1. A PROJECT FOR VALENCIASTRATEGY FOR REVITALIZING SOCIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS, CAPTURING THE BENEFITS OF LARGE URBAN PROJECTSDOMANTAS STUKASd.stukas@student.tudelft.nl4116267MSc Urbanism 24-05-2012P4

2. WHAT AM I DOING?A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE SOCIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS, BY CAPTURING THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF LUPs0 1km 3. WHY AM I DOING THIS? BANKRUPTCY HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT IN EURO ZONEHIGHEST DEBT IN SPAINSTUDENT PROTESTSCORRUPTION VALENCIA - GREECE OF SPAIN YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT 50%ECONOMIC RECESSION IS ESCALATING THE PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL VULNERABILITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, DEVELOPMENT STAGNATION 4. WHY AM I DOING THIS? Francisco Camps /Resigned Presidentof the RegionSantiago Calatrava / The ArchitectLAST 20 YEAR STRATEGY FOCUSED ON PROMOTING LARGE URBAN PROJECTS AIMED AT TOURISM, CONSTRUCTION INDSUTRY AND THE WEALTHYJuanito / A Local Bloke 5. THE OUTPUTS? 0 1km01km N MI10 STRATEGY KEY INTERVENTIONSDESIGN 6. HUGE SUMS OF PUBLIC MONEY SPENT LACK OF BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION FROMINCREASING FRAGMENTATION ANDON URBAN PROJECTS FAVOURING LARGE URBAN PROJECTS TO LOCAL SOCIAL VULNERABILITY.THE WEALTHY SOCIAL CLASS ANDNEIGHBOURHOODSCONSTRUCTION COMPANIES.PROBLEM STATEMENT 7. MAIN RESEARCH QUESTIONS WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIC SPATIAL INTERVENTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE POSITION OF SOCIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS IN VALENCIA?WHAT ARE THE EXISTING POSSIBILITIES OF SPATIAL PLANNING TO CAPTURE THE BENEFITS OF LUPs FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN VALENCIA? 8. PROBLEMProblem Statement, Research Questions, Aims STATEMENT Site Description, Valencias Spatial & Strategic Planning,CONTEXTTheoretical FrameworkPROJECT AREA Project Area Choice, LUPs, Spatial and Social Analysis, Municipalitys Plan Critics, Strategy, Key Projects, Design STRATEGY Proposal, Preliminary Conclusion 9. CONTEXT 10. AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY THE NETHERLANDSOF VALENCIACastellonPort SaguntoValencia AlicanteAirportCentral Train 0 1000 100Station01002050 00020 80050 000800 5001000500914100020 17.8 914 Port of16.84741 54316.847 700656 41 543 700 404 656404 Valencia40 00040 000400 80040080015 15600600 15 500500 30030 00030 00060030060010.210 23 25540023 255220454220 10 454 10 40020 00020 000200 400200400 300300 5.112 5.112High-speed 5 510 000 20010 000 101200100 101200100200 5train to 100100Madrid 0000 00 0 0 Logistics0 0 0 Population (Million)Area (km) (Million) Population GDP (billlion )Area (km) Density )GDP (billlion(inh/km) Rainfall (mm/year)Density (inh/km)Temperature Rainfall (mm/year)V30 highwayCentre (C avg.) RESIDENTIAL/A.C. VALENCIATHE NETHERLANDS TERTIARY INDUSTRIAL ZaragozaBarcelona 4h 4,5h ItalyMadridMadrid660 pax/4h1,5hyear Barcelona 4h BalearicMalaga 6hAlicante 2h Alicanteislands 