In the new Masterplan of Valladolid (E) -a medium, historical and industrial city, capital of Castilla y León, the region in the centre of the continental Spanish plateau- we are designing new urban strategies for both the contemporary city and the emerging metropolitan area, facing their urban problems in a singular context of crisis. Due to its geographical position and its historical development Valladolid is a well-connected city, located in a cross of several axes (three rivers, a European east-west corridor, a structured industrial corridor, the HC railway, etc.). Both the high connectivity and the clear centrality are a great opportunity and a creative factor in the plan, which strengthen the positional values of the city and take vantage of them. In order to achieve this goal, we propose three integrated planning strategies: integrating the industrial tradition of the city with several logistics projects, forcing its role of regional capital with the condition of well-served city and the systematic improvement of the environmental quality (for example: the project of the new park system). In our work sustainability is a vector of change: a strategy to improve the city through concrete actions. Studying three interrelated systems (public open spaces, transit and transport, centers and neighborhoods) we are reading the local landscape and re-designing the urban structure. The most important result of our work is a new approach toward the future of Valladolid that provides a clear urban structure in the Masterplan, which relates on one hand what the city wants to be and on the other its real role in both the local and regional spatial system. Other benefits are the focus on urban regeneration of deprived areas, the integration between nature and city and the combination between the Masterplan and other planning tools (all of them simultaneously at different scales).
Strengthening the territorial position of Valladolid through planning strategies: Networks, patterns, centralities
PARIS, MARIO
2013-01-01
Abstract
In the new Masterplan of Valladolid (E) -a medium, historical and industrial city, capital of Castilla y León, the region in the centre of the continental Spanish plateau- we are designing new urban strategies for both the contemporary city and the emerging metropolitan area, facing their urban problems in a singular context of crisis. Due to its geographical position and its historical development Valladolid is a well-connected city, located in a cross of several axes (three rivers, a European east-west corridor, a structured industrial corridor, the HC railway, etc.). Both the high connectivity and the clear centrality are a great opportunity and a creative factor in the plan, which strengthen the positional values of the city and take vantage of them. In order to achieve this goal, we propose three integrated planning strategies: integrating the industrial tradition of the city with several logistics projects, forcing its role of regional capital with the condition of well-served city and the systematic improvement of the environmental quality (for example: the project of the new park system). In our work sustainability is a vector of change: a strategy to improve the city through concrete actions. Studying three interrelated systems (public open spaces, transit and transport, centers and neighborhoods) we are reading the local landscape and re-designing the urban structure. The most important result of our work is a new approach toward the future of Valladolid that provides a clear urban structure in the Masterplan, which relates on one hand what the city wants to be and on the other its real role in both the local and regional spatial system. Other benefits are the focus on urban regeneration of deprived areas, the integration between nature and city and the combination between the Masterplan and other planning tools (all of them simultaneously at different scales).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.