• Big building, small city: Redefining the notion of scale 

      Halabi, Lea (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-07)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      The face of a city landscape is the fruit of many factors, and can be derived not only from the drive of the people in power to showcase their political ‘achievements’, but also a series of unpredictable events, a juxtaposition ...
    • Buenos Aires in 8,66: the regularity of the city as an opportunity to develop replicable prototypes 

      Altman, Ary (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-18)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      Since its second foundation at the end of the 16th century, the urban fabric of the city of Buenos Aires has been organized as an orthogonal regular grid, struc- tured by 100m x 100m blocks. With the growth of the city in ...
    • Buffer Conclusus: renegotiating the urban limits of Nicosia 

      Siakallis, Christos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-17)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      It is a very common sight in many cities of the world to have in a material or immaterial form some sort of walls. Defense walls still exist in cities, being gradually integrated in the urban fabric and the public ...
    • De Pere IV al Besòs: Club esportiu a Sant Adrià 

      Sancho Montagut, Alberto (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-04-27)
      Trabajo final de grado
      Acceso abierto
      L'exercici parteix de la voluntat de fer arribar l'eix urbà de Pere IV fins al centre de Sant Adrià de Besòs. Això dóna lloc a tres projectes, dels quals aquest PFG és la tercera i última peça. Més en l'àmbit arquitectònic, ...
    • Hands over the city: urban acupuncture for China‘s informal community renewal 

      Yu, Shixuan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-17)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso restringido por decisión del autor
      The“urban acupuncture”theory provides an alternative strategy for urban development, and strives to combine the existing urban contexts with the overall urban development by selecting the key acupuncture point and taking ...
    • In-between boundary: reshaping the boundary space to realize the hierarchical openness of gated campus 

      Huang, Luyao (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-07)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      In consideration of the management system in China, the traditional gated campuses are not likely to be completely open. The "closure" and "openness" of the campus are dialectical. Inside and outside the boundary spaces ...
    • Into the transition building: walking from the border 

      Ramos Jara, Lorena (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-17)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      Transitional spaces are those places that allow us to transfer different spaces and concepts from one space to another without hardly our perception being aware of it. Being these spaces where there can be a difference ...
    • Invisible intervention in public space: the vernacularization of western architectural typology in the urban public space of eastern Quanzhou 

      Hong, Xiaolin (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-18)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      This paper attempts to reveal a phenomenon of invisibility of Chinese urban public space: the enduring traditional public space carries public life and holds the collective memory of many people in the city. However, it ...
    • Jump a wall subtitle: the wall as an identifier of connections 

      Terragni, Andrea (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-13)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      The separation dictated by a wall which can be physical (brick) or infrastructural (railway) depending on the different design scales, results in an edge, a border, or an enclosure where specific architectural actions ...
    • Lilong, Hutong and Tulou - The Death and Life of Chinese Traditional Living Space 

      Xu, Gefei (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-17)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      Amb el ràpid desenvolupament econòmic, els gratacels de les ciutats van anar substituint les cases tradicionals. La importància de conservar les característiques espacials tradicionals i desenvolupar-les i heretar-les és ...
    • Market promenade: rethinking market as a mix-used complex 

      Mao, Hanzhang (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-07)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      With gradually development of people’s behavior patterns, people’s demand for markets has changed. Market is not only a place where people gather for commodity exchange, but a space for living and social interaction. The ...
    • Patchwork city: multifunctional generic initiatives in the historical peninsula 

      Kabaktepe, Ravza (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-18)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      To provide a better urban experience, a city must have a rich urban fabric full of surprises, and spontaneous events. This is achieved by creating places where urban activities, architecture, and a wide variety of users ...
    • Repurposing promenades in precolumbian sites in Lima: designing boundaries between heritage sites and the contemporary city 

      Soriano Molero, Jesús Antonio (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-13)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      Tension between city growth and the preservation of archaeological heritage is a pressing matter given current urban conditions in Lima. Urban planners have left the door open on how to intervene on these sites, as they ...
    • Reshaping collective memory: transparent cloning as a strategy for heritage building preservation 

      Andreev, Teodor (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-13)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      The main topic of this thesis is building preservation and redevelopment. It begins by discussing heritage sites, their importance on a sociological, cultural, and aesthetic level, and their role in shaping collective ...
    • Reverse obsolescence: an opportunity to rethink parking buildings in downtown Santiago 

      Contreras Orellana, Fernando (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-10-18)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      La tendencia mundial hacia la disminución de la presencia del automóvil privado dentro de los centros históricos ha permitido cuestionar el excesivo espacio urbano que se le ha entregado al tráfico motorizado y cómo este ...
    • The in-between space: urban thresholds as an activation strategy of the Buffer Zone in Cyprus 

      Panayides, Marcos (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-07-13)
      Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
      Acceso abierto
      The establishment of the green line in Cyprus, followed by the invasion as well as the installment of Turkish troops on the island, led to the communal separation into two separate zones. By establishing two impenetrable ...