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Edge housing : el projecte residencial de vora : Urbanística 4 matí ETSAB 2018-2021
Full text linkAquest llibre recull una selecció dels treballs realitzats als cursos d'Urbanistica IV-M a l'ETSAB dels darrers anysText en català i anglèsDescripció del recurs: 21 desembre 2021La creixent preocupació per la sostenibilitat dels àmbits metropolitans està portant a reconèixer el valor dels espais de vora urbana com a franges de singular rellevància per poder generar sinergies entre la ciutat i la matriu biofísica que la sosté i envolta. Aquest llibre recull el resultat de les últimes edicions dels cursos d’Urbanística IV (ETSAB. Grau en Arquitectura, 2018-2021), en què s’han explorat les oportunitats d’aquests àmbits de vora des del projecte residencial.Growing concern for the sustainability of metropolitan areas is leading to recognition of the value of urban edge spaces as issues of singular relevance. These fringe spaces could generate synergies between the city and the biophysical matrix that supports and surrounds it. This book contains the results of the last editions of Urban Design IV courses (ETSAB, Architecture Degree Studies, 2018–2021), focusing on the opportunities of these urban edges for the residential project
Dynamic urban thresholds: relationships between form and activities in Porta Ticinese, Milano
No full textThe article approaches the dynamic condition of the urban form and activities of the so-called “urban thresholds,” spaces located in between different city fabrics. The study is based on a comparative analysis of seven maps representing key historical moments of Porta Ticinese’s area in Milano from 1807 to 2022, produced through geographical information system-based reconstruction techniques of original cartographies. The article discusses and provides graphic analysis of how time influences the spatial form of these spaces and the character of the activities, highlighting the strong correlation between them. The research explains how the geometry is in a constant process of consolidation, and how the activities, despite being different in each period, tend to share a similar character linked to formal or ephemeral transaction areas both at the metropolitan scale and local scale. The article concludes with a description of these spaces as eloquent examples of a unique “interstitial urbanity.”The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study started during a research stage at the Politecnico di Milano, thanks to the financial support from the Youth Investigators Training Program 2019 (Associazione di Fondazioni e Casse di Risparmio Italiane SpA ACRI).Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
Natural urbanity on the urban edge : design considerations for Torre-Negra, Collserola
No full textPòster (subtítol): Notes on the Final Degree Project, developed by Alvaro Clua at the Barcelona School of Architecture (UPC-2012), under the supervision of prf. A. LinaresIn the shade of the Collserola range, near the old road that links the Roman Barcino with the hinterland of the Valle`s, the natural environment of Torre Negra has for almost thirty years now been one of the most endangered and fragile spaces. Here we can see the con uence of ravines and the Sant Crist and Riera de Sant Medir rivers, one of the last areas of farmland near Collserola Park, the historical, symbolic presence of the Torre Negra old country house (which originally served as a watchtower of the Monastery of Sant Cugat del Valle's), the ruins of a ceramic brickyard, modern-day equestrian centres, international schools and tennis clubs. All this under the shadow of the Pi d’en Xandri, a much-loved pine tree measuring some 23 metres tall. This unique local icon, increasingly present in the collective imagination, clearly re ects the contradiction between human pressure for property and the widely shared desire to promote ecological preservation. But while on the one hand the 1987 PEPco (Special Ordinance and Protection Plan for Collserola) de ned the area as “agricultural area with landscape value”, the last sentence by the Spanish Supreme Court in 2016 and the Catalan Supreme Court determined that it “does not meet” the conditions laid out in the Law on Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of Natural Spaces, and therefore the area remains subject to property speculation. In reality, though, this burning controversy has served only to leave the superb Collserola area on standby, while positions on either side harden. This article aims to shed some light onto this di icult issue through an exploratory project carried out by the author of this article with the aim of answering the following questions: What design criteria should be taken into account to solidify an area as uncertain as Torre Negra, where there is insu icient strength in terms of ecological or heritage value, but where there is an underlying interest? What design programmes, guidelines and arguments can be used to reactivate the peri-urban city edges? How can we integrate urban and natural spaces?Peer Reviewe
Natural urbanity on the urban edge : design considerations for Torre-Negra, Collserola
Full text linkPòster (subtítol): Notes on the Final Degree Project, developed by Alvaro Clua at the Barcelona School of Architecture (UPC-2012), under the supervision of prf. A. LinaresIn the shade of the Collserola range, near the old road that links the Roman Barcino with the hinterland of the Valle`s, the natural environment of Torre Negra has for almost thirty years now been one of the most endangered and fragile spaces. Here we can see the con uence of ravines and the Sant Crist and Riera de Sant Medir rivers, one of the last areas of farmland near Collserola Park, the historical, symbolic presence of the Torre Negra old country house (which originally served as a watchtower of the Monastery of Sant Cugat del Valle's), the ruins of a ceramic brickyard, modern-day equestrian centres, international schools and tennis clubs. All this under the shadow of the Pi d’en Xandri, a much-loved pine tree measuring some 23 metres tall. This unique local icon, increasingly present in the collective imagination, clearly re ects the contradiction between human pressure for property and the widely shared desire to promote ecological preservation. But while on the one hand the 1987 PEPco (Special Ordinance and Protection Plan for Collserola) de ned the area as “agricultural area with landscape value”, the last sentence by the Spanish Supreme Court in 2016 and the Catalan Supreme Court determined that it “does not meet” the conditions laid out in the Law on Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of Natural Spaces, and therefore the area remains subject to property speculation. In reality, though, this burning controversy has served only to leave the superb Collserola area on standby, while positions on either side harden. This article aims to shed some light onto this di icult issue through an exploratory project carried out by the author of this article with the aim of answering the following questions: What design criteria should be taken into account to solidify an area as uncertain as Torre Negra, where there is insu icient strength in terms of ecological or heritage value, but where there is an underlying interest? What design programmes, guidelines and arguments can be used to reactivate the peri-urban city edges? How can we integrate urban and natural spaces?Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version
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