Proposals: Renewal of the Bon Pastor community

Manifesto Proposals: Renewal of the Bon Pastor community

By SHUNWEN LIANG

TUTORS: Edward Fox, David Chandler

STUDIO - Ecosystemic

Contents 1. Site Context

3. Connection network

1.1 Site location

3.1 Transport circulations

1.2 Site context and plan of renewal

3.2 Street sections

1.3 Landuse

3.3 Rainwater treatment system

1.4 Site history

3.4 Green circulation

1.5 Spatial analysis 1.6 Transport circulation 1.7 Green connection

4. Final Proposals Combine

1.8 Stakeholders

4.1 Masterplan

2. Design Development 2.1 Issues and Aims 2.2 Theoretical Inspiation 2.3 Proposed sites illustration 2.4 Urban develop strategies

1. Site Context 1.1 Site location The Bon Pastor area, because of its proximity to the river and its location near the edge of the city, began to see a large number of factories move in 1923. To this day, a large number of industries are still operating in the area and the neighbourhoods within it have become islands on the edge of the city.

Bon Pastor community, Barcelona Area: 550.000 m2

Geo: 41.436215, 2.203476

1. Site Context 1.2 Site context and plan of renewal THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY THE CITY BUT HISTORICALLY DISCONNECTED FROM IT

Plan of reconnection Phase 1

2023-2026

Phase 2 2026-2028

Phase 3

2028-2030

Phase 4 2030-2033

The plan is to first improve the quality of the built-up community and build a sense of community identity to ensure the stability of the demography, and then to drive the economic and ecological development of the area through upgrading the industrial estate and infrastructure.

Site of the strategy of connection (Phase 1)

Site of the proposed masterplan

1. Site Context 1.3 Landuse

Landuse legend Sport Industry Commercial Green Residencial Industry wasteland Parking Education

1. Site Context 1.4 Site history The land at Bon Pastor was first used for agriculture and then gradually attracted investment from the factory due to the good price of the plots and the need for water, as well as its good location close to Barcelona. The presence of the factories also led to an increase in the number of migrant workers, who gradually formed the Bon Pastor community. a. Spatial Segregation b. Social Segregation a. Spatial Segregation The Bon Pastor neighbourhood has the problem of urban marginalisation. The factory-based neighbourhood is located on the outskirts of Barcelona and is surrounded on three sides by factory buildings, with the flooding of the Besòs River to the east often destroying the wooden bridge to the other side. In addition, the public space between the plots was not properly addressed as the residential plots were built by different institutions at the time.

1947

1961

1974

2023(Now)

The Wooden Bridge over the Besòs River

b. Social Segregation The inhabitants of Bon Pastor have a history of anti-clericalism and anarchism. They were once some of the poorest and most humble people in Barcelona. Workers from all over Catalonia and Spain gathered in an overcrowded, unhygienic low-cost housing community, a socially marginalised group. Of course, geographical isolation caused much of the social segregation.

“The cheap house”(1929)

Old community centre

Workers at the march

1. Site Context 1.5 Spatial analysis

Figure ground of Bon Pastor

Ground to figure of the gap

The relationship between the figure-ground of the Bon Pastor neighbourhood shows the spatial disconnection created by the collision of the industrial and residential fabric, compounded by the presence of the railway and the river, which further separates Bon Pastor from the outside world.

1. Site Context 1.6 Transport circulation Analysis of spatial segregation

The site has good vehicular accessibility but is not pedestrian friendly.

Connection and Boundary Street Road

Metro Station

Secondly Road

Barriers

Citizen Axis Railway Highway and Entrance

1. Site Context 1.7 Green connection

Green spaces connection How well they are connected?

The site's network of connected green spaces is not strong, and due to the history of the area, many public spaces are fragmented between the plots. This not only makes connectivity to the green corridor weak, but also weakens community vitality.

1. Site Context

Usergroups Residents

1.8 Stakeholders

Non-human groups Laborers Visitors

City Council Despite the region's history of anarchy and rebellion, the local government has played a crucial role in decisions about the development of Pon Pastor.

