2. “We believe that San Jose should be recognized as the city of rivers
surrounded by beautiful mountains. It’s unfortunate that the
current urban design doesn’t allow to appreciate the fantastic
scenery and the only thing visible is the traffic chaos and
pollution”
-Peter Bosselman, Director of the Department of Landscape Architecture of the University of California, Berkeley.
Forum "San Jose: a city to live" 2009-
4. UPSTREAM
DOWNSTREAM
MIDDLE
BASIN
BOUNDARY
WATERSHED
BOUNDARY
WATERSHED
RiverLinear system defined by a FLUVIAL STRUCTURE or WATERSHED
which contains a range of ecosystems
(MACRO SCALE - HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM AND ECOSYSTEM)
InhabitantWith CULTURE and BEHAVIORS toward their territory. He gives USE
and MEANING to the space, reflected in ATTITUDES and
BEHAVIORS
(MICRO SCALE - THE CULTURAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL)
City
Interrelation of PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPACES through
an URBAN GRID.
(MEDIUM SCALE - AN URBAN LANDSCAPE AND PATTERNS)
COMPONENTS
6. UPSTREAM
DOWNSTREAM
MIDDLE
BASIN
BOUNDARY
WATERSHED
BOUNDARY
WATERSHED
River
REGENERACÍON Y GESTIÓN FÍSICO-AMBIENTAL
REMEDIACIÓN y REHABILITACIÓN DE ECOSISTEMAS. Adecuada GESTIÓN URBANO-AMBIENTAL
Inhabitant
SOCIOSPATIAL APPROPRIATION AND
CULTURAL IDENTIFICATION
GIVE USE, SENSE AND MEANING. CULTURAL RESIGNIFICANCE.
CREATE POSITIVE RIVER CULTURE
PHYSICAL INTEGRATION
Integración con las dinámicas urbanas de su entorno.
INTEGRAR EL RÍO A LA CIUDAD Y LA CIUDAD AL RÍO
RECOVERY
City
9. (URBAN RIVER)
RíO URBANOWe are a citizen initiative to create a cultural change towards our rivers
and their urban environments ...
10. ... waking up and taking a leading role in the recovery of our urban rivers
from ours communities.
11. TACTICS FOR TRANSFORMATION
LINES OF ACTION
IMAGINARY
Make Visible and
Appropriation
1º
HABITS
Education and
Training
2º
Regeneration and
Integration
ENVIRONMENT
3º
12. From the Cityto the River… from the Riverto the City
Parallel Processes
14. A.
San Francisco,
Goicoechea
Watershed
Great Tárcoles
Sector in the middle micro-watershed
Torres
1. 4.2.
D.
Mercedes,
Montes de Oca
B.
Guadalupe,
Goicoechea
C.
Carmen,
San José
Micro-Watershed
Virilla
Micro-Watershed
Torres
3.2.
UCR
Sporting
UCR
UNED
El Pueblo
Coca Cola
National
Park
Morazan
Park Antigua
Aduana
Park of
Guadalupe
La Bandera
Calderón
Guardia
Hospital
Novacentro
Wallmart
Torres
River
UCR
Research
Los Negritos Creek
Cangrejos Creek
Aranjuez
Sportcenter
Antigua
Gerber
Betania
URBAN RIVER. CULTURAL TERRITORIES
Final Graduation Work. Architecture UCR. August 2012 - July 2014
Re-Thinking the urban rivers
You are
HERE
15. How do we think
about the river
affects
our relationship
with it?
Qualitative and Quantitative Research
-Objective 1-
Parallel Processes -Research + Experimentation + Design-
integrate the river to the city
Urban-landscape Design
-Objectives 3 and 4 -
involvethe inhabitant with
the river
LinesofAction
1.
2.
3. 4.
Strategies
Experimentation. Tool of Cultural Change
-Objective 2-
16. IMAGINARY
Beliefs about the river
WATERSHED
Dynamics of the territories
SECTORS
Dynamic of the sectors
EL LAGUITO
“El Laguito” Communities
Analysis scales
A B1 B2 C
19. FB/RioUrbanoCR
Social Networks / Communication Channel. December 2012 - Present
... a cultural change towards our rivers and their urban environments
20. FB/RioUrbanoCR
Social Networks / Communication Channel. December 2012 - Present
... a cultural change towards our rivers and their urban environments
21. FB/RioUrbanoCR
Social Networks / Communication Channel. December 2012 - Present
... a cultural change towards our rivers and their urban environments
22. FB/RioUrbanoCR
Social Networks / Communication Channel. December 2012 - Present
... a cultural change towards our rivers and their urban environments
24. PAINT YOUR RIVER
Urban Intervention / Participatory Art. February 2013 - Present
The river that you want to see. The river that we can have
25. THE PIECE THAT I WAS MISSING
Urban Intervention. Giant Puzzle / Participatory Art . April 2013 - Present
Are you really doing what makes you happy?
41. URBAN FOREST
Visibilizatión Initiative / Environmental Festival / Participatory Art. April and June 2013
The rebirth of a forest in the heart of the city
Co-Actors
43. FESTIVAL RIVER AND SMILE
Involvement Initiative / Environmental Festival. September 2014 - Present
Celebrating life ... celebrating Torres
Co-Actors
46. 2ND IBEROAMERICAN CONGRESS OF URBAN LAND. HAVANA, CUBA
Lecture / International Congress. December 2014
VALORISATION OF LAND IN WATERFRONTS
47. 6TH ENVIRONMENTAL TANTRUM FESTIVAL . GRANADA, NICARAGUA
Participation / International Festival. January 2015
ART FOR COMMUNITIES
48. "The problems of the city are common problems that we all share,
so it depends on our collective action to solve them“
-Urban Interventions. Communication actions in the city-
... RÍO URBANO are us all