FLAGSHIP PROJECT 2: INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

MOVING TOWARDS NEW URBAN CENTRALITIES: MULTIMODAL STATIONS

Urban integration, mobility meausures and technological solutions

A three-day intensive working seminar on multimodal stations, with the participation of international professors, experts and external actors covering multiple disciplines. The Seminar combines theoretical and practical sessions with a Service Based Learning approach.

Location: UPM School of Architecture and Príncipe Pío Station, Madrid

Date: 14-16th October 2021

Click to download the program: https://blogs.upm.es/eemove/wp-content/uploads/sites/922/2021/10/Moving-Towards-New-Urban-Centralities_program.pdf

Objectives
• Detect improvement opportunities in urban stations and their surroundings
• Learn the design and management principles of public places, considering sustainability, equity and health principles
• Familiarize with technical and technological functioning of multimodal stations and the external actors involved
• Gain awareness of the needs of vulnerable people and know the universal accessibility standards
• Work in multidisciplinary teams and develop integrated and comprehensive proposals
Service objectives:
• Create new urban centralities, where leisure and commerce activities are developed
• Urban and environmental improvement of the stations, with benefits to passengers and neighbours
• Think solutions based on transport management, new technologies and telecommunications, improving passengers’ experience

PARTICIPANTS

EELISA on-the-MOVE Opening Ceremony at ETSAM (School of Architecture of Madrid, UPM)

UPM Professors

Andrés Monzón
Manuel Blanco
Alberto Garrido
María Luisa Martínez Muneta
Andrea Alonso
Julio Soria-Lara
Juan Manuel de Andrés
María Eugenia López Lambas
Ester Higueras
Emilio Ortega
Fabián García
Nieves Navarro
Gabriel Huecas
Joaquín Salvachúa
Belén Martín
Ignacio Pavón
Margarita Jiménez

International Professors

Miklós Gábor Bánfi (BME)

Nacima Baron (ENPC)

Hande Demirel (ITU)

Nils Le Bot (ENPC)

International Students

Sebastian Alfred Endres (FAU)
Ömer Akın (ITU)
Mehdi Baali (ENPC)
Camila Christine Dos Santos Antão (ENPC)
Paulus Maximilian Guter (FAU)
Masanobu Higashino (ENPC)
Ali Jamal Mahdi (BME)
Fernando Merino Martínez (ENPC)
Jamil Mohammad Jamil Hamadneh (BME)
Daniel Pastor Serrano (ENPC)
Yue Xiao (FAU)

UPM Students

Aitor Acuriola
Carlos Arriaga
Nuria Blanco
Stefano Botello
María Luz Brownrigg Gleeson
Rodrigo Cuevas
Ibon Labaka
Santiago Londoño
Antonio Manso
Shaghayegh Rahnma
Rubén Sahagún
Amalia Santesteban

STAKEHOLDERS

Javier Aldecoa (CRTM)
Manuel Herrera (PTA) Alexis Bello Baez (Gestor Intercambiador Príncipe Pío)
Juan Ayrault (ADIF) Juan Antonio Núñez Nevado (RENFE)
Margarita Jiménez (ARRIVA) Rafael Villa (Metro)
María Beltrán (Urban planner) Álvaro Becerra García (Príncipe Pío Shopping Centre Representative) Elena de Campos (Príncipe Pío Shopping Centre Representative)

The seminar took place during 3 days, that combined lectures by experts on different topics and stakeholders related to urban mobility. and town planning, guided site visits and interdisciplinary work. The students worked in groups, first identifying problems related to Príncipe Pío Interchange and finally proposing innovative solutions. These proposals were presented to a jury, made up by professors and stakeholders, that awarded a prize to the two best ones. The winning proposals were by team 1B in second place and by team 3A in first place.

Jury’s evaluation report: https://blogs.upm.es/eemove/wp-content/uploads/sites/922/2021/11/21_EEMOVE_Minutes-Jury-Seminar_final.pdf