THE SUPERBLOCK. BY TRANSFORMING DENSITY / OPEN SPACE RELATIONS, THE PROPOSAL BLURRIES THE LINE BETWEEN STREETS AND OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BLOCKS.
Proposal: Third Phase: Future, Urban Level
REDEFINE THE ROLE OF STREETS / BUILT SPACE RELATION.
USE GARAGES AS PORTALS BETWEEN STREETS AND INTERIOR SPACES.
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY BLOCK TYPOLOGY Development of the Cerda block have turned most of the blocks interior into wasted inaccesible spaces.
The proposals uses renovated garages as portals to the interior of the blocks from the street.
Accesible interiors redefine the built / unbuilt relations and provide a useful platform for new development such as green areas or supporting infrastructure for emergent business and for telecommuters.
Emergent business often share a common space inside the block. This could become a common platform for them.
Proposal: Third Timelapse: Future, Urban Level
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Proposal: Third Timelapse: Future, Urban Level
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Proposal: Third Timelapse: Future, Urban Level