a new paradigm for the slow city: the telecommuting city
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A NEW PARADIGM FOR THE SLOW CITY:
THE (TELE) COMMUTING CITY
MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Faculty: Areti Markopoulou, Tomas DiezAdvisor: Salvador RuedaAssistants: Ionna Spanou, Tomas Vivanco
SUPERBLOCK 23: Hulda Jónsdóttir Vicente Gascó Jesús Sapien
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Superblock Location - City Scale
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Superblock - Block Scale
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Uses at ground floor level Uses at second floor Uses at third floor
Leisure
Commercial
Service
Residential
IndustrialClinicsPrivate garages
Public buildingsEmpty lots / construction
Characteristics: Mostly Residential Superblock
ClockwiseFabra i PuigCarrer de SagreraCarrer de CastellbellRiera de Sant Andreu
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Service-based economy in the interior, sales-based economy in the exterior. (commerce and leisure).
Characteristics: Service-Commerce Economy Areas of Ground Level Inactivity
High concetration of garages or storage spaces
at the ground level cause inactivity in parts of the
Superblock, principally in the right and upper-right of
it.
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High Activity during the day High Activity during the night High Activity during the weekend
Leisure business
Commercial business
Service business
High activityduring day
High activityduring night
High activityduring weekdays
Characteristics: Activity Behaviour
During the day, activity is highly concentrated around the bordering streets of the superblock and respond to clusters of commercial stores while during the night and the weekdays, activity is related to open spaces and leisure places such as bars and restaurants.
Low activity areas are in direct proportion to areas with high concentration of closed garages or storage areas in the ground floor.
Low activity
Garages
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Sant Andreu in Numbers
Superblock 23: Sant AndreuDistrict 9
Barrio Sant Andreu55,813 hab.184.1 hectareasDensity: 303 hab / ha. (3rd most dense in district)
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Diagnosis
lack of (open space)
Activate “death” areas (adaptability)
Introduce productivity into a residential superblock
(open space)(adaptability)(productivity) = ?
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
TRANSPORTATION
WORKPLACE HOUSE
WorkRelationsWorkmatesCareerTransportationFamilyFriendsSpaceCommunity
Work as a verb, not a place...a new paradigm for the slow city.
TELECOMMUTING CITIES
TO
*at least 10 hours a week to be considered telecommuting...data according to the Telework Research Network and Open Mart
Only 26% workers in Spain telecommute, but 57% would like to have the option.
In Europe, 35% of workers telecommute*...
... increasing interest in telecommuting by companies and government
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
hypothesis
Does telecommuting have the capacity of generating local economy? Is telecommuting a solution for more adaptable, multidisciplinary communities?
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Proposal
Application Proposal
IMMEDIATE
1-2 YEARS
5-10 YEARS
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“Turning unused spaces into productive ones at different scales in different time lapses.”
HOME OFFICES GARAGES
MODULAR STRUCTURES
URBAN LEVEL
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DIGITAL APP
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Proposal: First Phase, Home-Offices and Emergent Offices/Business
(left) Study of office configurations for apartments and small spaces and sketch studies for garages.(top) Orientations analysis for the garages. Natural and artificial light-ing and artificial ventilation are used.
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Proposal: Second Phase
Areas with the best conditions for emergent garages is selected. Based on those areas closer to esential services such as printing boutiques, banks, office materials, etc.
The proposal concentrates on activating low activity areas by changing block typologies and reconfiguring open / public space relations.
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Proposal: Second Phase
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Proposal: Third Phase: Future, Urban Level
ACTIVATE UNUSED INTERIOR BLOCK SPACES AS SEMI PUBLIC-PRIVATE OPEN SPACES.
REDEFINE THE ROLE OF STREETS / BUILT SPACE RELATION.
USE GARAGES AS PORTALS BETWEEN STREETS AND INTERIOR SPACES.THE LAST PHASE OF THE PROPOSAL IS TO
TRANSFORM BLOCKS INDIVIDUALLY WITHIN THE SUPERBLOCK. BY TRANSFORMING DENSITY / OPEN SPACE RELATIONS, THE PROPOSAL BLURRIES THE LINE BETWEEN STREETS AND OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BLOCKS.
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Proposal: Third Timelapse: Future, Urban Level
BLOCK TYPOLOGY
Development of the Cerda block have turned most of the blocks interior into wasted inaccesible spaces.
The proposals uses renovated garages as portals to the interior of the blocks from the street.
Accesible interiors redefine the built / unbuilt relations and provide a useful platform for new development such as green areas or supporting infrastructure for emergent business and for telecommuters.
Emergent business often share a common space inside the block. This could become a common platform for them.
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Proposal: Third Timelapse: Future, Urban Level
BARCELONA SUPERBLOCKS_MANY SLOW CITIES INTO A SMART CITY
Proposal: Third Timelapse: Future, Urban Level