Residents(Elder, women, children)

Non-human groups(Birds, insects, water)

Visitors Industrial&Retail laborers (Around 60% of workers use private cars)

Barcelona, A. de (no date) Servei de Premsa, Impuls a la regeneració dels polígons industrials del Besòs amb més economia verda i circular i millors infraestructures i espai públic : Servei de Premsa. (Accessed: 25 May 2023).

2. Design Development 2.1 Issues and Aims To develop a system by using the green and blue elements between community and urban context in order to build the connection of the different user groups(human&non human) throughout the community and urban continuum.

Aim:

The fragmented distribution of community green spaces leads to a disconnection of the community ecosystem from the city.

Ecological segregation Bon Pastor has a history of battling flooding as the community's old drainage system causes flooding during the rainy season.

To the north and south of the community are two large industrial areas, with serval barriers to the west an east.

Spatial segregation The only cars in the community are used by males to get to work, with the rest of the family relying on walking and public transport.

The shortage of community housing has resulted in an inability to match the employment opportunities provided.

Social segregation The community carries a unique history lacking a vehicle and a venue to hold cultural and traditional festivals.

To turn the green areas into ecological habitat and connect them with the urban green context.

To build a new water treatment system in order to enhance the water resilience of the community.

To eliminate the negative effects of barriers surrounded and make the community more accessible.

To separate the motorway and create a more walkable and safety community for the residences.

To construct affordable housings which enable people from other places to settle down.

To preserve the historical structures and build some places for holding the tradition of community.

2. Design Development 2.2 Theoretical Inspiation Enhancing Bon Pastor's transport, water and green ecological integrity and connecting it to the urban context through four aspects.

Vision of the project: Urban Ecology

Objectives: Enhancing the integrity of the Bon Pastor ecological network and given a clear and distinctive spatial identity.

Restoration of landscape heritage such as community water ways and canals to enhance the dynamic processes of natural systems.

Green Circulation

Ecology Water Circulation

Urban Identity

Culture

Bon Pastor Economy

Pedestrian Circulation

Transport

Urban Ecology

Urban continuum Vehicle Circulation

Diver ting the main motor way and providing pedestrian-accessible parking at the edge of the community.

The landscape elements are used to create three corridor of ecology, hydrology and pedestrianism to enhance the connections within the community.

Theoretical inspiration: Ecological Urbanism

Focusing on barriers at the margins of communities, the negative effects of barriers are addressed through economic, ecological and cultural approaches.

Making the Bon Pastor metro station the transport core of the link to the city centre and upgrading the quality of public transport facilities.

Ecological urbanism (2020) Architectural Review. Available at: https://www.architecturalreview.com/essays/ecological-urbanism (Accessed: 25 May 2023).

2. Design Development 2.3 Proposed sites illustration

Proposed replanning of Riverside&historical region Proposed corridor of ecology

Proposed planning boundary of Mercedes industry wasteland

Proposed core of Ecology&Economy Proposed corridors of water&walk

Proposed core of Ecology&Culture

2. Design Development 2.4 Urban develop strategies

In general, the strategy focuses on developing different networks of proposals for different groups and natural elements to strengthen the links within the community and between the community and the urban & ecological context.

1. Integrating Green Systems

2. Restoring the blue element

3. Diversion of motor vehicles

4. Creatiing three main corridors

5. Connecting the urban continuum

6. Identifying the three cores

These networks exist in the Bon Pastor as a whole and are methodically received and output to the outside world.

3. Connection network 3.1 Transport circulations

Highways Secondary Road Tertiary Road

pedestrian

Circulation for Motor vehicles

Community Road

Community edge road Block Road

Walkway Metro station Boundary of Bon Pastor residential

Parking

Circulation for walk

3. Connection network 3.2 Street sections

Section 1

Section 2

Section 4

Section 5

Section 3

Section 6

3. Connection network 3.3 Rainwater treatment system

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Topography of Bon Pastor

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Green Edges (For collecting and adapting)

Besós River

Rainwater collection network

Canal

Infiltration channels and stratification

3. Connection network 3.4 Green circulation

Open green areas Canal and River

Green corridors

Collserola Natural Park Bon Pastor industry area

Besós River

Sant Andreu District centre

Torrent Estadella industry area Montsolis industry area Barcelona City centre

4. Final Proposals Combine 4.1 Masterplan

SHUNWEN LIANG

STUDIO - Ecosystemic