The future of road infrastructure, nodes and crossings.
In the framework of a competition organized by Área Metropolitana de Barcelona the situation of an existing highway node was investigated. 3 different strategies and one architectural solution were proposed in order to resolve the mobility problem : SuperSponge infrastructures, Eco-Corridors and SuperNodes integrate the road net into the community and into the landscape. An elevated walkway - the "pasarela" - works like a magic wand, connecting what is separated.
Territory
Roads, nodes, settlements and rivers
The magic wand
The elevated walkway connects all the important points in a straight line. By floating above infrastructure and landscape it becomes both a landmark and a connector. The pasarela is a lightweigth piece of infrastructre, replacing the heavy, subterranean operation of building a tunnel.
SUPERHUB
a new industrial node, based on circular economy
Magic wand
longitudinal section / part 1
Magic wand
longitudinal section / part 2
Eco-Avenue
Reconciliation between ecology and mobility
a day in the life of...
1_ student Aliya (to university and back via Río Sec)
2_ Carles (active lunch break cycling)
3_ family Busquets (from shopping to nature)
REORGANIZATION
The eco-corridors as a web of interconnected eco-highways.
TYPES OF SOIL
Specific interventions rejuvenate soil and create space for a new biodiversity.
INCLUSIVE ARCHIPELAGO
Communities, clusters, institutions and neighbourhoods form part of a productive web with distinct synergies.
ENCOUNTER OF INFRASTRUCTURES
Local and regional lines meet in a number of nodes that create new connections.
TRANSFORMATION OF THE EXISITING
Isolated warehouses form a center for circular economy. The "whale" offers space for different scales of production, from small to large. The existing shopping mall, formerly a classic "highway-junkie" establishes new synergies with local economies.