Susana Ruiz Fernandez – Bilbao: Combining Growth and Neighbourhood Regeneration

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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