new city center

JOÃO MARTINS DIAS

Table of contents

First impressions of the site - ÅrnaTopographyTopography as visual structureNatural resources + clustersConnection to pathway - group workstoraneset - nowStrategiesWhat to do next?

PathArrival path

Train pathPeople path

Snow pathHouse path

Car pathTree path

Departure path

A two day “field recogni-tion” trip, through the mountains and along the river, where the paths de-served my main attention. First impression of terrain

and of the site.

FIRST IM-PRESSIONS

OF THE SITE - ÅRNA

TOPOGRAPHY

How does Årna’s landscape look like, what we can get from the abstraction and visual connection with the real representation of the terrain, in a tottaly new experience,

from being there.Plan, isometric and section studies.

By changing the orientation of the view, we change our perception.

topography as visual structureThe purpouse of this work was to analyse the Årna’s terrain. What are their compo-

nents, but also plants and animals.The fisrt model was a macro approach of the area, assuming the bigger area as a

base, and overlapping Hodarland. The second model was an extrusion of all layers on height, to show them seperately.

As a group work, was very interesting how the gone with this model idea until the end. It’s even more for me, assuming it as a continuation of the previous topography

studies.

NATURAL RESOURCES

Previous Phase

TOPOGRAPHY TERRITORiAL ANALYSIS

WHAT THE NATURE GIVES TO THE PEOPLE.

HOW DO THE PEOPLE EXPLORE IT.

THIS WAY THERE IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE LANDSCAPE.

CLUSTER IDENTIFICATION

CLUSTER 1 - FISH HOUSES

CLUSTER 2 - “WATER” FACTORIES

CLUSTER 3 - FARMS

CLUSTER IDENTIFICATION

HUMAN INTERVENTION

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYUSING ALL POSIBLE NATURAL RESOURCES, OUR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IS ABOUT HOW THE HUMAN CAN USE THESE ELEMENTS AS MEANS TO EXPAND AND DENSIFY A ZONE.

THIS PHASE IS ABOUT IDENTIFIYNG ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLUSTERS, THAT WERE BUILT AND WERE USED TO EXPLORE THESE NATURAL RESOURCES.

Cluster 2Sea resources

natural resources + clustersI started analysing the map of Årna , in order to allow myself to know the site. I “scanned” the main forms of all the build-ings and realised that there are at least 3 different types of clusters: “fish houses”,

“water factories” , “farms”. I also noticed that the water (from the fjord) is the natural resource that there is more abudantly, and that nobody or noth-ing is taking advantage of it. Thus I choosed

the “water factories” cluster to analyse.

Public space:

Fjordside pathway

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1: Gouliang, China 2: Kyiv Islands, Ukraine 3: Benidorm, Spain

2:PathwayPathway along the seaside and river to enhance the connection to water for the public. It focuses on connecting architectural thinking to shape the landscape with di�erent kinds of activity to activate the area along the sea.

In the workshop given by S333, I was work-ing on the fjordscape group. This was based on the development of mini-flash projects. The connections that could be made be-tween the shores, the use of the water, new connections over the air (with cable cars), and a new pathway all over the water line. This pathway is the connection between all the group work, and the area I’m working

on, is like a checkpoint on “the route”.

On the bottom, is the final result of the sus-tainability delivery (work group). This time was about having a sustaibale approach onto the project we were developing. I’m still connected to the idea of the path con-

nection.

Connection to pathwaygroup work

NEW PROGRAMS IN OLD BUILDINGS/NEW CITY CENTER

Urban Study for Industrial site redevelopment. Strusshamn / Eriksen Skajaa Architects, Norway

// Reuse existing buildings.// Workspaces, Housing, Culture, 24 hour use of the building.// Harbour: use the water as transport.//Move the actual center zone //Use all unused spaces, voids.

PATHWAY

// Connect Arna’s and Ytre Arnas’s facilities.// Along the sea, connection with the water.// Shelter from wind and rain-enjoy the sun.// Points of interest along the pathway.

