VALENCIA DE ALCÁNTARA / TEAM 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 European level, Europan and the Junta de Extremadura invited the E13 winning teams (winners and runner-up) for 4 days to consider and design sce- narios 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 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”. 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 le- vel, 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. PARTICIPANTS Blaž BA B NIK ROMANIUK (SI), Anna KA R VKOVA (SI), Dušan STUPA R (SI), Gerard DU R AN BA rb A R À (ES), Winner in Wien (AT) with “Publicquartier - Kagran City Center” Runner-up in Irún (ES) with “Ura Eta Natura” François DANTA R T (FR), COACH : Jens METZ (DE) Runner-up in Bordeaux (FR) with “Les grandes manœuvres” Cécile FR APPAT (FR), Runner-up in Marne-la-Vallée (FR) with “La Déprise" CULTIVATING A NETWORK CITY VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA Cécile Frappat, François Dantart, Gerard Duran Barbarà, Anna Kravcova, Blaž Babnik Romaniuk, Dušan Stupar PORTUGAL SPAIN Castelo Branco VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA Cáceres Santarém Mérida Badajoz Évora CAUSES OF SHRINKING PORTUGAL SPAIN Castelo Branco VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA Cáceres Santarém Mérida Badajoz Évora RE-LOCALIZATION OF ECONOMY PORTUGAL SPAIN VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA PORTALEGRE ALBURQUERQUE PROXIMITY + CRITICAL MASS OF INHABITANTS VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA ALBURQUERQUE PORTALEGRE AVOIDING ANOTHER STRONG CENTER NETWORK CITY WHAT IS NEEDED FOR A NETWORK CITY? DIVERSITY AND DENSITY DIVERSITY THROUGH UNIQUENESS DISTRIBUTION DEVELOPING OF FUNCTIONS LOCAL SPECIFICS DENSITY THROUGH MOBILITY MOBILITY MOBILITY OF PEOPLE OF SERVICES IN A NUTSHELL A NEW SERVICE NETWORK OPERATING ON AN ADAPTED PHYSICAL NETWORK THE RESULT IS SOCIAL, ECONOMICAL and ECOLOGICAL INTERDEPENDENCE OF UNIQUE PLACES IN THE NETWORK AND INCREASED DENSITY AND ACCESSIBILITY Cedillo Alpalhao Nisa Montalvao N. Sra. De Garça de Póvoa e Meadas Alagoa Herrera de Alcántara Castelo de Vide Beirà Fortios Barretos Santiago de Alcántara Rabaça Santo Antonio de Arejas Carreiras Barretos Escusa Portalegre Carbajo Marvao Santiago Pino Las huertas de Valencia de Cansa Sao Juliao Monte Sete Porto Espada Gal Alegrete Valencia de Alcántara Membrío Vale de Cavalos Saloríno Mosteiros San Vicente de Alcántara Herreruela Arronches Esperanza El Marco La Codosera Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET Daily market Cedillo Alpalhao Nisa Montalvao N. Sra. De Garça de Póvoa e Meadas Alagoa Herrera de Alcántara Castelo de Vide Beirà Fortios Barretos Santiago de Alcántara Rabaça Santo Antonio de Arejas Carreiras Barretos Escusa Portalegre Carbajo Marvao Santiago Pino Las huertas de Valencia de Cansa Sao Juliao Monte Sete Porto Espada Gal Alegrete Valencia de Alcántara Membrío Vale de Cavalos Saloríno Mosteiros San Vicente de Alcántara Herreruela Arronches Esperanza El Marco La Codosera Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET Daily market Self-sucient community Alpalhao Alagoa Fortios Rabaça Carreiras Barretos Escusa Portalegre Santiago Alegrete EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET Cedillo Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara Weekly market Carbajo Montalvao Membrío N. Sra. De Garça de Póvoa e Meadas Saloríno Nisa Beirà Barretos Herreruela Castelo de Vide Alpalhao Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia de Alcántara Rabaça Las huertas de Cansa Alagoa Marvao Pino Escusa de Valencia Gal San Vicente de Alcántara Barretos Fortios Porto Espada Carreiras Monte Sete Sao Juliao Portalegre Alburquerque Santiago La Codosera Alegrete El Marco Vale de Cavalos Esperanza