2h248 000 pax/ year0 5km 11. AGRICULTUREPERIOD SILK RICE CITRUSINDUSTRIALPERIODCERAMICS FURNITURE METALSERVICE ECONOMY PERIODLOGISTICSCONSTRUCTION SERVICE & TOURISM 12. SPATIAL PLANNINGNATIONAL DEFINES LAND USE TYPES: URBAN; DEVELOPABLE; NOT DEVELOPABLELOCAL GOVERNMENT DELIMITS:- LAND USE TYPE- SPATIAL CONFIGURATION, FUNCTION LAND USE TYPE FUNCTIONVALENCIAS PLANNING ACT:ADDITIONAL PLANNING -PLAN PARCIAL FOR DEVELOPABLE AREASDOCUMENTS:-PROGRAMA DE ACTUACION INTEGRADA FOR URBAN AREASALLOWS 3RD PARTY TO DEVELOP-PLAN ESPECIAL FOR URBAN & NOT DEVELOPABLE AREAS LAND WITHOUT OWNING IT 13. TURIA GARDEN 19881STRATEGIC PLANNINGCitys Green BackboneSports & Leisure ActivitiesLocal Citizen OrientedCENTRAL PARK 20??2Green Heart of ValenciaLeisure & RecreationLocal Citizen Oriented 1CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE5 `98-`11 3Raise Valencias Global IdentityCulture, Education & LeisureVery ExpensiveLimited Accessibility & UseExpensive MaintenanceRich Social Class Oriented 2F1 CITY CIRCUIT 2008 4Urban Regeneration(abandoned industry) 34Sports & TourismGlobal EventYearly Maintenance CostRich Social Class Oriented AMERICAS CUP PORT2007 5Urban Regeneration(beach)Sports & TourismGlobal EventRevenue generativeLuxury tourism oriented 14. 19881998-2011 2014 LOCAL CITIZEN ORIENTEDTOURISM & RICH SOCIAL CLASS ORIENTED 15. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK& PROJECT AREA 16. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK LUP INTEGRATIONCONFRONTATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL AND LOCAL NEEDS IN ORDER TO PREVENT ISOLATIONIST PROJECTS (CUENYA 2005)RAISING PROJECT INTEGRATION BY INCLUSION OF LOCAL PARTICIPATION (LECROART 2007)LOCALLY PAINLESS PROJECT FUNDING (ALTSHULER & LUBEROFF 2003)PROJECT FLEXIBILITY AND REVERSIBILITY BY MULTIPLE PROJECT OPERATORS (LECROART 2007)MIX OF FUNCTIONS TO ENSURE PROJECT VITALITY & SUCCESS (LECROART 2007)LOCAL SOCIETY FAVOURING PUBLIC SPACE TO INCREASE PROJECT CREDIBILITY (LECROART 2007) 17. URBAN VULNERABILITY 1991-2006SOCIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS IN VALENCIA 1991 2001 2006HOUSING CONDITION, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, UNEMPLOYMENTPERCENTAGE OF IMMIGRANTS 18. CRITERIA FOR PROJECT SITEPEOPLE LIVING IN BAD VULNERABLE AREAS URBAN REGENERATIONCONDITION HOUSING PROGRAMS 19. PROJECT AREACity of Artsand ScienceCentralPark Project Area0 1 2km 20. CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 21. CENTRAL PARK LUPEXISTING SITUATION 22. CENTRAL PARK VISION 23. PROJECT PHASINGStage 1Stage 2Stage 3 24. AIM 25. AIM OF THE PROJECTIMPROVE SOCIALLY VULNERABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS IN VALENCIA, INTHE CONTEXT OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENTSTAGNATION AND ECONOMY RECESSION 26. FURTHER AIMSBETTER THE SPATIAL CONDITIONS OF VULNERABLE AREASUSE THE POTENTIAL OF LUPsTO MAKE THE NEIGHBOURING AREASMORE SUCCESSUL 27. PROJECT AREA 28. 