For example, students at the Mar Bella skate park observed that more women and girls are using the space, suggesting that the gender gap may be narrowing. The 2019 cohort was able to compare their observational results with the data from last year and build on the ideas proposed. This edition of the Barcelona Planning Studio built on the work from last year, in 2018, in which students studied the same site using the same methods. We focused on four sites in Poblenou: Superilla, Rambla Poblenou, Marbella Skatepark and Pere IV-Trullàs. Students worked with local residents to synthesize, analyze and interpret observational data on public life and propose planning interventions based on our original field research.
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The Barcelona Planning Studio provided students with the opportunity to use, assess and evaluate various observational methods in the public realm. Students also saw a city government open to testing innovative ideas about pedestrianization and traffic calming. Students heard inspirational stories about neighbours organizing themselves to reclaim abandoned spaces and convert them to green spaces, gardens or resting places. The Poblenou neighbourhood provides an entry point for examining how planning practice may respond to the needs of local residents who are confronting global pressures. The students presented their report to neighbourhood groups and residents for feedback at the public library in an event open to the public.īarcelona is under global pressures that are typical of highly attractive global cities including gentrification, tourism and the contestation of public space. The groups identified spaces that were highly used and successful, but also areas that were not well used because of an absence of facilities or services. Students were responsible for synthesizing this information and developing planning proposals that would address the issues found.
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Participants observed public life for a total of 16 hours and recorded data on people moving through the site, people staying, and social interactions amongst the users of public space. Students studied four sites in the Poblenou neighbourhood using observational methods developed by the Gehl Institute and following the institute’s public life protocol. The course was taught in coordination with the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) and the neighbourhood group Taula Eix Pere IV. How can planners, architects, and engineers use public life data to improve the everyday use of our cities? What are the methods for analyzing public life data and how can the collection of this data be put to the service of local residents and communities? Students considered these questions during the first two weeks of June 2019 as part of PLAN 545: The Barcelona Planning Studio, which included students from the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), and Civil Engineering.
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Participants in PLAN 545: Barcelona Planning Studio included UBC students at SCARP, SALA, Civil Engineering and Architecture Students from the Barcelona School of Architecture