Europan 14. 1º Premio para el proyecto en Oulu (Finlandia) a cargo de Curro Holguín, Argimiro Macías, Paula Manzano y Antonio Torres, colegiados del COAM
04/01/2018
Autor: ARGIMIRO MACÍAS, CURRO HOLGUÍN, PAULA MANZANO, ANTONIO TORRES
From city to productive city. - The void as possibility of creating identity.
To make Kaijonharju – Linnanmaa district a vibrant and diverse part of the urban fabric, the first goal that we work in is the recognition of the site. In this sense, through an identification of the existing programs, built volumes and urban voids, we found the weaknesses and the areas of opportunity of the place of intervention.
Trusting the future construction of the new tram line and sustainable mobility systems such as the bicycle, shared cars and bus connections, we soon perceive that one of the biggest mistakes of the current urban plan is the great amount of existing carpark zones. Actually, these kind of spaces represent an obsolete city model that goes against future city concepts like hybridization and compactness. These huge carpark surfaces are not only a lost of space in terms of local economy and sustainability but an innecessary amount of voids that act in the opposite way of urban diversity and complexity.
Therefore, our project understands that these carpark voids that now exist have to be conceived as negative spaces for the future development of the Kaijonharju – Linnanmaa district. Our main target is to change the role of these voids and transform them into creators of identity that will work as our zones of action to start turning this district into a productive, complex and attractive place for future inhabitants and visitors. In this way, these voids marked in black are those that will be transformed in collaborative activities containers. They will manage those spaces that are neither public nor private that now do not exist and that will endow the district with urban unity and identity for its future grow.
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