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Porta del Ticino – Urban Living Lab, Switzerland

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Porta del Ticino – Urban Living Lab, Bellinzona

2 Nov 2020

Porta del Ticino: Urban Living Lab in Bellinzona

Design: sa_partners, TAMassociati and Franco Giorgetta Landscape Architect

Location: Bellinzona, Switzerland – capital of the canton of Ticino

Porta del Ticino – Urban Living Lab News

TAMassociati takes part in redesigning the future of Bellinzona (Switzerland)

A large-scale masterplan rethinks the heart of the cantonal capital, projecting it towards a generational time frame. It introduces new elements of research and the idea of a gradual development in the name of all-round sustainable regeneration. And it’s future-proof.

Porta del Ticino – Urban Living Lab is the project developed by a visionary team made up of sa_partners, TAMassociati and Franco Giorgetta Landscape Architect, laying out the path to follow for the future planning of the large site (120,000sqm) in Bellinzona.

Presented by the authorities to the citizens on 22 October, the plan outlines the development of a large part of the urban territory, today dominated by the major industrial complex of the Officine Bellinzona, the most important heavy-industry company in the whole Canton. For 130 years it has been the city’s economic driving force and within a few years it will be moved outside the built-up area.

The green impulse

The proposed study (a Parallel Study Mandate commissioned by the Canton, Municipality and SBB-Swiss Railways), in competition with 5 other international teams) articulates the former Officine SBB complex as three large belts along the site’s longitudinal axis.

At the centre, the elaborate urban layout will be dominated by the Almenda, a large public green lung, conceived both as a local green infrastructure and (with its 6.4 ha of biotic area and 3.2 ha of agricultural area) to offset the future industrial development outside the city. The Almenda will be the new, powerful urban landmark, a fertile ground of biodiversity and natural climate control for the city, at the sides of which the complex of structures will develop as a settlement.

It will also constitute the visual and ideal connection between Bellinzona Castle (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and the so-called ‘Cathedral’ (the imposing industrial stone building, an icon of the factory) which together embody the city’s history and identity.

Along the perimeters of this renaturalized area bounded by large trees and vertical greenery – in which the railway lines and 3 buildings of historical value will remain – is planned a building development conceived as autonomous blocks, extremely flexible and capable of meeting the needs of phasing and new scenarios as they evolve.

A ‘green kilometre’ will be created, in symbiosis with the city, to link the river and the mountain along the north-south route, with a built-up area characterized by the complementary functions of a commercial, managerial, administrative, educational and advanced research type.

Municipal and cantonal uses, including schools and the innovation park, as well as cooperative housing, will be laid out around the ‘Cathedral’ and beside the tracks, while residential uses and services will be concentrated in the west.

The project envisages a balanced development of typologies, standards and architectures, in keeping with a logic of supply of diversified housing for the community of Bellinzona and the new citizens that the project will attract. An open system is envisaged, also capable of accommodating types of innovative hybrid residences (cohousing , senior cohousing, temporary + affordable housing, mixed use lofts, etc.).

Phasing

“The development of the neighbourhood will take place through various temporal phases, to avoid any dependence between the new buildings and the existing ones.” The phasing of the plan is feasible outside of pre-conditioned sequences and with a low dependence between the various parts of the project, whose development also envisages prospects for modular growth at variable speeds, while still guaranteeing high socio-environmental value and quality.

Conceived with a systemic and non-linear approach, the path of transformation passes through scenarios and verificatory feedback, offering a vision of development with clear yet open and flexible rules.

In fact, the plan proposed envisages the possibility that, depending on the economic/social scenarios that will arise in the future, the project could develop around the Almenda at different speeds and densities. A scenario that ranges from low building density with very high biotic density to a highly variable system of massing buildings based on some fixed constructional and identitarian invariants of an agricultural, aquatic, communitarian, logistic and innovative character.

Innovation and sustainability

Thanks to the research and experimentation conducted for some years, the team is able to foresee new approaches to construction compatible with the project’s timing, making use of new generations of ‘good’ microbial technologies that will regulate the generation of energy and the treatment of water and waste, as well as much else. Experimentation continues into new generations of living and engineered construction materials, powered by clean energy, capable of keeping environments healthy and resilient through microbial processes and influencing the microbiome through the design of buildings and human interaction.

The project envisages eMergetic evaluation (the set of all resources directly or indirectly invested to achieve something) of the whole lifecycle of the buildings or settlements. This is an innovative tool capable of directing the project towards simpler, more efficient energy choices, and under control as situations change (availability of primary resources, climate change, geopolitical changes…).

