Una ciudad, unas vías, un mar… sobre corredores de asfalto implantados en los litorales urbanos

Abstract

A close connection between the city and the sea, enriches the urban space. However, many cities tend to bar their coastlines with roads. This research explores the relationship between the traffic routes and the city seafront. Several sections of different seafronts had been studied, and some types were identified. Moreover, two examples had been analysed more deeply (the Aterro do Flamengo Park in Brazil and the Nova Icaria Park in Spain). Both of them reconcile a powerful traffic movement with the enjoyment of the beach. This thesis does NOT defends to implement this seafront-highways, but recognize that, in certain situations, to introduce them has improved the traffic system and, at the same time, has activated the use of the maritime borders public space. But it is necessary to incorporate in the urban design aspects such as permeability, mix of uses, tensions, separation of flows, elements of reference and density.