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El present treball té com a objectiu principal abordar l'urbanisme amb perspectiva de gènere, centrant-se en l'anàlisi de la ciutat de Manresa. Aquesta elecció sorgeix de la necessitat de comprendre i transformar les dinàmiques urbanes que perpetuen desigualtats de gènere i limiten el ple desenvolupament i benestar de les dones en l'espai públic.

This work aims to investigate different forms of temporary and informal appropriation that occur in cities, with a view to elucidating the role of spontaneity in urban life and the relationships between activity, people and public space.The interventions under study are understood as micro-resistances that aim to appropriate public space in order to build sensitive experiences and thus disrupt the reassuring and pacifying image that consensus tries to forge.Specifically, the research aims to elucidate the processes by which these characteristics emerge, particularly in the context of street markets, which are regarded as one of the most ephemeral and oldest forms of urban organisation.It is postulated that this is the setting in which the distinction between flesh and stone (Sennet, 1994), and between passivity and protagonism (Oiticica, 1969) is eroded. In this context, vendors are regarded as the primary agents of urban vitality, transforming everyday life and creating opportunities based on novel micro-architectural designs that facilitate daily activities. The agents of this transient city, which is assembled and disassembled on a daily basis, are responsible for creating the architectural and urban dynamics of light and shadow, fullness and emptiness, and determining rhythms, uses, and forms. Through fieldwork, photographic surveys, categorization of the behaviours observed and the ephemeral supports detected, complemented by the discussion of some works which have dealt with the paradigm shift from modernity to postmodernity,the research systematises and discusses concepts of phenomenology, ordinariness, flexibility and unpredictability in Ballarò street market in Palermo, Sicily.The objective of this research is to elucidate and document the dynamics of this market, its processes, and the occupations around it. The objective is to present the market in various forms of drawing, creating a series of graphic representations that allows for re-reading urban life

Twenty-five years ago, just at the turn of the century, the European Biennial of Landscape Architecture was born, promoted jointly by the Col·legi Oficial d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) through the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) and the Màster d'Arquitectura del Paisatge (MAP). Since then, the Biennial has grown in scale and recognition, consolidating itself as one of the major international disciplinary events. Among the expressions that regularly structure the content of the editions, two awards stand out with good criteria: the Rosa Barba Prize, for the best professional work, and the International School Prize, for the best academic project. The fact that from this year onwards this important award will be called the Manuel Ribas Piera Prize, in recognition of the man who created the Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture in 1988 (the first event in this discipline in our country), seems to me to be an act of poetic justice, which I am pleased to have been able to help to promote. This simultaneous recognition, from the COAC for good work and from the UPC for academic quality, continues to be, in my opinion, one of the most prized values of the International Biennial of Landscape Architecture. It must be said that the increasingly high quality of the academic proposals (as can be seen in the collection of projects that follows this introduction), as well as the extraordinary progress made in the systems of graphic representation, make it increasingly difficult to distinguish between projects in one category and works in the other. It remains to be seen whether, in the not so distant future, one and the other landscapes, and guardians, will not end up merging in the unassailable territory of the gaze.

