BARCELONA, TOWARDS THE SOCIALDREAMMr. Antoni Vives, Deputy Mayor for the Urban HabitatBarcelona City Councilhttp://w110.bcn.cat/portal/site/HabitatUrbahttp://HabitatUrba.bcn.cat/blog/

8th, October 2014

KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE ANDINTERNATIONAL DYNAMICECONOMYBarcelona leads a large economicarea, where all sectors haveconsiderable weight. With a longindustrial tradition and a strongentrepreneurial fabric, Barcelona iscommitted to a knowledge-intensiveopen and internationalized economy.Barcelona’s GDP accounts for 30%of Catalonia’s, which in turnrepresents between 20-30% ofSpanish figures.

Socially Oriented City Design begins inthe XIXth Century

The need to plan for an OPEN SYSTENCurrent Barcelona’s Residential Density is around 450 dwellings/HaThis puts a lot of pressure into public space

URBAN HABITATTHE WELFARE CITYURBAN CAPACITY BUILDING- Employment- Basic needs- Human development- Wealth distribution- Equity- Social justice

…VERSUS NATIONAL POLICIES- GDP oriented- Financing- Debts- Tax collection

URBAN HABITATTHE WELFARE CITY

LEGACY TO FUTURE GENERATIONS- Quality of what we share- Sustainable development and environment

URBAN HABITATTHE WELFARE CITY

BARCELONA IS A SOCIAL DREAM…

URBAN HABITATTHE WELFARE CITY

… BUT ONE THAT HAS TO IMPROVE

(UNEMPLOYMENT, MARGINALISATION, SCHOOL DROP-OUTS, MIGRANTSEXODUS, AGING POPULATION, FINANCIAL BUBBLE, LACK OFAFFORDABILITY…)

OUR WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS1. PRODUCTIVE CITIES AT HUMAN SCALE2. INCLUSIVE CITY3. CITY OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACES4. AN URBAN HABITAT THAT CONSUMES THE ENERGY IT PRODUCES5. A SOCIALLY SMART CITY

BARCELONA’S URBAN HABITAT MANTRA

WE WANT BARCELONA TO BECOME A CITY FORMED BYPRODUCTIVE & SELFSUFFICIENT NEIGHBOURHOODS, ATHUMAN SPEED, INSIDE A HIGHSPEED, HIPERCONNECTEDECOEFFICIENT METROPOLIS

MANY SLOW CITIES INSIDE A SMART CITY

BARCELONA’S URBAN HABITAT MANTRAAN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, MULTILAYERED MANAGEMENT

BARCELONA MANTRA

WE WANT BARCELONA TO BECOME ACITY FORMED BY PRODUCTIVE &

SELFSUFFICIENT NEIGHBOURHOODS,AT HUMAN SPEED, INSIDE A HIGHSPEED,

HIPERCONNECTED ECOEFFICIENTMETROPOLIS

(MANY SLOW CITIES INSIDE A SMART CITY)

PRODUCTIVE CITY AT HUMAN SCALE

EQUIVALENT A…DE GLÒRIES A DIAGONAL MAR

DESIGN NOT FOR PEOPLE, BUTWITH PEOPLE

EQUIVALENT A…DE GLÒRIES A DIAGONAL MAR

DESIGN NOT FOR PEOPLE, BUTWITH PEOPLE

THINK OF THE USES OF PUBLICSPACE

GLÒRIES ESCALA HUMANAPAY ATTENTION TO DETAILS

GOOD DESIGN ATTRACTS PEOPLE

20

EVERY CORNER COUNTS…

21

URBAN ACCUPUNCTURE ISCRUCIAL

LARGE PROJECTS ANDMICROURBANISATIONS

TEMPUSES OF PUBLIC WORKSCAN FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TOMARGINALISATION – THINK OFTHE MEANWHILE

THE FUNCTIONALITY OF PUBLICSPACE

INCLUSIVE CITY

BUILDINGS MAY STAY, BUT THEIR ACTIVITIES CONSTANTLY CHANGECITIES HAVE TO ADAPT TO CHANGING FORMS OF PRODUCTION

THINK OUT OF THE BOX – ANTICIPATE FUTUREATHENEUS OF FABRICATION (Fab Labs)Democratize acces to digital manufacturing technologies.Fab Labs, a new public service

ATTRACTING TALENT AND FOSTERING INNOVATION

SELF SUFFICIENT NEIGBOURHOODS HAVE PUBLIC MARKETSADAPTED TO NEW FORMS OF CONSUMPTION

Public Markets

Public Markets

THE NAUTICAL CLUSTER

THE NAUTICAL CLUSTER

- 1.175 COMPANIES IN THE NAUTICAL CLUSTERSECTOR IN CATALONIA, OF WHICH 68% ARELOCATED IN THE PROVINCE OF BARCELONA.