From the use of the construction site itself as an urban mine of material to strategies for halving water consumption, the careful policy of recycling materials, the creation of a naturalistic habitat, accessibility and gentle mobility, planned energy policy objectives, progressive actions aimed at achieving zero-emissions, 100% renewable energy, the introduction of innovative energy-storage systems and environmental monitoring certifications with active contributions to climate vulnerability, the project as a whole proposes a very high level of overall sustainability, whether the development prospects are fulfilled in future or risk scenarios arise.

An exemplary vision

The College of Experts, called on to assess the contents proposed by the competing teams, unanimously chose the office Porta del Ticino – Urban Living Lab as pointing out the path to follow for future planning of the sector.

“An exemplary vision of one of the last major sites in southern Switzerland, which has inspired the whole College of Experts,” which described the “courageous urban and landscape gesture” as convincing, the “sensitivity shown in the location and arrangement of the buildings” as appreciable, “The permanence and enhancement of the historical heritage” as relevant, “the important ecological analysis” as notable, and the plan that makes “transformation and the sequence of implementation adaptable to future scenarios” as far-sighted.

Bellinzona City – today:

The city as a living organism

“The context of great climatic, economic and social volatility that we are experiencing – explains TAMassociati – raises questions that have never before emerged in the management of complexities at a global level.

The design vision will pass from the linear (cause/effect) to the systemic approach for scenarios and verificatory feedback. The city of the future will be like a living, flexible organism, capable of adapting to the changes that rapidly evolving societies and contexts will impose on territories and urban communities”.

Porta del Ticino – Urban Living Lab, Switzerland – Building Information

Crediti di progetto

Sviluppo urbanistico sedime Officine FFS Bellinzona Mandato di studio in parallelo (MSP)

Committente: Città di Bellinzona Repubblica e Cantone Ticino SBB CFF FFS

Team di progetto: sa_partners, Zurigo TAMassociati, Venezia Franco Giorgetta Architetto Paesaggista, Milano

Consulenti: Golder Associates, Torino – Ingegneria ambientale e energia Lift s.r.l., Trieste – Ingegneria del traffico GSP – Gesellschaft für Standortanalysen und Planungen AG – Dr.Hans Naef – Economia e Scienze Sociali

Altri consulenti: Prof. Giuseppe Davide Longhi, Milano – Economista urbanista per visione strategica Silvio Cristiano, Venezia – Ingegnere civile e ambientale per valutazione sistemico-eMergetica

Dati di progetto / Project Data: Superficie area: 120.000 mq

Porta del Ticino – Urban Living Lab images / information received 021120 from TAMassociati

Location: Bellinzona, Switzerland, central Europe

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Jhelum

Jhelum /ˈdʒeɪləm/ (Urdu: جِہلم‎, Punjabi: جہلم) is a city on the right bank of the Jhelum River, in the district of Jhelum in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population according to the 2017 census.. Jhelum is known for providing many soldiers to the British Army before independence, and later to the Pakistan armed forces – due to which it is also known as City of Soldiers or Land of Martyrs and Warriors.

History and Suburbs

Jhelum is a few miles upstream from the site of the ancient Battle of the Hydaspes between the armies of Alexander and King Porus. A city called Bucephala was founded nearby to commemorate the death of Alexander’s horse, Bucephalus. Other notable sites nearby include the 16th-century Rohtas Fort, the Tilla Jogian complex of ancient temples, and the 16th-century Grand Trunk Road which passes through the city. According to the 2017 census of Pakistan, the population of Jhelum was 190,425. The name of the city is derived from the words Jal (pure water) and Ham (snow), as the water that flows through the river originates in the Himalayas. There are a number of industries in and around Jhelum city, including a tobacco factory, wood, marble, glass and flour mills.

Etymology

Anjum Sultan Shahbaz recorded some stories of the name Jhelum in his book Tareekh-e-Jhelum as:

Many writers have different opinions about the name of Jhelum. One suggestion is that in ancient days Jhelumabad was known as Jalham. The word Jhelum is reportedly derived from the words Jal (pure water) and Ham (snow). The name thus refers to the waters of a river (flowing besides the city) which have their origins in the snow-capped Himalayas.

However, some writers believe that when “Dara-e-Azam” reached a certain place on the river bank after winning many battles, he fixed his flag at that place and called it “Ja-e-Alam” which means “Place of the Flag”. With the passage of time, it became Jhelum from “Ja-e-Alam”.

According to tradition, Saeed Bin Abi Waqas, brother of Saad Bin Abi Waqas, was sent to China to preach Islam, during his journey he arrived at the city of Jhelum, he saw the reflection of a city in the river and said “هذا جهيلم” (this is Jheelum), which means “City beside the river, in full moonlight”.

