Antigoni Anastasopoulous, Gamze Gunduz, Laura Molina, Harshad Sutar, Julian Hildebrand

Concept and Analysis:

Our studio project analyses the density of tourists in Barcelonas center in order to deduce a strategy for transforming tourism into a sustainable cultural and energetic exchange.

Currently areas of touristic interest ( so called attractors ) and the places tourists stay at ( emitters ) tend to be located in direct vicinity generating very high touristic densities which occasionally overwhelm the city.

Proposal:

Our proposal suggests new areas of development for the location of a super hotel type; these hotels would be located at equal distance in-between main sights in order to separate emitters and attractors locally and reduce density. This will generate new touristic main roads which in combination with new transportation and energy concepts will contribute to saving and generating energy for a more sustainable concept of tourism in Barcelona.

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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 of transportation and buildings, and the CO2 consumption from vegetation. The outcomes of this research exposed the current giant pollution problem of Barcelona; the overall amount of CO2 emission are extreme (99.7%), whilst the relevant absorption is poor (0.30%).

Conclusions-Proposals: 1.Green areas are not enough to compensate CO2 emissions inside the urban area. Vegetation should be used as a strategy to improve insulation of buildings and to promote the psychological effect of a greener city. 2.Neighborhoods cannot be monofunctional. To avoid daily displacement of people going to work, neighborhoods should be, at the same time, a place of housing and work. 3.Design “Smart Buildings”. Buildings are responsible for a big part of the emissions CO2 inside urban areas. The emissions come from energy usage, such us electricity and natural gas. Buildings should be resource-efficient and well insulated.

The analysis: is focused in the behavior of the wind between the buildings, in order to implement the results in an efficient way, trying to collect as much energy as possible. Complemented with the energy analysis consumption of each building to find their needs.

Proposal: since in an urban area as dense as Barcelona, we get turbulence or slow speed wind between buildings. We want to generate a skin or structure that can be added to the facades of the buildings or urban equipment that not only will function as a wind collector, but also will have a functionality depending on where you place it.

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