B-23 Highway
Barcelona
This project was develop in my 4th year of architectural school with Professor Pere Vall Casas.
The micro-project is located in a strategic point for the general project of the B-23. Its gateway position makes it necessary to mark this junction with a volume visible from afar, acting as a reference. The main strategy is to segregate traffic into three sections:
- High speed, the underground B-23
- Medium speed service, a Boulevard containing Tram
- Very low speed or pedestrian.
At this point of the territory, because of the given infrastructures, such as the train, it is necessary to divide the area into these three levels. The high speed level will supply the area with a fast access to the city and its periphery, but at the same time connected to the hospital by its underground car park. By burying this high-speed road we also reduce noise and environmental pollution. The average speed level acts as a mobility distributor. By containing the Tram and two lanes in both car directions it regulates the municipal traffic. The low-speed and pedestrian level regulates local and pedestrian traffic. This ecological transversality frees pedestrians and non-motorised vehicles to circulate without having to deal with heavy traffic. It also connects two important points in the area such as the Torreblanca park, with an identity value for the area, and the Fuensanta park which has an ecological value containing an old torrent that gives shape to the territory. This same connection at the municipal level, extends to Collserola, to access the Aiguas road. The agricultural identity of the area is very strong, so we implemented its development in the project by combining a facility with green areas such as parks and orchards of different types, giving citizens direct access to it, improving the current standard of living. This centrality of the facility with the green pockets between the nodes is a very important part of the strategy as well. This combination of a new transversality, with a facility and generous vegetation, is intended to generate value to the area by involving citizens in the process.