Ahmed Shah Abdali also used “Jheelum” in place of Jhelum and “Harian” for Kharian in his diary.

Administration

As well as being district capital, Jhelum city is also the headquarters of Jhelum Tehsil, the city of Jhelum is administratively subdivided into 7 Union Councils, namely Jhelum-I, Jhelum-II, Jhelum-III, Jhelum-IV, Jhelum-V, Jhelum-VI, and Jhelum-VII.

Demography

The population of the Jhelum city is about 188,800(2012) and it is the 32nd largest city of Pakistan with respect to population. The total area of the city is about 22 km2 (8.5 sq mi). Population density is 261/km. Population Growth Rate is 1.51 which is very low as compared to other urban areas of Pakistan. The majority of the population i.e. 98.47 percent is Muslim. Among the minorities, Christians are in majority sharing 1.36 percent in the district.

The Gakhars, Janjua, Gujjars, Panhwar, Arain, Mughals, Gondals, Awan, Syed, Jat, Kashmiri, Kayani and Khokhar are among the tribes residing here.

The literacy rate of Jhelum is among the highest in Pakistan. At 79%, it is only lower than that of Islamabad and neighboring Rawalpindi. Somewhat higher than the literacy in Punjab province (58 percent). The literacy rate has remarkably increased from 38.9 percent in 1981. The rate is much higher in the urban areas for both males and females. 84% of the population has electricity and 96% have access to water. The Human Development Index of Jhelum is 0.770, which is highest in Pakistan after Karachi.

Geography and climate

Lying at 32��56′ North latitude and 73°44′ East longitude, Jhelum is located a 1-hour and 30 minutes drive from the Capital of Pakistan Islamabad, and 3 hours drive from the heart of Punjab Lahore. Jhelum is linked with these cities through the National Highway N-5. Several cities are within 1 to 2 hours drive including Gujrat (home to fan manufacturing), Gujranwala, Chakwal, and Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.

Jhelum has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cwa) and is extremely hot and humid in summer, and cold and generally dry in winter. The maximum recorded temperature in the pre-monsoon season of April to June is 49.2 °C (120.6 °F), whereas in winter the minimum temperature recorded is −0.6 °C (30.9 °F). The average annual rainfall is about 850 millimeters (33 in) which is much below the required quantity given the extremely high evaporation levels. Nevertheless, in the rainy season water torrents flow from the north to Jhelum River very rapidly and cause damage to the crops, bridges, roads. This is responsible for soil erosion in the district.

Travel and tourism

Local

Auto Rickshaws are a common mode of transport for short routes within the city. Many of the new rickshaws in the city use Compressed natural gas (CNG) instead of the petrol engines as CNG is environmentally clean and cheaper than petrol. Rickshaws are another important mode of transportation. The older horse drawn tongas are now defunct although some can still be privately commissioned. Taxis and privately commissioned small passenger carrying vans are available.

National

Daewoo Express Bus Service and other bus services operate from the city to the entire country. There is a regular bus/Hiace service available running from early hours of the morning to late in the night. Daily routes include Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Mandi Bahauddin, Sargodha, Chakwal, Mirpur and Faisalabad.

Regular bus and van services are available within Jhelum District. It includes important towns and villages such as buses from Jhelum to Pind Dadan Khan, Dina, Sohawa, Lilla, Nakka Khurd, Chakri Rajgan Khalaspur, Pind Sawika, Bair Faqiran- Green Hills Village) Nagyal, Sanghoi, Mangla Cantt, Nara, Domeli, Darapur, Jalalpur Sharif and many more, while vans go from Jhelum to Sanghoi, Wagh, Dina, Kharian, Sarai Alamgir, Chak Jamal, Chak Doulat, Mughalabad, Boken, Dhanyala and many other destinations as well as Baragowah.

Railway

The Jhelum Railway Station was built in 1928 during British rule before the independence of Pakistan. It was connected by the North-Western Railway to other cities in the Indian empire. Jhelum is on the main line of Pakistan Railways and linked to the whole country through Railway line across Pakistan. Many of the railway lines and bridges were designed and constructed by engineers during the British time and after independence in railway workshop Jhelum.

Air

The nearest international airport is the Islamabad International Airport, which is approximately 110 km by road from Jhelum. The Sialkot International Airport is approximately 100 km by road from Jhelum. A small airport called Gurha Salim Airport has situated 13 km (8 mi) from the city center. It is not being used by any commercial airline, but only for military purposes.

Hospitals

Jhelum has some of the largest hospitals in the area which include the hospital in the cantonment area of the city managed by the Pakistan Army or sub-organizations. One such hospital is the Combined Military Hospital Jhelum.

Sources: Wikipedia

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