
LEARNING TO SEE, PROJECT AND BUILD SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL CONNECTIONS
Construcción III
School of Agri-Food and Biosystems Engineering (EEABB) School of Architecture (ETSAB) Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC)
The projects presented are the most representative of the 3rd year of Landscape construction III of the Landscape Grade. This subject combines Regional and Urban Planning and Technology
Departments. They are a continuation of the projects of the project course. All of them start with an environmental analysis to detect the environmental weaknesses (erosion, flooding areas, high surface
temperatures, hydric stress effects, etc..) that cause urban and territorial defragmentation. After the diagnosis, a strategy is then implemented in the Master Plan to mitigate the effects of climate change and
provide living conditions for people and animals by achieving territorial and urban reconnection. The scales of the project are three: territorial, intermediate, where we work with a pilot area, and the
construction detail scale (they show the construction details that allow how to materialize the strategies). The results of the calculations and analyses are shown in the plans but are presented in an annex.
The first project “SER&MIERES finds a methodology to re-connect Mieres with the water with the river SER to provide water resources. “RIVER REGEN” faces the regeneration of the river in three different areas
supporting the solutions with detailed calculations. “WATER-TERRITORY AND BIODIVERSITY” works on the ecological connectivity through blue-green infrastructure that connects the landscape. “CIRCULAR
WATER MANAGEMENT” provides a model of circular water efficiency with benefits for both human uses and the natural environment. “ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL RESTORATION” works on strategies to
restore environmental and social defragmentation to reconnect them.