Les Travesseres de Barcelona : necessitat de la Travessera Nord
The aim of this thesis is to reveal the importance of the “travesseres” as abstract elements which have the role of connecting two points (areas, fragments, sections) in a structure and of creating a consistent system that complement other systems in the structure, thus becoming a structuring elemen...
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| Formato: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/669326 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/669326 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-328202 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme 71 72 |
| Resumo: | The aim of this thesis is to reveal the importance of the “travesseres” as abstract elements which have the role of connecting two points (areas, fragments, sections) in a structure and of creating a consistent system that complement other systems in the structure, thus becoming a structuring element in the system. This concept is applied to the study of Barcelona's urban structure to ascertain whether it was maintained implicitly and/or explicitly in the city structure. The work is based on the hypothesis that the “travessera” or crossing element has been present both in the construction phase (material layers) and in the theoretical proposals (non-material layers) of the city structure and has remained latent in different moments in the history, at different scales and in different contexts that have been related and/or linked to each other, from the urban to the metropolitan and territorial level. The author believes this can be determined by analysing the origins and the transformation of the city. In this sense, the thesis is organised chronologically. However, instead of providing a historical review, the author seeks to test the initial hypothesis by studying the urban transformation of the city. Considering that urban transformation is a process with more or less continuity, the author uses the analysis and chronological comparison of the changes, the elements that remain unchanged and the influences of the structure over time, both in material constructions and in theoretical proposals. Even though emphasis is placed on morphology, it is understood that it is linked to other areas of knowledge or associated to the specific reality of the city. Therefore, by studying the definition and development of this kind of elements in the city structure chronologically, linking them to a specific moment in the history and to their urban, social, economic and cultural implications, as well as to the possible influence they have on the development, growth and proposals of the city, the author provides evidence to show that these elements remain somewhat latent at different levels of the urban structure. The author was keen on illustrating how a formal scheme (theoretical or material) can be maintained and/or reproduced at different scales and for different purposes over time, and also how new proposals can arise from the reinterpretation and review of a specific formal structure in a different historical, material and conceptual context, with different material, sociological, economical and technological requirements among others. The idea is to try out a methodology that can be used in other cases, that allows us to "manage" the analysis and study of complex systems using relatively simple methods, such as the comparison and abstraction of elements and the analysis of complexity according to different scales and interpretations. Accordingly, the relationship between the "travesseres" and textile fabric is used as a metaphor that connects the (territorial, geographic) urban fabric with the textile fabric to understand and conceptualise (territorial, geographic) urban structures both in the analysis and in the proposal phases. The purpose of this thesis is thus to test the hypothesis based on a specific case study without claiming to be definitive or conclusive, to add another vision to the analysis of complex systems. The case of the city of Barcelona is suggested for this research as a resource to perform analysis and find proof rather than as an exemplary case. By the same token, the author uses the viability of the northern “travessera” -a “travessera” that, in the urban structure of Barcelona, is appearing and disappearing over time"- as a common thread (hence the subtitle of the thesis: “Viabilitat de la Travessera Nord”); the author looks for this element throughout the paper until the present time, a moment in which (the paper claims) its realisation is viable. |
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