Mosteiros Arronches Valencia de Alcántara EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET Cedillo Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara Weekly market Carbajo Montalvao Membrío Sra. De Garça de N. Póvoa e Meadas Saloríno Nisa Beirà Barretos Herreruela Castelo de Vide Alpalhao Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia de Alcántara Rabaça Las huertas de Cansa Alagoa Marvao Pino Escusa de Valencia Gal San Vicente de Alcántara Barretos Fortios Porto Espada Carreiras Cedillo Monte Sete Alpalhao Nisa Montalvao Sao Juliao Portalegre N. Sra. De Garça de Alburquerque Póvoa e Meadas Alagoa Santiago Herrera de Alcántara La Codosera Alegrete Castelo de Vide Beirà El Marco Vale de Cavalos Fortios Esperanza Mosteiros Barretos Arronches Santiago de Alcántara Rabaça Santo Antonio de Arejas Carreiras Barretos Escusa Portalegre Carbajo Marvao Santiago Pino Las huertas de Valencia de Cansa Sao Juliao Monte Sete Porto Espada Gal Alegrete Valencia de Alcántara Membrío Vale de Cavalos Saloríno Mosteiros San Vicente de Alcántara Herreruela Arronches Esperanza El Marco La Codosera Alburquerque EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET Cedillo Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara Monthly market Carbajo Montalvao Membrío Sra. De Garça de N. Póvoa e Meadas Saloríno Nisa Beirà Barretos Herreruela Castelo de Vide Alpalhao Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia de Alcántara Rabaça Las huertas de Cansa Alagoa Marvao Pino Escusa de Valencia Gal San Vicente de Alcántara Barretos Fortios Porto Espada Carreiras Monte Sete Montalvao Sao Juliao DECEMBER Portalegre MAY Alburquerque Alagoa Santiago NOVEMBER Herrera de Alcántara JUNE La Codosera Alegrete Castelo de Vide El Marco APRILVale de Cavalos Fortios Esperanza Mosteiros Arronches OCTOBER JULY Carbajo MARCH Marvao Santiago AUGUST Las huertas de Cansa FEBRUARY Vale de Cavalos SEPTEMBER Saloríno Esperanza JANUARY EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET Cedillo Herrera de Alcántara Santiago de Alcántara October market Carbajo Montalvao Membrío Sra. De Garça de N. Póvoa e Meadas Saloríno Nisa Beirà Barretos Herreruela Castelo de Vide Alpalhao Santo Antonio de Arejas Valencia de Alcántara Rabaça Las huertas de Cansa Alagoa Marvao Pino Escusa de Valencia Gal San Vicente de Alcántara Barretos Fortios Porto Espada Carreiras Monte Sete Sao Juliao Portalegre Alburquerque Santiago La Codosera Alegrete El Marco Vale de Cavalos Esperanza Mosteiros Arronches OCTOBER Carbajo EXAMPLE OF MOBILITY: MARKET SMALL VILLAGE - CARBAJO - POP: 223 INHABITANTS MOBILE SERVICES ON SITE: TOWN - VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA - POP: 5800 INHABITANTS VILLAGE - MEMBRIO - POP: 700 INHABITANTSPROVIDED: MOBILE SERVICES MOBILE SERVICES ON SITE: ON SITE: PROVIDED: PROVIDED: TREKKING DOCTORS FOOD & HOSPITALS CORK PRODUCTION GOODS MARKET MOBILE LIBRARY MAIL FISHING/ HUNTING ON DEMAND TAXI DOCTORS HIGH-SCHOOLS HAM & CARSHARING ON DEMAND TAXI NATURE PRESERVATION & CARSHARING OPEN-AIR CINEMA ON DEMAND TAXI INDUSTRY OLIVES GROWS & CARSHARING SCALE OF A VILAGE SCALE OF A SMALL SCALE OF A CITY TOWN ADAPTED PHYSICAL NETWORK SERVICE STATION AS A SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND INDENTIFICATION ELEMENT TOWN - VALENCIA DE ALCANTARA - POP: 5800 INHABITANTS MOBILE SERVICES ON SITE: PROVIDED: FOOD & HOSPITALS GOODS MARKET ON DEMAND TAXI HIGH-SCHOOLS & CARSHARING OPEN-AIR CINEMA INDUSTRY VILLAGE - MEMBRIO - POP: 700 INHABITANTS MOBILE SERVICES ON SITE: PROVIDED: CORK PRODUCTION MOBILE LIBRARY DOCTORS HAM ON DEMAND TAXI OLIVES GROWS & CARSHARING SMALL VILLAGE - CARBAJO - POP: 223 INHABITANTS MOBILE SERVICES ON SITE: PROVIDED: TREKKING DOCTORS MAIL FISHING/ HUNTING ON DEMAND TAXI NATURE PRESERVATION & CARSHARING .