Llobet Ribeiro, Xavier

Llorach Herrero, Enric

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69BARCELONA CRUISER PORT – HANG AIR CITYAuthors: Khaled Mlanao, Dilara Sezgin, Elisa TozziProfessors: Xavier Llobet, Enric LlorachMEDITERRANEAN CITIES PROGRAMBARCELONA INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 2011, Barcelona, June 27th-July 6thThe project Barcelona Cruiser Port, by Kha-led Mlanao, Dilara Sezgin and Elisa Tozzi, is far from subtlety. Into the sea, and in front of the Montjuïc hill, the project creates a whole new neighborhood for Barcelona, that is to have the same size and density as the Eixam-ple district, all assuming a new population of 260.000 inhabitants.The new island will be hanging from the Meridiana Avenue, which shares the car-dinal orientation of the meridian lines. The avenue will be extended over the Mediterra-nean Sea, becoming the new district’s main avenue. The island emulates the Macià Plan when transforming the nineteenth-century blocks into super-blocks, including 9 of the traditional Eixample blocks. These new su-per-blocks will have the size of 400x400m, and in between them, streets but also mari-time canals will take place. The salted water will not only run around the super-blocks but also under, being all lifted up to height of 15 meters, and giving place to a huge and sha-dowed plate, where public activities would be intertwined with car parks, small ports, all kind of facilities, vertical connections, as well as commercial services that would connect both stages: the Piranesian atmosphere of the under-super-blocks, and the open and sunny world of above, where domestic and professional life will take place.The project is expected to be achieved through a series of phases, which should, ultimately, link the island with the Barcelona port area, as well as receiving an implemen-tation of subterranean public transportation services. The new urban piece will also trans-form the Montjuïc hill into an inner park for the city of Barcelona, modifying its skyline and contributing to a more sea-connected lifestyle for the people living in Barcelona.Despite the project might seem Dubai-like, there exist some aspects that avoid reaching this conclusion. The project is not banally iconic thanks to the continuity that establis-hes with the existing city. In terms of mobility, the by-pass nature that the new district allows under the Montjuïc hill, belts it strongly with the existing Barcelona. At the same-time, the Cerdà-Macià-like super-blocks have an ori-gin in the existing Barcelona and its main ur-ban characteristic. And finally, the extension into the sea of the Meridian Avenue and its transformation into a new Diagonal Avenue for the new city, melt naturally the existing and the new.THE HANG AIR CITY7071PROFESSOR:Xavier Llobet - Enric Llorach (ETSAB- Barcelona)STUDENTS:Khaled Mlanao (ENSA-Marseille)Dilara Sezgin (Bilgi University-Istambul)Elisa Tozzi (Fac. di Genova)THE HANG AIR CITY7273747576HousingAxesPublic SpaceWater Squares77City connectionNeighbordhood connections787980818283

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