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Va l e n c i a d e Al c á n ta r a / Te a m 4 cultivating a network city Europan 13-14 Inter-Sessions Forum Workshop Architecture to the Rhythms of City and Nature To arouse interactivity at the

1 Va l e n c i a d e Al c á n ta r a / Te a m 4 cultivating a network city Europan Inter-Sessions Forum Workshop Architecture to the Rhythms of City and Nature To arouse interactivity at the European level, Europan and the Junta de Extremadura invited the E13 winning teams (winners and runner-up) for 4 days to consider and design scenarios on the E13 session topic The Adaptable City applied to urban contexts in the Region of Extremadura. Three urban situations were proposed for the Workshop, all three located in 2 nearby towns Olivenza (with 2 sites) and Valencia de Alcántara. In a region like Extremadura, with almost 75% villages of less than 2,000 inhabitants, the city-nature relation is everywhere. Nothing can be done without considering the presence of the rural environment, which has generated enough activity for the urban poles to develop. Still, along the years, the influence of the countryside has gradually (if not drastically) vanished, impacting on the urban spaces which therefore were deserted. So how to regenerate the urban structure through the revitalisation of urban fragments? How to consider today the limit between city and countryside? And how to take back the urban space through new rhythms and uses? Europan Junta de Extremadura E13 Winning Teams

valencia de alcántara // uses & rhythms How Can Urban Rhythms Be a Motor for Urban

How Can Urban Rhythms Be A Motor For Reappropriation was the question for Valencia de

concepts for the city as a whole and especially for a number of vacant or largely underused

almost in ruins, and the fortress that overlooks the town.

urban and regional, against the backdrop of elsewhere also well-known problems, such as a

2 valencia de alcántara // uses & rhythms How Can Urban Rhythms Be a Motor for Urban Reappropriation? How Can Urban Rhythms Be A Motor For Reappropriation was the question for Valencia de Alcántara, a rural town of roughly 6,000 inhabitants, 80 km West of Cáceres and North of Badajoz. The spatial opportunities were very clear, as the Junta de Extremadura asked for inspiring concepts for the city as a whole and especially for a number of vacant or largely underused buildings in the centre a former slaughter house, a cultural centre, a foundation buildings almost in ruins, and the fortress that overlooks the town. The rhythms were to be found in the imbrications of scales, from the architectural to the urban and regional, against the backdrop of elsewhere also well-known problems, such as a declining economy, the rural exodus, the demographic change and the question of the future of agriculture. The teams tried to engage dynamic interactions between the conceptual approach, the local situation and the different actors & stakeholders, and to transpose them in a storyboard, from macro to micro scale, and vice versa.

CULTIVATing a network city Uses & Rhythms Urban Reappropriation Cultivating a network city aims to unite the local dynamics in a shared and polycentric regional metropolis.

3 CULTIVATing a network city Uses & Rhythms Urban Reappropriation Cultivating a network city aims to unite the local dynamics in a shared and polycentric regional metropolis. The local diversities and various specificities are to be developed and cultivated, the necessary critical density is provided through mobility, of both people and services. So-called service stations act as hubs between the local and the trans-local level, providing both basic services such as a mail office or car sharing as well as temporary events like weekly or seasonal markets, or open-air exhibitions. They also serve as an anchoring point for the mobile services in the network, for instance a library or doctors, and as entries into local activities such as markets, visits of local food producers or guided fishing tours. Pa r t i c i pa n t s Blaž Babnik Romaniuk (SI), Anna Karvkova (SI), Dušan Stupar (SI), Winner in Wien (AT) with Publicquartier - Kagran City Center François Da n ta r t (FR), Runner-up in Bordeaux (FR) with Les grandes manœuvres Cécile Fr a p pa t (FR), Runner-up in Marne-la-Vallée (FR) with La Déprise" Gerard Du r a n Ba r b a r à (ES), Runner-up in Irún (ES) with Ura Eta Natura Co a c h: Jens Metz (DE)

4 CULTIVATING A NETWORK CITY VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA Cécile Frappat, François Dantart, Gerard Duran Barbarà, Anna Kravcova, Blaž Babnik Romaniuk, Dušan Stupar