En octubre de 2023, en el marco de los workshops organizados por el Pabellón Español de la Bienal de Arquitectura, celebramos dos almuerzos en Venecia. Las comidas, diseñadas por un grupo de profesoras e investigadoras de la ETSABUPC, fueron posibles gracias al comisariado de Foodscapes, lema de la propuesta expositiva, y al equipo de investigación FFRU (Future Foodscapes Research Unit), del que formaban parte estudiantes becados de las escuelas de arquitectura participantes: Madrid, Toledo y Barcelona. El objetivo era activar dos tertulias en lugares muy distintos de Venecia para desplegar los temas que se estaban trabajando en el Pabellón, al tiempo que fomentar la participación de personas expertas investigadoras en las relaciones entre arquitectura, ciudad y alimentos. Las conversaciones desencadenarían ideas y comentarios vinculados a los lugares donde se celebraban y a los tipos de comida que se servían. Tras barajar diversos emplazamientos de carácter muy diverso, finalmente, por razones logísticas y económicas, los almuerzos se celebraron en dos lugares singulares, prácticamente antagónicos. El primero tuvo lugar en el interior de una fábrica de cristal en la isla de Murano. El segundo, en un parque vecino al recinto de la Bienal, Sant' Elena. Se trataba de escenificar dos obras corales en dos ‘comedores inventados' que fueran registradas y, posteriormente, editadas, para ser compartidas en formato documental. En ellas se debían exponer no solo los contenidos de las conversaciones entre los comensales, sino también el carácter de los dos escenarios: las cualidades de los paramentos, la maleabilidad y plasticidad de los alimentos, y los movimientos y actividades que se desencadenaran a su alrededor. El ritual participativo incluía la aportación de ideas de las personas invitadas sentadas alrededor de la mesa, así como el trabajo logístico del resto de profesoras, estudiantes de arquitectura, personal de apoyo y cocineros que, en su ir y venir, complementaban la escenificación de cada una de las comidas. Las características de estos ‘comedores inventados' eran diametralmente opuestas. Si en el interior de la fábrica el espacio estaba limitado por paramentos plúmbeos y herméticos y las luces tendían a tonos azulados, en el parque el entorno se expandía en la inmensidad de la laguna, bajo la luz brillante filtrada por el verde de la vegetación. Si el primero era un almuerzo solemne y tradicional en el que, como en un banquete, vajilla, cristalería y cubertería eran exquisitas y el tiempo estaba marcado por el orden de los platos servidos, el segundo era un pícnic sin ningún tipo de ceremonial, en el que los alimentos eran depositados simultáneamente sobre el mantel a cuadros de la mesa, de la que los comensales se servían a sí mismos en platos de cartón, y comían con las manos. Los menús presentaban alimentos – grisines, aceite y mantequilla, helado salado, achicoria, arroz, fruta, queso, pasteles, galletas, mermeladas, patatas fritas – y temas – natural y artificial; evoluciones tecnológicas y plataformas; caja negra como ciudad digestiva; calorías como tecnologías de trabajo y avances en momentos de crisis; exteriorización del cuerpo humano y cocinas como estómagos; espacios de residuo – para llenar las mesas de sabores y palabras. El resultado de las dos filmaciones se transcribe, editado, en las páginas que siguen a continuación. Las dos conversaciones se entrelazan, y dejan el diálogo abierto para la reflexión sobre esas relaciones complejas entre arquitectura, ciudad y comida.

Throughout this research, a study of different cities in the Mediterranean basin has been carried out from the perspective of the railway. This consists of a look at the history, society, the shape of the city and the urban fabric from a railway framework in order to distinguish the influence that this infrastructure has had on their configuration. Different cases have been catalogued from all over the Mediterranean arc, chosen according to different criteria of territorial importance, traffic and connections, covering the different realities, societies and cultures encompassed by the sea. In addition, a more thorough study has been conducted on three cities in order to investigate their own circumstances from different points of view: Livorno, structural and morphological; Trieste, political and territorial; and Istanbul, social and cultural. In this way, common elements are sought in order to provide a combined explanation of the urbanism developed regarding the railway, both in terms of its stations and its lines.

This thesis explores how the Architectural ruins in Haifa reflect and influence the city's complex and layered cultural identity, especially in relation to the transformative events of 1948. By combining theoretical review, historical analysis, and direct experience through roaming the city, the research provides a nuanced understanding of Haifa's urban fabric. The case studies reveal how these decayed and abandoned spaces embody narratives of vulnerability, conflict, decay, and transformation, contributing to a multilayered identity. The conclusion proposes that revitalizing these ruins through community-driven initiatives can seize their potential, transforming them into active spaces of continuity and revitalization. This allows the community to redefine these spaces in a way that honors their historical significance while fostering future growth.

