Urban Development by Traffic System Transformation

Andri Haflidason, Sofie Lönn, Joakim Haglund, Neuza Talhão, Alvaro Gonzalez

Task 2

Redesigning Övre Husargatan

Index

• Analysis summary• Programme guidelines• Conceptual Proposal

– Overview– Sections– Illustrations– Intersections– Skanstorget– Lighting– Sound

• description of the qualities of the project

Bikes

Cars

Pedestrians

From task 1 we concluded to define the main aspects for the design:

Conflict matrix

Övre Husargatan – Programme guidelines

•Car traffic

-Slow traffic-Fluent pace-High capacity-Prepared for public transport-Possibility to change over hours-Good access to short-time parking at the street

•Bicycle Parking

-Develop “Bike Highway”

•Pedestrian situation

-Prioritize pedestrian situation (street life)

-More or continuous crossings

-Interactive traffic space

-Street furniture and plantings

-Develop the street as a commercial space

Övre Husargatan – Programme guidelines

•Design concepts

-Emphasize the sides different characters

-Logical Materiality

-See the street as a transition to the urban

-State the city border

-Good light design

-Integrate the squares in the street design

-Adopt the buildings to the street

Conceptual proposal

Övre Husargatan

Area site plan

Area site plan

Area site plan

Area site plan

Relevant sectionsSection 1 (existing)

Relevant sectionsSection 1 (proposed)

Relevant sectionsSection 2 (existing)

Relevant sectionsSection 2 (proposed)

Relevant sectionsSection 3 (existing)

Relevant sectionsSection 3 (proposed)

The Pavement Park Concept

Perspective - Before

Perspective - After

Materials – Street spine

Materials – Pavement

Intersection at Brunnsgatan

Intersection at Brunnsgatan - Traffic

Skanstorget – Proposal

Skanstorget - Inspiration

Lighting - Present situation

Lighting - Ideas

Lighting - Ideas

Lighting - Ideas

Lighting - Ideas

Lighting – Sketch proposal

Lighting – Colour

Lighting - Colour

Sounds

• Create different levels of urban life• Gives identityidentity to urban spaces

concept of “(i)material architecture” by Murray Schaefer in 1994

Sounds

by Christina Kubisch

Artificial sounds

Natural sounds

It thought to create a determined environment(water, speakers, red lights, installations)

It created through social behaviour and urban life(steps)

Sounds

• Different materialsmaterials to define the produced sounds• Fluid traffic flowFluid traffic flow to make the sound of traffic less

noticeable• Use waterwater as buffer sound element

Description of the qualities of the proposal

• More comfortable city• Increased possibility of public transport• Regenerate and create a public space with a

better ambient quality

• Decreasing negative impacts due to the exceed of vehicles and increasing the presence and priority of pedestrians