ON SITE INTERVIEWS
During on site research week interviewing people in the street was done to
get a different perspective and opinion about the site from people living / working /
visiting the area.
Students
Noisy? Yes, especcially during the
summer. And then a lot of tourists
are on the beach. We don’t really go
there.
Student
It is nice that we have park here, but
there is not much, even from the
library you see just the wall and a bit
of trees.
Tourists
Resident with a dog
How can we
get to the beach?
Office employee
Lots of people come here.
Railways.. we always had it. But it’s
nice to have highway underground
so that you can walk.
This area is very very touristic. Every-
body is from another country. And
also offices. But nothing else.
Student
I rent an apartment here.
I use bicycle to get to the university.
It’s weird to go around and doesn’t
feel safe.
Connection on both sides is
extremelly bad: you don’t see the
bridge, then you go zigzag on the
ugly staircase...
It could be nice to have a better
passage People also don’t use this
one because there is noting in here
and there are better pathways from
transport stations to the coastline.
Resident
Area in between is occupied by
homeless people, there is nobody
else there, but it’s quite safe, they do
not interact with you. They live in
their own world.
There are many tourists here
especially during the season. Many
apartments are rented, but local
people also live here.
Residents with children
Owner of bicycles for tourists
Lots of tourists use this service.
Barceloneta is mostly touristic now
and of course during summer. There
are not many local people living
there.
Figure 14
Efimovich Alina
Since 1992 people enjoy places
created for them along the coast.
We go there with children when
there is not so many tourists.
We can walk around, it’s not a
problem, maybe just weird along
the railways and highway.
Interviews map
TRANSPORT & DOMICILE:
an architectural intervention to integrate transport infrastructure with housing for Barcelona.
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