1946 29. TURIA GARDEN19cSPATIAL CONDITIONS (old river bed)PRT LU POOLD T OWN 1944- 1972 ,19th cT ICS . GIS TRYEXPANLO USSIONIND RIA 1972-PROJEC T AREA2010 TU MAINROA VER DSRI(ne w river bed)01kmPRE 1944 NUCLEUSBLOCK TYPE 1970 EXPANSIONFREE STANDING 1970 EXPANSION 30. EMPTY LAND LOTABANDONED PROPERTY01km 31. OLDER >64 LIVING ALONE UNEMPLOYMENTSOCIAL CONDITIONSYOUTH 16-30 UNEMPLOYMENT IMMIGRANTSBAD HOUSING CONDITIONDENSITY Museums/Theatres/ Cinemas Municipal Organization Education Youth Centre Sports Social Centres Health Libraries Absence of Facilities 32. CONNECTIVITYTraffic intensityBridge TRAFFIC INTENSITYSUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION OF CONNECTIVITY 33. PUBLIC RAIL TRANSPORTTram/Metro lineFuture Metro lineTrain StationCargo Train StationBus Station PUBLIC BUS TRANSPORTBus lines running through theproject siteOther Bus linesLack of direct accessibility 34. STRATEGY 35. EXISTING SITUATION01km 36. MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS 01km 37. CENTRAL PARK PROJECT 0 1km 38. REAL ESTATE MARKET01km 39. EXISTING SITUATION01km 40. STRATEGY01km 41. FLOWS TO LUPs 42. PRIMARYINTERVENTION 43. ACTIVATION STRATEGY 44. CAPTURING THE FLOWS 01km 45. KEY PROJECTSCENTRE OF YOUNGNEW LOCALENTREPRENEURS MARKETHUERTA INFO CENTREDESIGN WORKSHOP AREA 01km 46. REDEVELOPMENT LAYERPROJECT / NEW MARKETOLDER >64 LIVING ALONE BAD HOUSING CONDITION 0 1km 47. EMPLOYMENT LAYERPROJECT / WORKSHOP CENTRE EMPTY PROPERTY01km 48. EMPLOYMENT LAYER YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR CENTRE N MI10 UNEMPLOYMENT 01km 49. YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR CENTRE 50. GREEN LAYERTEMPORARY PARKS &HUERTA INFO CENTRE0 1km 51. LANDSCAPE INFO CENTRE 52. SECONDARY PROJECTSINTERVENTION TYPESTEMPORARY/PERMANENT NEW GREEN SPACES UNDER USED PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION ON EMPTY PROPERTY 53. DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION NEW GREEN SPACES UNDER USED DEVELOPMENTBratislava / Green SquareBudapest / Urban Meadow Magdeburg / Open Air LibraryBut Yam / Northern Gate Dessau / Landscape Corridor Vilnius / Litterateurs StreetPhiladelphia / Vacant Land Brooklyn / Lent Space Paris / Passage 56 54. DESIGNProject / New Market 55. CURRENT CONDITIONS Valero Existing Spatial ConfigurationProposed Spatial Configurationeris y eP .D AvAv. Doctor W aksman Empty / Abandoned / Deteriorating propertyEXISTING SITUATION 56. SPATIAL PROPOSAL 57. EXISTING SITUATIONCENTRAL PARK MAIN FLOWS TO LUPs UNDER USEDAREA 58. PHASE 1TEMPORARYSQUARE NEWMARKET! NEW LUP CONNECTION 59. PHASE 2NEWDEVELOPMENT 60. PHASE 3DEMOLITION OFPROPERTY RELOCATINGINHABITANTSREARRANGEMENTOF PUBLIC SPACE 61. PHASE 4 NEW ACCESS TO THENEW MARKETNEIGHBOURHOODSQUARE PRIVATESPACE 62. PHASE 5 /PROPOSED SPATIALCONFIGURATIONSECONDARYINTERVENTIONSM IMPROVEDACCESSIBILITY 63. PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS 64. WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIC SPATIAL INTERVENTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE POSITION OF SOCIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS IN VALENCIA?0 1kmWHAT ARE THE EXISTING POSSIBILITIES OF SPATIAL PLANNING TO IMPROVE THE BENEFITS OF LUPs FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN VALENCIA? 65. GRACIAS