Plaza Lluís Companys

Plaza Lluís Companys

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The square (plaza) Lluís Companys and its surroundings are part of the interstitial spaces network of the multifamily housing blocks of Montornès Nord neighborhood, a residential area that dates from the ’60s.

The project takes place in an area currently occupied by a car park, optimizing its distribution and recovering public space for the neighbors. The main strategy is to give continuity to the existing green zone through native vegetation, boosting, in this way, the biodiversity of the environment. In addition, the square is equipped with urban furniture so to increase the quality of comfort both in the areas of stay, play, and picnic.

In addition, the project puts special emphasis on improving the accessibility and connectivity of this space with street Llibertat and the rest of adjacent spaces, because due to the marked topography there are currently several areas where there can be found blind spaces or from where it is difficult to reach there on foot.

Place

Montornès del Vallès

[16,263  inhabitants]

Scale of the project

Public space

Type of project

Public space design

Duration

3 months [2018]

Promoter

Muicipality of Montornès

del Vallès

 

Team

*estel  (Arnau Boix, Marc Deu,

Alba Domínguez, Konstantina 

Chrysostomou)

 

Alarona Tècnicse

Rethinking public space from a youth perspective ​

Rethinking public space from a youth perspective

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The participatory process “Youth and Public Space” is framed within the context of the PAM (Municipal Action Plan) of the city council of Barcelona, from which are defined the strategic lines that must be applied in the policies promoted by the administration.

The purpose of the project is to know how public space is used by young people and the problems that are encountered in this urban context. To do this, the study is approached from a double perspective; On the one hand, a series of representative reference spaces in Barcelona are identified and analyzed separately and on the other hand, the topic is approached on a city scale. 

To do this, we use the RPA methodology (Research – Participation – Action), taking youth collectives linked to each one of the spaces to prepare both the diagnosis and the proposals for improvement. Apart from that, an important part of the work is also focused on the professionals of the youth sector, who give their expert and direct vision on the process. 

During the period that the project lasts, are used tools for collaborative work such as open workshops, questionnaires, group interviews, observation and “mapping” of urban dynamics… materials that adapt to each one of the study areas based on their specific characteristics.

The results obtained were a diagnosis of each one of the spaces and proposals linked to each one of them. In addition,  a city vision on public spaces and youth was obtained through the collection of experiences and the contribution of the professionals of the sector.

Place

Barcelona

[1,620,343 inhabitants]

Scale of the project

Municipal

Type of project

Urban Strategies

Citizen cooperation

Duration

6 months [2016]

Promoters

Barcelona City Council,

Department of Youth,

Department of Services for

Children, Youth and the Elderly

 

Team

 *estel  (Arnau Boix, Mireia

Peris, Marc Deu, Konstantina

Chrysostomou, Esteve Boix)

 

Monodestudio, Urbanins

 

Collaborated

Barcelona Youth,

Agents and youth collectives

Informe

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Premsa

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Ajuntament – Seu electrònica

Participatory process for the land use masterplan of Sentmenat

Participatory process for the land use masterplan of Sentmenat

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The participatory process for Santmenat’s POUM (Land Use Plan) was developed in parallel with the redaction of the urban planning document, with the aim to enrich it and help with the validation of the made decisions.

The project addresses the challenge of transforming the Land Use Masterplan (PGOU) into an opportunity so that the different actors who structure society to collaborate and define the future of their city. Among others, they face issues about housing, economic activity, public space and facilities, natural spaces and infrastructures on their territory. 

The process is structured in four consecutive and cumulative phases. During the first one, the civic participation program is established, the communication plan is drawn up and the agents’ map is formed. The latter consists of entities and associations which later are involved in citizen debates, citizens and municipal technical-political team. 

During the second phase, the analysis and diagnosis take place, which through open sessions and group interviews is produced radiography of the city’s current state to define the challenges that need to be addressed. At the same time, following the evolution of the POUM Advance document, participants work on the identified strategic lines turning them into proposals, in order to be included afterwards in the normative document. 

Finally, the last phase, the one of follow-up, serves to communicate to citizens the results and final conclusions, redact the documentation that is incorporated in POUM and set up the bases that allow participants to follow up to the next stages of the process.

Place

Sentmenat

[8,957 inhabitants]

Scale of the project

Municipal

Type of project

Citizen cooperation

Duration

6 months [2016]

Promoter

City Hall of Sentmenat 

Barcelona Provincial Council

 

Team

*estel  (Arnau Boix, Marc

Deu, Llaia Llonch)

 

Collaborated

Neighbors of Sentmenat

Local entities and

associations

Informe

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Premsa

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Ajuntament – Seu electrònica

Integral action plan for the public spaces of Olesa

Integral action plan for the public spaces of Olesa

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The municipal will to promote local employment has been the approach´s basis of this project, which has begun with a first analysis of the municipality’s public spaces network. The diagnosis of the identified public spaces has been carried out based on the observation of users’ activity, and the evaluation of the dynamics. 

The spaces of action identified as priorities were the neighborhood of Sant Bernat, the Plaça Dr. Fleming, and the connection between Rambla and Plaça de l’Estatut with Plaça de l’Oli. The specific proposals for the renovation of these public spaces were based on the Municipal Brigade’s technical capabilities and on the incorporation of people from Local Employment Plans.

In this way, urban improvements of a certain magnitude could be addressed in a short term, especially in the neighborhood of Sant Bernat, where Plaça Tercio Nostra Senyora has been revived, and its connections with the adjacent neighborhoods have been improved, in close collaboration with the Estel* team with Municipal Brigade team.

The rest of the priority proposals for the urban improvement have been subsequently developed by the technical services of the City Council, following the guidelines of the “Public spaces of Olesa” strategic document carried out by the Estel* team.

Place

Olesa de Montserrat

[23.779 inhabitants]

Scale of the project

Municipal

Type of project

Urban Strategies

Public space design

Duration

6 months [2015]

Promoter

Municipality of Olesa de 

Montserrat

 

Team

*estel (Arnau Boix, Mireia Peris,

Claudia Villazon, Marta Ferrer )

Presentation

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Study

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