This research analyzes the components and dynamics of the main street in the city of Culiacan, Mexico, with the aim of proposing multifaceted urban solutions. The study examines both the everyday use of spaces and their transformation during extraordinary events, highlighting when the street becomes a temporary stage for social expression. Themes such as appropriation and permanence of the space are explored to express how traditional behaviors can transform and adapt depending on the space. The methodology includes the collection of historical information, graphic analysis though drawings and photographs and a study of analogous cases. The work is based on key concepts addressed by Angel Martín Ramos, Joaquin Sabate and Stanford Anderson, providing theoretical foundation to understand both the physical space of the street and its capacities in the face for extraordinary dynamics. The characteristics of daily life and four specific temporary events are examined to analyze the spatial impact and the behavior of users. From the design perspective, this study aims to determine whether the characteristics of a street are optimal for hosting major city events. Though a critical review of the space and its capacities, a reflection is proposed on how extraordinary events can leave a lasting mark on urban perception. Additionally, the need to promote flexible spaces for future urban interventions is emphasized. The conclusions address the questions raised in the hypothesis of this work and establish parameters for urban design that integrate both every day and temporary dynamics.

Human beings have managed to access and map a large part of planet Earth by altering and domesticating the territory to suit their needs. They have set their sights on it and turned it into a landscape. The extension of the landscape, however, has required the establishment of an order based on territorial marks and divisions. The action of concretizing and enclosing a space requires, at the same time, a design that gives form and body to the void. The following paper delves into the understanding and perception of the morphology of the Swedish city of Lund, offering new ways of approaching and representing the territory. Instead of highlighting, understanding and representing the city through its architecture, the physical component, the emphasis is placed on its empty and contested spaces through a look at its edges. Based on the analysis and compilation of various cartographies, an urban guide is produced that is oriented around geographical space through ten case studies drawn from Lund. Each chosen place has its uniqueness, however, they all have a perimeter that delimits and positions them as landmarks that compose and structure the city.

The research proposes a look at Consell de Cent Street in Barcelona based on fieldwork. Based on nineteen sessions that add up to 44 hours, the experience on the street has allowed conversation with neighbors, photograph scenes of daily life and draw ordinary street elements in detail. Consell de Cent Street was redeveloped in 2022, and since it has undergone a significant transformation that has meant a reduction in the presence of motorised vehicles, the promotion of sustainable mobility, the daily use of public space and the subsequent improvement of people's quality of life. This research approaches the reality of the street from a subjective perspective, where the word, drawing and image become tools of analysis to explain some current urban dynamics. Walking, sitting, playing and shopping are the actions in which the narration is set.

This research aims to analyze the factors involved in the urban community gardens of the city of Barcelona, attending to: the diversity of flora that we find, its hybrid use derived from the meeting between neighbors and the architecture that allows them both. Espai Nur and Espai Germanetes are the studied cases, located in the recently pacified and pedestrianized Carrer Consell de Cent, in the Esquerra de l'Eixample. One block away, both have privileged corner locations, favoring sunlight and visibility in the neighborhood. Through fieldwork and drawing as tools of analysis, these gardens are examined as living and changing spaces, integrating agroecological initiatives and community meeting situations. This analysis reveals the variety of interactions and uses that the neighbors themselves give them for entirely social purposes, discovering that gardening is more an excuse than their main reason for exis The aim is to show the multiple relationships and connections that occur both in the space itself and in its immediate environment. The gardens extend their roots into the neighborhood to nurture and build themselves as a space and as a community.

