Sea Gateways – El Fòrum
The main objective of the Sea Gateways projects is to improve accessibility and connection to the sea on foot and by bicycle, to create spaces for sea-city interrelation through the main vertebral thoroughfares and secondary transversal corridors capable of linking the spaces of the city with the spaces of the coast, and proposing, if necessary, a new arrangement of the open spaces that facilitates physical and visual access to the sea.
The urban fabric of Barcelona, from Montjuïc to Besòs, is characterised by streets that go all the way to the seafront, although there is only a continuity of road traffic, as the ring road and railway lines act as a barrier. There is a lack of transversal links (mountain-sea) that connect the city to the coast, on foot and by bike. The main theme is to give continuity and fluidity to the “vertical” routes with the “horizontal” routes of the coastal corridor, addressing above all the crossroads and the points of contact and intersection between the two routes. It is a case of making the public space for movement and relaxation the more continuous and easily accessible. The rationale of these projects is to physically determine and signpost the routes of public spaces, accessible on foot or by bicycle, that lead from the city to the sea and vice versa.
The main objective of the El Fòrum Sea Gateway project is to achieve greater integration of the Besòs and Maresme neighbourhoods with the seafront, improving accessibility and connectivity on foot and by bicycle so that it forms a real gateway to the sea. The transversal thoroughfare of this Gateway is the Rambla de Prim, which currently ends at Plaça de Llevant. More than just a square, it is the intricate crossroads with Avinguda Eduard Maristany, Passeig del Taulat and Avinguda Diagonal that must be crossed to reach Passeig Marítim and the waterfront.