- BARCELONA CONCENTRATES MORE THAN 350COMPANIES.

- 44 DOCKS AND MARINES ALONG 780 KM OFCOASTLINE.

- IMPORTANT DEMAND: 300 PEOPLE PER BOATSPORT (ITALY 71 HAB. / GREEK 103 HAB. / FINLAND7 HAB. / SPAIN 207 HAB).

- INCREASING DEMAND FOR LARGER BERTHSLENGTHS.

Affordable housing

100M€ x 1.000 NEWHOUSING UNITS

100M€ x 1.000 NEWHOUSING UNITS

URBAN HABITAT THE WELFARE CITYAFFORDABLE HOUSING AFTER THE BUBBLEGENERATION OF 15.000 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS

- DEVELOPMENT OF 1000 NEW HOUSING UNITS (CONCESSION OF 25PUBLIC OWNED UNDERGROUND PARKINGS WHICH WILL GENERATE 100M €)- REGENERATION OF 15.000 SECOND-HAND APARTMENTS- PURCHASE OF UNOCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS- 75 YEARS LEASE TO HOUSING COOPERATIVES TO DEVELOP SELF-SUFFICIENT DWELLINGS

- 17% OF THE CITY HOUSING STOCK (AROUND 140.000 UNITS) HAVERECEIVED PUBLIC FINANCIAL AID TO KEEP UP BEST LIVING STANDARDS

.

REGENERATION OF EXISTING HOUSING STOCK

REHABILITATION: THE ENGINE OF THENEW CITY ECONOMY(1M€ invested in rehabilitation = 35 newjobs generated)

BARCELONA MANTRA

WE WANT BARCELONA TO BECOME ACITY FORMED BY PRODUCTIVE &

SELFSUFFICIENT NEIGHBOURHOODS,AT HUMAN SPEED, INSIDE A HIGHSPEED,

HIPERCONNECTED ECOEFFICIENTMETROPOLIS

(MANY SLOW CITIES INSIDE A SMART CITY)

CITY OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACES

Puts a lot of pressure intopublic space

CONNECTING THE CITY WITH ITS NATURAL HINTERLANDSTHE “16 GATES OF COLLSEROLA” COMPETITION

ARCHITECTS: Xpiral (Javier Peña) + Nug (Amadeu Santacana + Umberto Viotto) + Tat Bonvehí

ARCHITECTS: Muro + STEM Arquitectes

AN URBAN HABITAT THATCONSUMES THE ENERGY IT

PRODUCES

From centralized energy production…

To distributed energy production…

SOLAR ROOF

SELF SUFFICENT BLOCKSENERGY WISE

ELECTRIC BIKE

ELECTRIC CAR

MIXED USES

WASTE RECICLING

DISTRICT HEATING

Self-sufficient blocks

THE CITY AS A NETWORK OF NETWORKSThe city as a network of networks

Functional and self-sufficient buildings designed with ordinary people inmind.Lleialtat Santsenca, H Arquitectes

LIGHTING

PARC DE LES RIERES D’HORTA

BARCELONA INTEGRAL WASTE TREATMENT PLANT

WASTE TREATMENT

360.000 tones peryear

Equivalent to wasteproduced by 820.000people

Represents 30% oftotal waste produced inBCN metropolitan area

WASTE TREATMENT

360.000 tones peryear

Equivalent to wasteproduced by 820.000people

Represents 30% oftotal waste produced inBCN metropolitan area

ELECTRICITY

190.000 MWh ofelectrical energy per year

Equivalent to twice theconsumption of streetlighting in BCN

Equivalent to theelectricity demand of100.000 people

ELECTRICITY

190.000 MWh ofelectrical energy per year

Equivalent to twice theconsumption of streetlighting in BCN

Equivalent to theelectricity demand of100.000 people

HEAT ENERGY

80.000 tones of steam per year

The steam produced in WtE plant feeds thedistrict heating and cooling network for theneighborhoods around the plant

The WtE plant supplies the 95% of the heatdemand of the 80 buildings connected to thisurban network along 15 km of undergroundpipelines

HEAT ENERGY

80.000 tones of steam per year

The steam produced in WtE plant feeds thedistrict heating and cooling network for theneighborhoods around the plant

