Recovering the street life in a climate changing world
A new governance model for the public-private transformation of the city and the generation of a LIVING LABORATORY FOR CHANGE through ECOINNOVATION to accelerate the urban transformation in its public and private component. The effective combination of the cultural legacy of the Mediterranean environment, such as wind towers, QANATS, the use of porous materials such as ceramics, fountains, etc. With the latest scientific advances in engineering, materials and construction.
Local
Spain
ANDALUCIA, SEVILLE
Mainly urban
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)
Yes
URBAN INNOVATIVE ACTIONS
No
Yes
2022-10-31
As a representative of an organisation
Name of the organisation(s): SEVILLA CITY HALL Type of organisation: Public authority (European/national/regional/local) First name of representative: JOSE ANTONIO Last name of representative: MATEOS FERNANDEZ Gender: Male Nationality: Spain Function: TECHNICAL Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla. Plaza Nueva, 1 - C.P. 41001 Town: SEVILLA Postal code: 41001 Country: Spain Direct Tel:+34 685 72 37 55 E-mail:j.ant.mateos@gmail.com Website:https://www.sevilla.org/
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New European Bauhaus or European Commission websites
The motto of the project, the Recovery of street life in a changing climate world, represents one of the challenges of the Seville City Council, to make a more livable city in a sustainable way for the environment. Through the use of age-old techniques and using water as a vehicle for temperature transmission, the project makes the reduction of ambient temperature a reality, without the energy expenditure involved in refrigeration equipment. In addition, it seeks to accelerate urban transformation, inspired by the use of the city as a social dynamic, improving it and involving public, private and citizen transformation in a revolutionary government system.
https://cartujaqanat.com/
Recovering the street life
Adaptation to climate change
Governance models
Natural Heat Sinks
Social cooperation
Cartuja_ Qanat is a project designed to obtain comfort conditions in open spaces (Objective: temperature reduction).
Carry out different activities to collaboratively generate in the new space created, activities and an urban meeting point, which acts as a demonstrator, activator and driver of the transformation.
Build a method of public-private collaboration for the transformation of the city in adaptation to climate change, with the integration of bioclimatic solutions.
Use of functional ceramic products capable of retaining a large amount of water inside due to their porous structure whose fundamental mission is to act as energy exchangers to condition the environment. Generation of new multifunctional concrete products.
Generate a strategic positioning of the ceramic companies responsible for the manufacture of ceramic materials to identify them as innovative companies.
The project has sought to raise awareness of the shared use of public spaces and relaunch the idea that public spaces should be taken care of by all. An attempt has been made to motivate citizens to leave the QANAT space in the same conditions of cleanliness and order as when it was given to them for use, seeking to emphasize the idea that collective goods cannot be used by many and taken care of only by some. Rather, public goods must be used by all and taken care of by all.
In order to awaken this feeling and that public awareness resurfaces in citizens, we have opted for the free use of the space, at no cost to the citizen, but with the obligation to contribute to its maintenance and conservation, leaving the space in the same conditions in which he was found, when he was given the use of the space.
The times of use have been defined in a maximum day, so that many different uses can be combined and that no collective capitalizes the space individually.
The CARTUJA QANAT project, has started from the approach of common use of public space, trying to open public spaces to all citizens, which although they are theoretically accessible, weather conditions make it difficult for all groups to use it properly. same. From this approach, adapting the space, making it climatologically viable, favors its use by all groups. Both companies and associations, as well as small groups.
The citizens of the city of Seville will be the main beneficiaries of the implementation of the Qanat Space. The fact of establishing a form of use that is not managed by money, but by the responsible use and co-management of the space, means that it is used equally by people from different sectors of society. In fact, although all the groups have the same facilities to access the space and be able to use it, the fact that it is based on the common management of the public space limits the fact that users with more purchasing power monopolize the use of the space, since They have other options that are easier to manage.
The CartujaQanat project, with an investment of 5 million euros, is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Urban Innovative Actions Initiative, which contributes 80%. The project is led by the Seville City Council, with the participation of six partners: Emasesa, the Urban Planning Department, PCT Cartuja, the University of Seville, the Eduardo Torroja Institute of the CSIC and the Innovarcilla Foundation.
Seville City Hall
The Seville City Council is promoting an ambitious program to combat climate change that has two main lines of action: developing strategies to adapt to climate change at the local level, and recognizing the vital nature of the artery of streets and neighborhoods. The Cartuja Qanat project connects with both principles, and therefore makes the City Council the most appropriate entity to lead it. emasesa
Emasesa has a firm commitment to the well-being of its clients' users and the use of new technologies for water management. Its knowledge about water and its management, and its status as the main public supply and sanitation company in the province of Seville, will allow the results of the experience to be used to implement them in its network. Sevilla University
The involvement of the University of Seville covers the thermal and technical performance of the systems. Its main priorities are the integration of renewable energy sources, the development of environmental heat sinks (passive heating and cooling), innovative thermal systems, and optimal indoor/outdoor air quality strategies and performance. The US research group involved in the project actively participated in the design and development of innovative microclimate solutions at universal exhibitions such as those in Seville, Lisbon and Shanghai, with the endorsement of numerous awards and publications.
The disciplines we have worked on during this project are:
THERMODYNAMICS for the calculation of temperatures and the control of air flows, Dynamics of Fluids, for the design and exploitation of the Hydraulic Pile, and Social Innovation for the development of a space co-management model.
Basically we have managed to extrapolate a theoretical idea, based on laboratory tests, taking it to the real size of a building of 800 m2 and capacity for more than 400 people, managing to adapt the space to the weather, without using energy. For this we have made the most of natural heat sinks
In the CARTUJA QANAT project, the innovative character comes from two sides. On the one hand, we use innovative technologies, which, although based on ancient knowledge, the combination of different techniques, together with the use of new materials, more advanced calculations and modern control technologies, manage to innovate in the adaptation of open spaces, in climatic environments. adverse, without additional energy consumption, and these technologies can be implemented in bus stops, public squares, parks, etc...
On the other hand, the way in which we manage the space is an innovation since we start from a co-management of the same, involving the groups that use it and generating a new awareness of the common good.
We have developed the project following a methodology very similar to PM2. The reason for using this methodology has been because by working with various Institutions of a very diverse nature, we have understood that establishing a common approach would facilitate the achievement of the objectives. In this way, we have used the deliverables and the outputs, as a way of working. The result has been very satisfactory, since an impact project has been achieved, within the established period and with the initially planned budget.
Due to the geographical location of the city of Seville, the weather conditions that we are experiencing in 2023 will be very similar to the weather conditions that many medium-sized cities in Central Europe will have in 20 or 30 years. Therefore, the experiences proven to be positive in the city of Seville should be made known to the managers of the central European cities, so that through the experience learned and the planning tools, they can be undertaken with enough time to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Mainly the project has tried to provide solutions to two great challenges. On the one hand, we have developed a method to create climatic comfort conditions in open public spaces, without significant energy consumption, by taking advantage of natural heat sinks.
On the other hand, we have faced the fact that public space, built with comfortable environmental conditions, is managed collectively, creating a co-governance of space.
