50미터 대로변에 위치한 폭 20미터 가로보행공간 재정비 프로젝트 입니다.
단순히 보행을 위한 통로가 아닌 도시공간을 연결하는 중요한 지점으로 제안되는 랜드스케이프는
보행자의 안전한 보행로 확보와 인근에 위치한 시우타 델라 공원과의 집적적인 연결을
목표로 진행되었습니다. 그것에 시작은 기존 가로환경의 상이한 단면들을 통합하여
균질하며 연속적인 아웃도어 스페이스를 커뮤니티 스페이스로 변화하는 과정을 담고 있습니다.
재 정비된 가로환경은 기존 수목식재에 열 맞춰 보행자로 확보와 스트리트 퍼니쳐의
배치를 도와주는 수목을 열주로 식재합니다. 12.5미터에서 17미터로 확복된 가로환경 속에
배치된 다양한 스트리트 퍼니쳐는 보행자를 위한 쉼터의 역활과 작은 이벤트,
사람들과 담소를 나눌 수 있는 커뮤니티 스페이스를 제공하여 줍니다.
reviewed by SJ
1.HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The layout of paseo de St Joan as an important 50m boulevard was
first laid down by Ildefons Cerdà in his Ensanche project, approved in
1859.
Cerdà’s isotropic layout of 20m-wide streets also features various main
50m-boulevards with wide pavements lined with two rows of trees as well
as a central roadway. Passeig de Sant Joan is one of these.
Josep Fontseré’s Ciutadella project (winner of the 1872 contest)
featured a new central promenade which was to prolong the Salón de St
Joan. The Ciutadella fortress was demolished and turned into a public
park and this led to the prolongation of paseo de St. Joan thus
recovering the vertical axis featured in Fontseré’s project.
Landscape Architecture: Lola Domènech, architect
Project collaborators: Teresa Galí agronom engeneer / Cimex-engineer
Development company: Proeixample S.A.-(city council-barcelona)
Coordination project: Proeixample S.A.
Area: 31.455m2
Situation: passeig de st joan boulevard-(between tetuan-arc de triomf) barcelona
Drafting: 2008-2009
Execution: 2010-2011
Project management: Cicsa-engineer
Budget: 4.127.161,73 €
Constructor: fcc (fomento de construcciones y contrats)
Photographer: adrià goula
2.ORIGINAL STATE
Although the 50m distance between façades remains constant along the entire stretch of paseo de St Joan, we can distinguish 3 different sections along the length of the boulevard:
Sections 1 and 2, from Arc de Triomf up to Mossen Cinto Verdaguer
square are very similar and only vary in the way the traffic lanes are
distributed. In both sections the layout is symmetrical with 12.5m
pavements, a 25m roadway for vehicles and a central bicycle lane. On
certain sections of the pavement there are discontinuous parterres which
are in a very bad state and create a very fragmented impression. The
state of the road paving and the pavements is very precarious causing
problems of pedestrian and road accessibility.
In section 3 the layout is completely different to the other two due to
the transformation undertaken in the last urbanisation project. This
section features a central 29m pedestrian promenade with three 7.5m car
lanes and a 3m pavement on each side. The two-way bicycle lane is
situated on the promenade on the llobregat side.
3.THE PURPOSE OF THE INTERVENTION
The new remodelling proposal sets two basic objectives: to give priority to the pedestrian use of the boulevard and turn it into a new urban green zone extending right up to Ciutadella park.
4.DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERVENTION
In order to achieve these objectives the project has adopted three fundamental urban planning criteria:
1. to guarantee the continuity of the section along the length of the boulevard. Despite the fact that this part of the boulevard currently consists of 3 differentiated sections the remodelling intends to create a new longitudinal section making it uniform along its entire length. The new section is symmetrical and extends the width of the current pavements from 12.5m to 17m, maintaining the century old trees and accompanying them with two new rows of trees. The layout’s continuity is absolutely essential in order to ensure functional clarity along the entire length of the boulevard.
2. to adapt the urban space to different uses. The new section must
cater to the different uses of this urban space whilst enabling them to
coexist harmoniously. The 17m of pavement have been organised in such a
way that 6m are allocated to a pedestrian pavement whilst the remaining
11m under the rows of trees are for recreational uses (benches,
children’s play areas and bar terraces). Previous road traffic surveys
showed that the original road was too large. So it was possible to
reduce the space allocated to traffic and turn it into a pacified
transit zone. As part of the new layout, the two-way 4m bicycle lane is
physically segregated, protected and signposted, located in the middle
of the road.
The key tenets of the new proposal are to reduce the number of traffic
lanes, create leisure zones under the trees and segregate the bicycle
lane.
3. to promote the passeig de St Joan as a new and sustainable urban
green zone. Passeig de Sant Joan, which, with its prolongation via the
Passeig de Lluís Companys reaches right up to Ciutadella park has been
projected as the city’s new green zone.
In order to achieve this, two new rows of trees will be planted on both
sides of the existing century old trees to create an area of natural
shade that will accommodate the new recreational zones, children’s
playgrounds and bar terraces.
In order to guarantee the sustainability of this new layout we need to
ensure proper drainage of the subsoil and take on the challenge of
incorporating a mixed pavement system in the tree-lined zone. The
treatment of the soil with mixed pavements and the automatic watering
system that uses phreatic water are key to ensuring substrata drainage
that will guarantee the survival of the vegetation. The incorporation of
local shrubs to this tree lined zone will contribute to enriching
subsoil biodiversity.
The treatment of the pavements is closely linked to the uses of the new
street: on the pedestrian section the pavement is made of “panot” paving
slabs (typical ensanche paving) whereas in the recreational zones a new
prefabricated pavement with draining joints will be laid down.
5.FINAL APPRAISAL
With this new proposal the Passeig de St Joan has won back its social
value as an urban space that provides a variety of requested uses and
functions whilst also addressing key aspects of biodiversity and
sustainability.
This street’s urban transformation has enabled us to revitalise its
commercial life and recreational uses, whilst at the same time
retrieving its historical value as a main boulevard that continues right
up to Ciutadella park.
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