Participatory process linked to the Urban Master Plan for the Biopol Granvia


Participatory process linked to the Urban Master Plan for the Biopol Granvia

The scope of the PDU Biopol Gran Via is a large unbuilt area that borders Gran Via avenue, the Bellvitge neighborhood and the river park of the Llobregat. It is a space of great environmental value, since it still hosts agricultural uses and acts as a connector between the urban fabric and the natural environment. Likewise, it represents a great opportunity to expand current healthcare facilities, due to its location and proximity to Granvia. 

 

Within the framework of the drafting of an Urban Master Plan (PDU) that defines how to organize the territory, this participatory process has been developed, with the objective that the urban planning regulations have a link with the reality of the territory, especially at a social level. It is unavoidable that the transformation of this environment is planned and projected in a manner consistent with the needs of the people who use it both daily (residents, farmers, workers…) and sporadically. 

 

For all this, it has been an intense and complex process, which has required a diversity of spaces and channels for debate, so that everyone had the opportunity to share their proposals with the rest of the agents involved and, little by little, build a shared story. The information collected has been worked on in parallel with the writing team to search for and define the criteria that make participation have an impact on future regulations, and ultimately, enrich the final result. It should be said that the project has been carried out jointly with Equal Saree and with the specific collaboration of Islote Studio.

Place

Hospitalet de Llobregat

[264.657 inhabitants]

Scale

Supramunicipal

Type of project

Citizen cooperation

Duration

9 months [2022]

Promoter

Consorci per a la reforma de la

Granvia a l’Hospitalet,

Ajuntament de l’Hospitalet de

Llobregat, Generalitat de

Catalunya

 

Equip redactor

*estel (Marc Deu Ferrer,

Konstantina Chrysostomou,

Alba Domínguez Ferrer, 

Arnau Boix i Pla)

 

Equal Saree

Islote Studio

 

Collaborators

Neighbors of Hospitalet de

Llobregat

Exhibition on Active and Inclusive Spaces


Exhibition on Active and Inclusive Spaces

As part of the project led by monoDestudio, we provided guidance and support in the design and production of a museum exhibition at the Las Cigarreras Cultural Center (Alicante), based on documentation generated during successive participatory meetings that focused on functional diversity and the post-pandemic activation of urban space and culture.

This exhibition gathers the reflections and experiences of participants from groups linked to functional and sensory diversity, and it is organized in a small room at Las Cigarreras, following accessibility criteria for both the space and the information presented. The main idea is to display the critical dialogue generated, visually and graphically communicating the issues that concern these groups to the broader audience. The process of critical reflection and work, therefore, serves as the generator of new cultural content that, in addition to empowering the involved groups, enables a social return of their own cultural production.

We contributed our experience in projects related to functional diversity and urban environments, as well as communication accessibility, to collaborate with monoDestudio in designing and producing the expression of the contents for the exhibition “MvMet: A Reflection on More Active and Accessible Public Spaces.” The exhibition features high-contrast signage, tactile elements, easy-to-understand pictograms, information tailored to reading distance, and an organization of content that facilitates following the overall narrative. All of this is prepared so that the museum experience can be enjoyed by any visitor, regardless of their functional or sensory diversity.

Place

Alicante

[331.577 inhabitants]

Scale

Municipal

Type of project

Citizen cooperation

Urban pedagogy

Duration

4 months [2022]

Promoter

Consorci de Museus de la

Comunitat Valenciana

 

Team

monoDestudio

 

*estel (Arnau Boix i Pla,

Konstantina Chrysostomou,

Marc Deu Ferrer, Alba

Domínguez Ferrer)

 

Collaborators

Centro San Rafael, APSA,

FESORD, COCEMFE, ONCE y

AEBHA.

Presentation

See the director’s team website

at monoDestudio.es

 

 

Press

Check the project on the

Consorci de Museus de la

Comunitat Valenciana

website.