_Smart cities for the era of real-time information
EMERGENT TERRITORIES
PARK [O] POLIS
[The [ Area] ]
parks and dis connections
#6 #5 #4
Barcelona, Spain
#3 #2 #1 THE GRIDS
The area is an urban void at the crossing point where 3 different grids of the city meet but do don connect:
THE LIMITS The Zoo, the train station and the ronda [highway] cut the site in two, not allowing pedestrians to cross from one side to the other:
Eixample grid
Zoo
Estaci贸n
El Born grid
Barceloneta grid
Ronda
#1
Barceloneta Beach
#2
Barceloneta Park
#3
Ronda Litoral
#4
Estaci贸n de Francia
#5
Cascades Park
#6
Ciutadella Park
THE ENTRANCES The Ciutadella park has
THE USERS Because of the lack of prop-
access from the Eixample and the El Born grids. The other parks are not well connected to the city:
er access, only the Ciutadella park is fully used by barcelonians. The other parks remain empty most of the time:
Ciutadella Zoo
Zoo
Estaci贸n
Ronda
[The Green Areas] barcelona x the world
Curitiba_Brazil Curitiba_Brazil
New New York_USA York_USA
Area: 430 km2 Park Area: 90 km2 % Green Areas: 20.93% Population: 1,746,896
Area: 790 km2 Park Area: 190 km2 % Green Areas: 24.05% Population: 8,391,881
51,50 m2 | hab
The World Health organization suggests at least a m
Barcelona_Spain Barcelona_Spain Area: 101 km2 Park Area: 9 km2 % Green Areas: 8.90% Population: 1.621.537
23,10 m2 | hab
minimum of
5,60 m2 | hab
9 m2 of green open space per city dweller.
[The Strategy] connecting and creating green areas
2.5 m Cars of the Today
1.2 m
Cars of the Future THE ZOO
that today acts as a limit has to be ‘exploded’ throughout the entire territory so pedestrians can cross from Ciutadella to Barceloneta park:
THE EXISTING PARKS have to be physically connected to activate the green areas that are not being used to their full capacities today:
Arc de Triomf
Ciutadella Zoo
Cascades
Zoo
Barceloneta Park
Detail 1:
THE CARS of today are getting smaller.
Detail 2:
The Ronda Today
The Ronda Tomorrow
In this case, the hypothesis is that the flow of vehicles will continue the same, so the space that was left free was transformed into a green urban area, connecting the existing parks of the territory.
Detail 1:
Detail 2:
THE GRIDS also have to be connected
THE NEW PARKS Because of the lack of
through physical paths. Today, there is no connection between the grids inside the parks:
green areas, the train station [soon to be deactivated], the ronda and the pier will be transformed into new parks
L’Eixample
L’Eixample
Arc de Triomf
Poblenou
Ciutadella El Born
Arc de Triomf
Ciutadella
Cascades
Zoo
Poblenou
Cascades
Zoo
El Born Estación de Francia
Ronda Barceloneta Park
Barceloneta Park
Barceloneta
Barceloneta
Pier
[The Fractal System]
Selecting the points
The Triangles The idea of c code for the mesh
Grasshopper triangulation-
from tectonic to pedestrian scale
building’ to connect the p but also in section was m triangles. The process tha movement that would cre also have to work in pede allow that system to be a territory, the triangulation area of the park could - if intervention.
Triangulating the me
creating a ‘mountainpark not only horizontally made possible by using at generated the tectonic eated the building would estrian scale devices. To applied throughout the n was fractalized so each f necessary - receive an
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4
16
64
256
Tectonic Scale
Human Scale
Fractilizing the system
[The Models] the flower model
Flower Model.
[discarded strategy]
[The Models] the origami model
Origami Model.
[discarded strategy]
[The Models] the cave model
Cave Model.
[permanent program strategy]
[The Models] the fabric model
Fabric Model.
[reactive program strategy]
[The Real-Time Data] transforming information into smart spaces
data x space diagram:
The Hypothesis Increasing green areas in urban environments is not only a
ing more square meters of green public spaces. It’s about [re]activating ones and, more importantly, promoting the possibility of different uses [s same space. Transforming mono-functional into hybrid, so the expansio only in space but also in time.
Permanently Reactive, Small Scale
about constructthe existing scenarios] for the on happens not Ocasionaly Reactive, Medium Scale
Permanent Program, Big Scale
[The Real-Time Data] transforming information into smart spaces
Satellite
Park User Data Input #1 Park Network
Park and User Interact
The Technology available today already allows us to detect data and promote interaction between user and objects. The same concept should be applied to cities, so the inhabitants could participate in designing the spaces they live in.
[The Reactive Program] transforming static into reactive spaces
Ciutadella Park
Output #1
11 am Output #2
Park Time
Barceloneta Beach
Output #1
11 am Output #2
Beach Time
[06. june. 2038]
17 pm Output #3
Playground
17 pm Output #3
Playground
2 am Sonar Festival
2 am Circus
[The Interactive Model] connecting real time data with a physical model
For the simulation of the project, a physical model was built according to the different possible scales of triangulation, from human scale - in the form of an inflatable bench / platform - to a pavilionar scale, in the form of a foldable structure. For the bench, the ground plane was inflated by a pump controlled by valves that simulated the interaction between the park and the users. For the pavilion, a Grasshopper code simulated the ‘Park Network’ controlling the physical ‘arm’ folding the structure up and down.
Surface
#2
Incision
Incision
#1 Air
ion’
‘Incis
‘Stone-like’ Structures
Air
Inflatable ‘Rocklike’ Structures
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FOR THE VIDEO OF THE MODEL IN ACTION VISIT: http://vimeo.com/00000000
Surface
‘Cave-like’ Structures Permanent Program
#2
Space
Air
#1
Incision
cis
SLIDER
ion
’
Foldable ‘Pavilionlike’ Structures
ARDUINO
Mechanical Arm
Grasshopper Code
Inflation Device
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