INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT ARCHITECTURE

ENVIRONMENT: DISTRICT OF POBLENOU, CITY OF BARCELONA

PEOPLE

SYSTEM

GOALS OF SYSTEM: PEOPLE CREATE A SOCIETY, WHICH IS AN INDISPENSABLE PART OF THE CITY/WORLD, TO PROLONG THE HUMAN KIND

GOALS OF SYSTEM:CREATING A SPACE THROUGH REAL FORMS TO SATISFY HUMAN PSYCHICAL AND MENTAL NEEDS

GOALS OF SYSTEM: ALLOWS AND MAKES EASIER THE FUNCTIONING OF ECONOMY AND SOCIETY

SYSTEM SYSTEM

BUILDINGS

GROUND FLOOR (SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, SUPERMARKETS) SIZE AND HEIGHT

STREET

QUALITY OF SIDEWALK AND CYCLE LANES STREET LIGHTING SAFETY

FACILITIES

SQUARES AND PUBLIC PARKS BENCHES

GREEN AREAS

INTERESTING GROUND FLOORS AND DISPLAYS ATTRACT PEOPLE’S ATTENTION

INCREASE THE NEED OF VARIOUS FACILITIES

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

GOOD PROPORTION OF BULDING AND STREET CREATES A FRIENDLY SPACE

INCREASE FEELING OF SAFETY

HOMELESS PEOPLE

LIVING CONDITIONS

RAMBLAPOBLENOU

MAJA MADALINSKA, RESEARCH SEMINAR ABOUT CONTEMPORARY HOUSING

CONSTRUCTION OF ECOLOGI-CAL AND WELCOMING CITY

ARCHITECTURE GROUND FLOORS OF BULDINGS

SIZE AND HEIGHT

SQUARES, GREEN AREAS,BENCHES

A FEELING OF DISLIKE

LOOKING FOR SHELTER

CREATING SPACE AND ARCHITECTURE

PEOPLE

PEOPLE

BUILDING COMMUNITY

CREATING NEW PUBLIC SPACES, IMPROVE STREETSCAPE

DEVELOPEMENT OF POBLENOU,INCREASE OF ECONOMIC PER-FORMANCE

SIDEWALK, CYCLE LANE,STREET

„SUPER BLOCK” IDEA

ENCOURAGES ACTIVITIES AT STREET LEVEL, ATTRACTS PEOPLE

GOOD CONNECTIVITY

HELPS COMMUNITY TO CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND CITY AS WELL

MPROVES ACCESS AND MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CITY

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

INFRASTRUCTURE

QUALITY OF STREET

RESIDENTS OF AREAPASSERS-BY INTENTIONALLY

WAY TO REACH ANOTHER DESTINATION

TOURISTS

INTENTIONALLY

WAY TO REACH ANOTHER DESTINATION

HOMELESS PEOPLE

ACCESSIBILITY TO RAMBLA POBLENOU METRO

CAR/TAXI PEDESTRIANS

BUSES

BIKES

ACCESSIBILITYACCESSIBILITY WITHIN RAMBLA POBLENOU QUALITY OF SIDEWALK AND CYCLE LANES QUALITY OF ROADS FOR CARS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PARTS OF NEIGHBOURHOOD

CLEANLINESS

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GROUND FLOOR OF BUILDING PEOPLE ATTRACTING PEOPLE’S ATTENTION

On Rambla Poblenou we can be observe a wide variety of facilities located on lower levels of buildings, where the sight of people is most concentrated.

Eye-catching, diversed and open ground floors attracts people to interact with them. People pause more often and walk slower, turning empty places into social places.

The existing relation between ground floors and people was mentioned in Jan Gehl’s essay “Close encounters with buildings”, where author describes the phenomenon of attractive displays affecting the interest of people passing by. The impact on this part of building is caused by human viewpoint and some research proved that people mostly pay attention to lower levels.The existence of open spaces, glass surfaces of displays and attractive facilities increases a positive perception of architecture and attracts people to the particular area.  

Rambla Poblenou is often visited area of Barcelona, where people can gather together and benefit from local faciltiies f.e. restaurants, cafes, shops etc.

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DIVERSITY IN LAND USE COMMUNITY CREATING A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRENGTHEN SOCIAL RELATIONS

Rambla Poblenou is a street which has good proportions of building and street, where we can find many facilities, wide sidewalks, cycle lanes, green areas and good connections with the rest of the city of Barcelona.

Efficient use of land and space offers p e o p l e a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o c re a t e comfortable and healthy community. This h e l p s t o i m p r o v e c o m m u n i t y developement and public realm.

The importance of diversity in land use is mentioned by Andrew Tan in his work “Liveable cities” as one of the most important principles of achieving sustainable and liveable community. This kind of activity can reduce a car use among people and encourage them to more walk and cycle. Moreover, diveristy of accommodation, business and infrastructure is relevant for ecological and welcoming city. Andrea Colantonio in her “Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability : Best Practice from European Cities” also talks about improving urban enviroment and encouraging local residents to use public spaces to create a developed and friendly living area.

Rambla Poblenou is a street in a place of old city centre which offers variety of landscape for people.

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QUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACE GENERAL DEVELOPEMENT ATTRACTING PEOPLE INCREASING ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT

Public space in Poblenou consists of green areas, squares, streetscape (sidewalk, cycle lanes), type of lightning, facilities on ground floors. There could be more done to improve the quality of Poblenou.

A high quality urban environment leads to increase of developement of area and encourages the activity on street level.

According to Andrew Tan and his essay “Liveable cities”,to create a pleasant and safe public environment, there should be taken many steps like planting trees and potting plants, improving pedestrian lightning, providing street furniture, creating new pedestrian routes and thoroughfares. Taking into consideration statistics from City Council of Barcelona about Poblenou since 2015, we can say that it hasn’t changed so much and in some cases even got worse. This is a good opportunity to think how to improve Poblenou and make it change into more vivid, liveable and welcoming place. Poblenou hasa big potential and as yet there have been created many services like shops, restaurants and cafes which attract people, but as we can see, there should be done more to prevent the decline of consumption and economic level.

According to statistical data, the ammount of hotels increased 4,6% since 2010, as well as n u m b e r o f s c h o o l b u i l d i n g s ( 2 , 3 % ) . Unfortunately, some of the branches went down since 2015 or haven’t changed, for example offices, industry, sport and sanitary buildings.

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INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNITY IMPROVING ACCESS AND MOVEMENT WITHIN CITY CREATING SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ITS RELATIONS

Poblenou is well-connected with the rest of the city by subway lines and bus transport, as well as by being linked with principal axis (Avinguda Diagonal, Carrer de Pere IV) by streets, sidewalks and cycle lanes.

G o o d t r a n s p o r t s e r v i c e s a n d communication linking people to jobs, schools, health etc. not only improves connectivity, but also is the key to sustainable community.

One of the most important keys to achieve a liveable community are the connections within the area and with the rest of the city. This aspect is described in Andrea’s Colantonio work named “Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability : Best Practice from European Cities”. Appropriate connection serves well relations between people of community and is good for the sustainable transport. Permeability of streets is a positive aspect of Poblenou, which influences on a flow of people, goods and vehicles in this area.

Following the thought of Andrea Colantonio, a healthy community should be well connected with the rest.