The WtE plant supplies the 95% of the heatdemand of the 80 buildings connected to thisurban network along 15 km of undergroundpipelines

WASTE TREATMENT MODEL IN BCN METROPOLITAN AREA

BARCELONA’S SEWER SYSTEM MANAGEMENT

FLOODING PROBLEMS IN BARCELONA ( 1988)

Parc Central Nou Barris

Bori i FontestàZona Universitària

Doctors DolsaEscola Industrial

Joan Miró

Fira 2Parc del Poblenou

Diagonal Mar

Fòrum

Urgell-Mallorca

Parc de les Rieres d’Horta

Porta Firal

Current situation: existing detention tanks

Torrent Espinagosa

1997-2008 2008-2011 2011-2015

Totalinvestment

145 M€ 205 M€ 9,5 M€

- 77 ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAINS REMOTELY CONTROLLED, 35 STAIRS AND34 ELEVATORS

- 40% OF THE PARKS HAVE AUTOMATED IRRIGATION

- THE NEW SYSTEM REDUCES 25% THE VOLUME OF WATER CONSUMED

- WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS SYSTEM THREE CITY PARKS WILLBE MANAGED AUTOMATICALLY (13 HA)

- THIS NEW MANAGEMENT PLATFORM ALLOWS AN ANNUAL SAVINGS OFABOUT 425,000 EUROS IN ANNUAL MUNICIPAL BILLS FOR WATERCONSUMPTION FOR IRRIGATION OF PARKS AND GARDENS IN THECITY, WHICH IS AROUND 1.7 MILLION EUROS YEAR

- 293 HECTARES (68% OF THE TOTAL) ARE SENSITIVE TO BE REMOTELYCONTROLLED.

EFFICIENT WATER MANAGEMENT FOR PUBLIC SPACES

A SOCIALLY SMART CITY

A SOCIALLY SMART CITY

PROJECT CATALOGUEXXX…PROJECT CATALOGUECONNECTIVITY: WIFI / FIBER OPTICPROJECT CATALOGUEBCN SMART CITYBARCELONASTRATEGIC ACTION LINES

Savingof 30% in

consumption,equivalent to4.5 M€/ yearROI = 5 yrs

LightingmasterplanDistance, LUX,

hightSTANDARDS

50%of lightingpower is

controlledremotely

LamppostbecomingTelecoms

posts

Point-to-point

managementand control

IncreasedCitizen senseof security

EFFICIENT STREET INTEGRATED SERVICES NETWORK REMOTEDLYMANAGED

To Connect the Unconnected220,000 new engineers

are required every year from2014-2022

IP Traffic will Increase20x

by 2017

50 billion objects will beconnected to the Internet

by 2020

Only 1%of what can be connected

is currently connected

Private sectorbusinesses to generate$14.4 Trillion on profits

over next decade

Up to $19 Trillionincluding public sector

LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES: CONNECTING EVERYTHING

Barcelona is saving $58 million a year onsmart water management and that parking

revenues have increased $50million. Additionally, 47,000 jobs related tothe smart city effort have been created in

Barcelona

FROM JOHN SNOW’S CHOLERA MAP (1854) TO THE NEED TO COLLECT DATAFROM EVERYDAY’S PEOPLE ORDINARY LIFE

1. LONDON (15.6M TOURISTS, RK: 1)2. PARIS (9.7M TOURISTS, RK: 3)3. NEW YORK (6.2M TOURISTS, RK: 5)4. BARCELONA (4.7M TOURISTS, RK:10)5. AMSTERDAM (3.9M TOURISTS, RK: 18)

Locals and Tourists , Eric Fischer

Blue – localsRed – visitorsYellow – probably visitors

USING NEW CARTOGRAPHIES TO UNDERSTANDPEOPLE’S ORDINARY LIFE

USING NEW CARTOGRAPHIES TO UNDERSTANDPEOPLE’S ORDINARY MOVEMENTS

Source: atnigth.ws (Catalan Young Architects)

OUR GOAL IS WORKING WITH INDIANCITIESBARCELONA AND INDIAN CITIES ARE PEOPLE ORIENTED CITIES:

A SOCIAL DREAM, BASED ON A SOCIAL PROJECT Improving well-being and quality of life of citizens Reducing social inequalities Ensure equal opportunities in all spheres of social and collective life

WELFARE CITIES More flexible, less dogmatic, multi-disciplinary

CITY DECISIONS THAT LEAVE A LEGACY TO FUTURE GENERATIONS Quality of what we share, sustainable development and environment