5 PORTUGAL SPAIN Castelo Branco VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA Cáceres Santarém Badajoz Mérida Évora CAUSES OF SHRINKING

6 PORTUGAL SPAIN Castelo Branco VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA Cáceres Santarém Badajoz Mérida Évora RE-LOCALIZATION OF ECONOMY

7 PORTUGAL SPAIN VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA PORTALEGRE ALBURQUERQUE PROXIMITY + CRITICAL MASS OF INHABITANTS

8 VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA ALBURQUERQUE PORTALEGRE AVOIDING ANOTHER STRONG CENTER

9 NETWORK CITY

10 WHAT IS NEEDED FOR A NETWORK CITY?

11 DIVERSITY AND DENSITY

12 DIVERSITY THROUGH UNIQUENESS DISTRIBUTION OF FUNCTIONS DEVELOPING LOCAL SPECIFICS

13 DENSITY THROUGH MOBILITY MOBILITY OF PEOPLE MOBILITY OF SERVICES

14 IN A NUTSHELL A NEW SERVICE NETWORK OPERATING ON AN ADAPTED PHYSICAL NETWORK

15 THE RESULT IS SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL and ECOLOGICAL INTERDEPENDENCE OF UNIQUE PLACES IN THE NETWORK

16 AND INCREASED DENSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

17 Cedillo Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara Montalvao Carbajo N. Sra. De Garça de Póvoa e Meadas Membrío Saloríno Nisa Beirà Alpalhao Castelo de Vide Barretos Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia de Alcántara Herreruela Alagoa Fortios Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Monte Sete Porto Espada Marvao Gal Pino de Valencia Las huertas de Cansa San Vicente de Alcántara Portalegre Santiago Alegrete Sao Juliao Vale de Cavalos Mosteiros Arronches Esperanza El Marco La Codosera Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET

18 Daily market Cedillo Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara Montalvao Carbajo N. Sra. De Garça de Póvoa e Meadas Membrío Saloríno Nisa Beirà Alpalhao Alpalhao Castelo de Vide Barretos Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia de Alcántara Herreruela Alagoa Alagoa Fortios Fortios Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Monte Sete Porto Espada Marvao Gal Pino de Valencia Las huertas de Cansa San Vicente de Alcántara Portalegre Portalegre Santiago Santiago Alegrete Alegrete Sao Juliao Vale de Cavalos Mosteiros Arronches Esperanza El Marco La Codosera Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET

19 Daily market Self-sufficient community Alpalhao Alagoa Fortios Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Portalegre Santiago Alegrete EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET

20 Weekly market Cedillo Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara Montalvao Carbajo N. Sra. De Garça de Póvoa e Meadas Membrío Saloríno Nisa Beirà Alpalhao Castelo de Vide Barretos Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia Valencia de de Alcántara Alcántara Herreruela Alagoa Fortios Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Monte Sete Porto Espada Marvao Gal Pino de Valencia Las huertas de Cansa San Vicente de Alcántara Portalegre Santiago Alegrete Sao Juliao Vale de Cavalos Mosteiros Arronches Esperanza El Marco La Codosera Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET

Weekly market Cedillo Cedillo Herrera Herrera de de Alcántara Alcántara Santiago Santiago de de Alcántara Alcántara Montalvao Montalvao Carbajo Carbajo N. N. Sra.

21 Weekly market Cedillo Cedillo Herrera Herrera de de Alcántara Alcántara Santiago Santiago de de Alcántara Alcántara Montalvao Montalvao Carbajo Carbajo N. N. Sra. Sra. De De Garça Garça de de Póvoa Póvoa e Meadas Meadas Membrío Membrío Saloríno Saloríno Nisa Nisa Beirà Beirà Alpalhao Alpalhao Castelo Castelo de de Vide Vide Barretos Barretos Santo Santo Antonio Antonio de de Arejas Arejas Valencia Valencia de de Alcántara Alcántara Herreruela Herreruela Alagoa Alagoa Fortios Fortios Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Monte Monte Sete Sete Porto Porto Espada Espada Marvao Marvao Gal Gal Pino Pino de de Valencia Valencia Las Las huertas huertas de de Cansa Cansa San San Vicente Vicente de de Alcántara Alcántara Portalegre Portalegre Santiago Santiago Alegrete Alegrete Sao Sao Juliao Juliao Vale Vale de de Cavalos Cavalos Mosteiros Mosteiros Arronches Arronches Esperanza Esperanza El El Marco Marco La La Codosera Codosera Alburquerque Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET

22 Monthly market Cedillo NOVEMBER Herrera de Alcántara Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara Montalvao Montalvao DECEMBER OCTOBER Carbajo Carbajo N. Sra. De Garça de Póvoa e Meadas Membrío SEPTEMBER Saloríno Saloríno Nisa Beirà Alpalhao JUNE Castelo de Vide Castelo de Vide Barretos Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia de Alcántara Herreruela APRIL Fortios Fortios MAY Alagoa Alagoa Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Monte Sete Porto Espada JULY Marvao Marvao Gal Pino de Valencia AUGUST Las huertas de Cansa Las huertas de Cansa San Vicente de Alcántara Portalegre MARCH Santiago Santiago Alegrete Sao Juliao FEBRUARY Vale de Cavalos Vale de Cavalos Mosteiros Arronches Esperanza Esperanza JANUARY El Marco La Codosera Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET

23 October market Cedillo Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara Montalvao OCTOBER Carbajo Carbajo N. Sra. De Garça de Póvoa e Meadas Membrío Saloríno Nisa Beirà Alpalhao Castelo de Vide Barretos Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia de Alcántara Herreruela Alagoa Fortios Carreiras Barretos Escusa Rabaça Monte Sete Porto Espada Marvao Gal Pino de Valencia Las huertas de Cansa San Vicente de Alcántara Portalegre Santiago Alegrete Sao Juliao Vale de Cavalos Mosteiros Arronches Esperanza El Marco La Codosera Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET

24 LE SERVICES IDED: TOWN - VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA - POP: 5800 INHABITANTS MOBILE SERVICES PROVIDED: ON SITE: MOBILE SERVICES PROVIDED: VILLAGE - MEMBRIO - POP: 700 INHABITANTS SMALL VILLAGE - CARBAJO - POP: 223 INHABITANTS ON SITE: ON SITE: DOCTORS TREKKING & DS MARKET MOBILE LIBRARY HOSPITALS CORK PRODUCTION MAIL FISHING/ HUNTING EMAND TAXI SHARING DOCTORS HIGH-SCHOOLS HAM -AIR CINEMA ON DEMAND TAXI & CARSHARING INDUSTRY ON DEMAND TAXI & CARSHARING OLIVES GROWS NATURE PRESERVATION SCALE OF A VILAGE SCALE OF A SMALL TOWN SCALE OF A CITY ADAPTED PHYSICAL NETWORK SERVICE STATION AS A SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND INDENTIFICATION ELEMENT

25 MOBILE SERVICES PROVIDED: TOWN - VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA - POP: 5800 INHABITANTS ON SITE: FOOD & GOODS MARKET HOSPITALS ON DEMAND TAXI & CARSHARING HIGH-SCHOOLS OPEN-AIR CINEMA INDUSTRY

26 MOBILE SERVICES PROVIDED: VILLAGE - MEMBRIO - POP: 700 INHABITANTS ON SITE: MOBILE LIBRARY CORK PRODUCTION DOCTORS HAM ON DEMAND TAXI & CARSHARING OLIVES GROWS

27 MOBILE SERVICES PROVIDED: SMALL VILLAGE - CARBAJO - POP: 223 INHABITANTS ON SITE: DOCTORS TREKKING MAIL FISHING/ HUNTING ON DEMAND TAXI & CARSHARING NATURE PRESERVATION

Official Programme. Sunday, 13 May Arrivals to Portalegre/Elvas. Hotels*

Official Programme. Sunday, 13 May Arrivals to Portalegre/Elvas. Hotels* For the first time, IPP will hold an International Week in all its Organic Units. The Week will take place from 14 to 18 May and will bring together about 40 participants, including teachers, management