The present study focuses on the analysis of urban commerce on Rua 25 de Março, a street located in downtown São Paulo, Brazil. Through field explorations conducted during the academic year 2022-2023 and the review of secondary sources, a narrative is addressed to explore and present the complexity of the street from the perspective of its diverse commercial establishments, highlighting the characteristics that define and differentiate it from other urban spaces. Firstly, the aim is to understand the relationship between the popular commercial street and the overall structure of the city, with the objective of adding a broader perspective on its role in the urban context. Subsequently, four commercial typologies present on Rua 25 de Março are analyzed in detail: the shop, the market, the shopping gallery, and street vending. Through an analytical approach, the interaction of these specific forms with the architectural space and urban dynamics is explored, as well as the connections between them.

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The present research aims to study the case of “El Zanjón,” which means “the trench” in Spanish, the first highway built in the city of Lima. The analysis approaches the history of this infrastructure and utilizes drawing as a tool of analysis to highlight the formal characteristics of both the barrier and the surrounding city. The objective of the work is to understand the formal connotations of the highway and its context in order to select potential spaces for urban projects that would dissolve the barriers generated by automobile infrastructure. The research is divided into nine parts: the first provides an introduction to the topic of study, the second addresses the historical context that led to the construction of the highway, and the third describes its formal characteristics. Parts four, five, and six explore different historical stages around the conformation of the Zanjón and its formal impacts on the current fabric of the city. The seventh focuses on the study of analogous cases in different parts of the world, while the eighth presents a method for the selection of potential spaces to develop urban projects. The ninth and final part comprises concluding remarks.

The present research work addresses the analysis of the spaces used daily in bothhousing and informal commerce, in the particular case of the Cercado Callao area, inthe Callao region, Peru. Through graphic representation, the aim is to value thespontaneous initiative of the population as a response to the needs that arise from theevolution and development of a metropolitan city in relation to the most domesticuses and that are formalized in living spaces; and in places where you can stock up oneveryday products. The work is divided into six parts; The first part makes an introduction to the topicand case study; The second part presents the structure of the research; The third partfocuses on a historical story and analysis of Callao; The fourth part reveals an urbananalysis at three scales; In the fifth part, a theoretical framework related to theconcepts revealed by the cartography is presented; Finally, the sixth part explains thefinal reflections of the research.

This thesis examines the water infrastructures of Mexico City from a multi-scale methodological approach. The research takes as a starting point the notion of circulation as an axial value in the conceptualization and materialization of such infrastructures. The contemporary urban structure has not managed to integrate the water cycle into its configuration; nevertheless, the study of the urban elements related to water allows us to know both its historical narrative and its fundamental influence on urban development, in a narrative that unravels the management strategies of the resource in each time and fragment of the city. In order to address the broad catalog of infrastructures that make up the great urban system of water supply, drainage and regulation, four chapters have been proposed, each dealing with a different scale of relation. The work starts from the closest and most daily relationship with water and progresses by moving away from the scope until it reaches the regional overview. (1) The first chapter approaches the study of storage tanks and bathrooms and toilets, with a twofold purpose: on one side, these elements reveal the impact that each scale maintains with the others; and, on the other, they exemplify the conceptual framework of circulation as a determining value for the contemporary relationship with water. (2) An intermediate scale is studied in the architectures of water, the urban things that, as fixed pieces in the city, are the most evident traces of the relationship of flows and networks in infrastructure with the interweaving of the city. (3) The urban scale of the capital itself and its metropolitan area is reviewed on the basis of its historical development, the study of its conflicts and its management strategies. (4)Finally, the territorial scale of the hydropolitan region is discussed, a territory defined by the infrastructures that articulate basins and aquifers with the metropolis, beyond the political-administrative demarcation

This work seeks to establish a timeline of the territorial conditions, historical events, political actions, urban developments and architectural interventions that led to the emergence of active underground urban fabric in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from the 16th century to the 19th century: the underground of Edinburgh's Old Town closes and the South Bridge Vaults. It goes on to determine if these underground fabrics could be considered what local myth calls “the Underground City of Edinburgh”. Previous urban research on the city of Edinburgh has generally centred on its 18th and 19th century transformation by means of James Craig's New Town and William Chamber's Victorian renewal of the Old Town projects. This work centres on the urban development of Edinburgh prior to the 18th century and how that which conditioned the city's early stages of history had consequences on its subsequent renewal in major ways.