Benidorm Seaside Promenade, Spain

Auckland Harbour Bridge Pathway / Copeland Associates Architects

Train Station, Helsinborg, Metro Architects

BICYCLE & WALKING PATH MEETING OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE

FACTORIES NOT CONNECTED TO THE WATER

BATHINGAREA

RAILROAD NOTWORKING

BICYCLE & WALKING PATH MEETING OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE

The plan shows the intervention area, and makes reference for what is wrong and right. For wrong we have the non work-ing railroad, and the factories that are no longer making their “job” - not connected to the water, like in the beginning. For right we only have the natural potentials of the site - solar exposition closeness no water - and the bathing area that is enjoyed every summer by locals.

STORANESET-now

BAKERY WAREHOUSE GROUPTRAINING

ON RECYCLE

PRINTERSHOP

ASPHALT MAKING

CARPENTEROIL DRILLINGPIECES

FUTURE DOCTOR OFFICE

FUTURE SUPERMARKET

CHEMICALS FOR OIL INDUSTRY

WAREHOUSE

BOAT HOUSES

BOAT HOUSES

The picture above show what is the actual situation of the area. There are a lot of different firms established.Some of the needs of today’s Årna, are planned to move there, such as a new supermarket, or the new doctor offices. Some of the uses are not connected to anything, neither to the water, that should be used as a fuitful resource.

STORANESET - NOW

RE-ACTIVATETHE OLDRAILROAD

+PATHWAY

FOR RENT PLOTS;CONNECTION TO THE SEA;GREEN AND SOCIAL AREA;PUBLIC SPACE;ADDITION OF PATHWAY;RE-USE MATERIALS OF ZONEFOR NEW CONSTRUCTIONS.

INTRODUCING MULTI-PROGRAMBUILDINGS IN EXISTING FACTORIES;NEW BUILDING TYPOLOGIES;USE VOIDS AS PUBLIC SPACE;CREATE PLACES WHERE YOU CANLIVE, WORK, PRODUCE FOOD ANDSELL IT.

RE-BUILD THE BATHING AREA IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEWHARBOUR; PUBLIC BATHING AREA;RE-USE WOOD FROM CHOPPED TREESTO BUILD THE HARBOUR.

MARKET + FOOD

CULTURE

HOUSING

PATHWAY

ACTIVATE OLD RAILROAD

PUBLIC SPACE

FOR RENT PLOTS

MARKET TABLES

PATHWAY

BATHING AREA

HARBOUR

RAILROAD

PATHWAY

Huntington Urban Farm, New Zealand, Tim Stephens

Urban Study for Industrial site redevelopment. Strusshamn / Eriksen Skajaa Architects, Norway

MAR - MARITHIME YOUTH HOUSE (LEFT) , BAD - COPEN-HAGEN HARBOUR BATH (RIGHT), BJARKE INGELS GROUP.

PISCINAS DE LEÇA, ALVARO SIZA VIERIA (LEFT), Jack Evans Boat Harbour / ASPECT Studios (right)

strategies

strategies - roads organization and city development

ACTUAL SITUATION - ÅRNA MEDIEVAL DEVELOPMENT - GUIMARÃES, PORTUGAL

comercial and governamental based DEVELOPMENT - Reykja-vik, iceland

Possible SITUATION - ÅRNA

strategies - changing of water line and factories organization

strategies - changing of water line

What to do next?

• DISCOVER WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE SITE, NOW.• ANALYSE SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE TERRITORY.• TRY TO GIVE BACK IDENTITY TO THE SITE.• ANALYSE CORRIDORS THAT CAN CONNECT THE FJORD WITH THE TOP OF STEEP MOUNTAINS,

GOING THROUGH HOUSES, PUBLIC SPACES, INFRASTRUCTURES...• WHICH IS THE BETTER WAY TO DENSIFY?