Making the invisible - visible (Barcelona-Sants)
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2014-10-14 by MariiaV
[1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14132735357706903.jpg The above picture is Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia. The visible information are: 1. The main building on the left is the central railway station of the city, metro station and hotel – Barcelona-Sants. On the first floor of the building – hall station, on the second is car parking and entrance to the hotel 2. In the background you can see a few historical buildings. Between historical buildings and railway station is a park 3. In the front of the station is a taxi-parking with a large number of cars and bikes 4. Fast-food restaurants are located at the station The invisible information are: 1. No trains at the streets. All of them are underground. It is great for a surrounding because of absence smells, noise and occupation most of the street space . But the large number of people and trains needs an energy daily to cooling and lighting the underground space for comfort staying. Explore the average time spent at the station, make more comfortable time staying there with good conditions: necessary services, air condition and ventilation. 2. A huge area of parking – overheating in summer months, a large amount of exhaust gases of cars. Explore the need of a ground transport, reduce a space for cars and automate the process of applying transport.