Implementation Processes

E12 Barcelona (ES) – "Ramblas verdes" / "Inserciones urbanas"

Different implementations processes were discussed during the E12-13 Inter-Sessions Forum in Pavia (IT).
"Ramblas verdes" and "Inserciones urbanas" were joint winners in Barcelona (ES)

"Ramblas verdes", winner: Eduard Balcells (ES), Honorata Grzesikowska (PL) – architects urban planners; Valentin Kokudev (BG), Andrés Lupiáñez (ES), Balbina Mateo (ES), Marcos Ruiz De Clavijo (ES) – architects
"Inserciones urbanas", winner: Carles Enrich Gimenez (ES) – architect

See here the team participation to the debate at the Inter-Sessions Forum in Pavia

Joan Llort, Deputy Director Urban Planning, Hábitat urba: "[…] So the two projects have become the two tasks for the designers to complete. On one site, the team "Inserciones urbanas" is developing a project to reclaim the Rec Comtal, a mediaeval hydraulic structure that, for many centuries, provided Barcelona with water – remains of that infrastructure are actually still visible here and there. The team "Ramblas verdes" also develops a reclamation project yet of a former industrial fabric, which the city wishes to maintain confering to it urban qualities, now of vital importance on the boundary of the great city Park."

Carles Enrich, "Urban Insertions" : "We used the competition parameters as tools to propose urban regeneration within the neighbourhood. The competition site is part of a special location […] For us, the location was not restricted to the site itself, but also encompassed the whole district. It was a district of empty apartments, closed premises, no activity outside working hours, abandoned industrial warehouses and empty premises for rent or sale. For us, all this material was part of the project for the site."

Eduard Balcells, "Ramblas verdes" : "[…] Our desire within the context of Europan is to present not a typical urban plan, but rather clear game rules, allowing maximum openness. These rules act as a sort of basis for the proposals that may emerge within the place and between the stakeholders. Then we could, if necessary, perform the role of mediators between the stakeholders and also ensure that the project remains coherent and that the connections are maintained, since they are truly important […]"