Sea(ty) Loop

Students:

Divya Shah I Harshul Goti I Vishakha Pathak

Faculty: Mathilde Marengo I Willy Müller

Faculty Assistant: Adriana Aguirre Such

The primary goal of this study was to investigate this tourism perspective, using the unavoidable social, ecological, and cultural commitment that is increasingly demanded of this citizen for hours in our cities as a reference. That is the challenge of this Studio in developing ideas and concepts for a Circular Design within the framework of the master’s general philosophy.

The goal of this proposal is to rejuvenate the post-touristy Barcelona waterfront, which is facing a difficult future because of the era of mass tourism. This project adheres to the X-Urban design studio’s guiding principles.

The region of Poblenou 22@ district, where Mar Bella Park is located, development has been taking place over the past 20 years with a focus on three sectors in particular: urbanization, knowledge, and innovation. This development focuses mostly on two areas of Poblenou away from the waterfront. Though waterfront is a part of Poblenou district it is not categorized as a waterfront area like the rest of Barcelona’s shoreline, Project Sea-ty Loop aims to connect the sea to the city by bringing all these dispersed urbanization, knowledge, and innovation functions of Poblenou 22@ to the Poblenou waterfront and integrating them into a single loop.