The city is the place where human needs are best met, which are multiple and vary over time, so the city varies with them. Cities in the 21st century face multiple challenges with a society that increasingly demands greater dynamism in terms of mobility. The urban developments carried out since the Industrial City in the 19th century have sought to prioritize mechanized modes of transport, relegating the pedestrian and, above all, the person to second place.This has made the situation in cities unsustainable, with high rates of motorization, air and noise pollution problems, uncontrolled expansion of the city and gentrification of city centers.
Faced with this reality, multiple theories have been developed with the aim of regenerating urban spaces and recovering the city for people. Among these models, the Barcelona Superblocks model, developed by Salvador Rueda in the 1980s, stands out.
This model seeks to reorganize cities, establishing a road hierarchy that allows heavy and through traffic to be transferred to the main arteries – known as basic streets -, creating cells called superblocks, within which the road space is reconverted to focus on citizens and their rights, in addition to mobility. For this purpose, the direction of the streets is modified, public transport routes are transferred to the basic roads and a single platform with a single lane is established.This project proposes an urban regeneration based on this model for the district of Lince, located in Lima (Peru). The main objective is to propose the network of superblocks in which the district will be organized and the specific intervention proposal for one of the superblocks.
In this way, based on the analysis of the initial conditions, a network of 15 superblocks is proposed and an intervention proposal is made in Superblock number 3. Thus, the change of direction of the streets that integrate the superblock is presented, resulting in a set of loops with a single lane in the center of the section and a parking strip. In addition, chicanes typical of Woonerfs will be used as a traffic calming element. This intervention will be executed in three steps: motorized traffic modification, tactical urbanism and urbanization.
This proves that it is possible to change the paradigm of the city through low-cost urban regeneration interventions. Thus, the city goes from being a system whose center is mobility, mainly motorized, to a system with the citizen and all his or her rights and needs at its center. This approach enables more sustainable urban development, reducing resource consumption and consequently lowering both environmental impact and public health risks.
The city is the place where human needs are best met, which are multiple and vary over time, so the city varies with them. Cities in the 21st century face multiple challenges with a society that increasingly demands greater dynamism in terms of mobility. The urban developments carried out since the Industrial City in the 19th century have sought to prioritize mechanized modes of transport, relegating the pedestrian and, above all, the person to second place.This has made the situation in cities unsustainable, with high rates of motorization, air and noise pollution problems, uncontrolled expansion of the city and gentrification of city centers.
Faced with this reality, multiple theories have been developed with the aim of regenerating urban spaces and recovering the city for people. Among these models, the Barcelona Superblocks model, developed by Salvador Rueda in the 1980s, stands out.
This model seeks to reorganize cities, establishing a road hierarchy that allows heavy and through traffic to be transferred to the main arteries – known as basic streets -, creating cells called superblocks, within which the road space is reconverted to focus on citizens and their rights, in addition to mobility. For this purpose, the direction of the streets is modified, public transport routes are transferred to the basic roads and a single platform with a single lane is established.This project proposes an urban regeneration based on this model for the district of Lince, located in Lima (Peru). The main objective is to propose the network of superblocks in which the district will be organized and the specific intervention proposal for one of the superblocks.
In this way, based on the analysis of the initial conditions, a network of 15 superblocks is proposed and an intervention proposal is made in Superblock number 3. Thus, the change of direction of the streets that integrate the superblock is presented, resulting in a set of loops with a single lane in the center of the section and a parking strip. In addition, chicanes typical of Woonerfs will be used as a traffic calming element. This intervention will be executed in three steps: motorized traffic modification, tactical urbanism and urbanization.
This proves that it is possible to change the paradigm of the city through low-cost urban regeneration interventions. Thus, the city goes from being a system whose center is mobility, mainly motorized, to a system with the citizen and all his or her rights and needs at its center. This approach enables more sustainable urban development, reducing resource consumption and consequently lowering both environmental impact and public health risks. Read More
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