Conté: Foreword: Walking the streets: an approach to urban proximity through the analysis of pedestrian networks / Eulàlia Gómez-Escoda -- Presentation: Urban Network Analysis tools for modeling land use and transportation interactions for pedestrians and cyclists / Andres Sevtsuk -- Barcelona's Superblocks under the spotlight: evaluating expected impact of green axes in pedestrian route choice and retail footfall / Mikel Berra-Sandín and Enric Villavieja Martínez -- The walking routes of the children of La Vila de Gràcia / André Salazar and Ricardo Sotomayor -- Walking the hills. Analysis of the walkable network around existing and planned L9 metro stations in upper Gràcia, Barcelona / Álvaro Clua, Francesc Valls and Joan Martí Elias

One territory, four questions, one atlas arises from the need to rethink the collaboration between the four academic institutions (KULeuven; UMinho; AHO; ETSAB-UPC) after four years of Summer Workshops (3 editions in Belgium; 1 in Portugal). The intention is to generate new synergies and a common theoretical-practical body that becomes the seed for future joint collaborations (Summerschools, BIP, other shared intensive programs). How do we map space and experiences? How do we map global (climate change, monetary flows) vs. local processes? How do we map concepts? (boundaries, regularity, porosity) How do we map tangibles and intangibles? How do we map sensations (noises, flavours, smells)? How do we map paths and movement? How do we represent dynamics in a static drawing? What is the (ir)relevance of geographical precision? The disciplines of architecture and urban design have representation as their main communication tool. However, in recent years, the possibilities of access to information (digital archives, open cartographic sources) and the emergence of geographic information systems have shaken the way of representing and explaining issues that were until recently linked to the physical condition of places. This booklet presents an academic experience, “One territory, four questions, one atlas”, an intensive summer research program between four institutions (KULeuven; UMinho; AHO; ETSAB-UPC), aimed to generate new synergies and a common theoretical-practical body to trigger a joint discussion on how to represent and visualise cities and life, spatial design and spatial reframing, ruptures and permanence, people and time by the act of mapping. Twelve participants (eight professors and five PhD students) worked together grouped in three teams during one week in which four questions were progressively launched to which the participants responded by drawing. The questions triggered assorted 8-hours speed maps, which in turn served as an entry for a common discussion and unlocked hidden hypothesis. The program explored the process based on an expanded dialogue to use domestic digital tools (hand drawings, pictures, video, google maps, cad and GIS cartographies, big data, open-source data, sound recordings) to produce incomplete understandings of the territory instead of achieving a finished product.

The occupation of public space by the thousands of lorries that enter Barcelona every day to supply supermarkets is an essential and opaque process that goes unnoticed by the public despite the great impact it has on their daily lives. This study seeks to chart and understand how supermarket food logistics works in the so-called last mile. And it does so, firstly, from a social and anthropological perspective, to see how supermarkets have been involved in the main decisions that have been taken in shaping the city. And secondly, from a more technical and analytical point of view in which, through different graphics, the most characteristic elements of supermarkets are identified, as well as possible shortcomings and problems. Finally, the work seeks to see how new modes of transport could be applied to solve some of the problems detected. It also takes a look at how science fiction has imagined the cities and logistics of the future.

The park in parts. A taxonomic view of the “Parc Agrari” is the result of learning through three prisms of vision and documentation. It is the location, drawing and study of elements little studied in other research. This process of visiting and documentation is then framed in three visions; that of the naive visitor who enters the park, that of the architect who measures and looks for the compositional logic behind the elements found, and the vision of a researcher who seeks to generate parallels with architectures in other contexts. This study is carried out through three cases of study or parts. These parts are: the agricultural fencing, the water adaptations and the greenhouses in Parc Agrari.