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Mapping green_Park de Montjuic. Comparing green areas_density

The mapping analyze the existence situation in the area of Montjuic. The goal of this research is to show how the green areas affect the preferences of the visitors in the park of Montjuic. In the first map we can see the categories of the vegetation in Montjuic depended on the height, that was a usefull information [...]

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Mapping of CO2 Emissions _Barrio 5 La Sagrera|Navas|Congres i els Indians

Team members: Andrena Papantoniou, Carolina Libardi, Erina Filipovska In order to achieve environmental improvements and propose changes on the pollution issue of Barcelona, it was very important to understand the main generators of CO2 emissions and the roll of the urban vegetation. For this reason, we focused on the calculation of the overall CO2 emissions [...]

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Introductory Design Studio: Barcelona 0 Emissions

Introductory Design Studio: Barcelona 0 Emissions  Neighborhood: 16. Putxet i Farro, Vila de Gracia, El Camp d’en grassot y Gracia Nova. Group: Daniela Quesada, Luz Michelle Lavayen, Yashaswini Apte. There has been an important growth in Hydroelectric production in Spain due to the high rainfall and a considerable increase in self-generators. The total installed power [...]

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Barrio 16: Putxet – mapping the potential to harness water for hydroelectric power.

Introductory Design Studio: Barcelona 0 Emissions Neighborhood: 16. Putxet i Farro, Vila de Gracia, El Camp d’en grassot y Gracia Nova. Group: Daniela Quesada, Luz Michelle Lavayen, Yashaswini Apte. There has been an important growth in Hydroelectric production in Spain due to the high rainfall and a considerable increase in self-generators. The total installed power as of [...]

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Barrio 16: Putxet- mapping the potential to harness water for hydroelectric power.

Introductory Design Studio: Barcelona 0 Emissions Neighborhood: 16. Putxet i Farro, Vila de Gracia, El Camp d’en grassot y Gracia Nova. Group: Daniela Quesada, Luz Michelle Lavayen, Yashaswini Apte. There has been an important growth in Hydroelectric production in Spain due to the high rainfall and a considerable increase in self-generators. The total installed power [...]

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Noise mapping Torre Baró, Ciutat Meridiana, Vallbona

-Team members. J. Antonio Tamez E, Amay Gurkar, Carlo Caltabiano The objective of this map is to understand the layers of noise present on the three barrios by dividing them into a grid composed ofquadrants of 100*100 meters., coordinated in alphabetical columns and numerical rows. The main idea is to try and use this system [...]

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Comparing two models: Ciutat Meridiana vs Torre Barò

Team Group 4 : Carlo Caltabiano, Amayuday Gurkar, Juan Antonio Tames Elizondo This work analyzes the density and energy performarce of the residencial buildings in Ciutat Meridiana and Torre Barò district in Barcelona. Comparing these two models is possible to see the difference in the neighborhoods identity. Ciudad Meridiana was developed to accommodate the boom [...]

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Mapping – Poble Nou – BCN

How do we transform an existing city into a zero emission city? We need to add something – something that creates energy and feeds the city with clean energy. This is a mapping that shows potential building sites in Barcelona and thereby shows where we are able to add something that generates energy. The mappings [...]

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Ciutad Vella, San Marti – Density of tourists and energy footprint of tourist used attractions

Analysis: For  the Barcelona “0 emission” project we extracted a part of our whole barrio to test the mapping technique which after confirmation can be appllied to the whole area; our intention consists in showing which places are most frequented by tourists in order to identify and show where most energy has to be spent [...]

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From social layer mapping to Community Farming zones – Horta Nou Barris La clota

The Process The zone assigned to us consists of parts of two barrios Horta-guinardo, Nou barris and covers the neighbourhoods of Horta, la Guineueta, Can Reguera, El Turo de la peira, Porta, Vilapicina I la Torre Llobeta, La font d’en Fargues. The main factor which affects all the factors in our zone is the Topography. [...]

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