"TO BEE FIRE"
Project overview
The project addresses a central challenge of modern city, transforming underutilized spaces. By fostering porosity along urban fringes and establishing interconnected, vibrant, pedestrian-friendly spaces, the studio delves into realms of connectivity, inclusivity, and safety.
Details
Smart Green Bees Project:
“47 Million Bees” follows biologist Paola Vecino and her mission to preserve the native Iberian honey bee through the Smart Green Bees project, which aims to grow the population to 47 million. The initiative is part of LG’s larger Smart Green movement, uniting people, companies, and institutions to fight climate change by regenerating ecosystems. We integrated this goal into our design project.
Specifications
Location | Viladecan, Spain |
Date | 2024 |
Tools used | Illustrator, Photoshop, SketchUp |
At a broader scale in Catalonia, its terrain is characterized by a combination of mountains, forests, rivers, lakes, and wetlands, making it a diversified natural balance. It consists of Mediterranean vegetation, dense woodlands, and well-fertilized soils that accommodate different species of flora and fauna. Green areas in rural and urban regions alike have a beneficial impact on environmental health as well as human well-being. Combined, the synergy of green and water in Catalonia supports biodiversity, agricultural output, tourism, and climate equilibrium.
Practical Matrix
Historical Timeline
Plantation
By implanting native tree, it will have the potential to be turned into urban forests and transition parks that act as gateways to the adjacent natural environment, creating a more porous, mountain-to-city connection that helps combat climate change. By adding greenery and trees, these public spaces can perform as climate refugees and infiltrate nature into the city, creating shade, purifying the air, and facilitating the capture of quality water. By
Soil improvement
The Entisol soil proved highly compatible with trees and shrubs, supporting different species across the seasons. To enhance the site, an evergreen tree was chosen to provide year-round habitat, shade, and air purification. Thanks to the soil’s humidity, the evergreen thrives even in the dry season, sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem health throughout the year
Fire Management:
Since the wildfire was happened in 2005, we implied fire management so that it will prevent bigger wildfire in the future and maintain plantation as much as possible. Furthermore, on-site animals will graze some area to make gap so that it will stop the fire before it burns more.
High-Cleansing Area will be situated by people and grazing area will be happened by on-site animals who lives on-site farm. Not only to that, remaining greenery space would bring out more honey bee to revitalize ecosystem and climate resilience.
Master Plan
As seeing in the map, neighborhood would be vibrant and socially connected through bee center and exhibition , located nearby school. Implementing bee hives and flower filed would impact higher density of bee population with fire management.
Designed Porosity
Results
By implement fire management and regrowth of bee population, it is reconnecting people, nature, and fabrics through urban landscape design can enhance identity and collective memory, serving not only as an identity builder but also as green and blue infrastructure in this crucial era of climate change and environmental decline.