X-linkage. Contermporary art museum

Barcelona is a city that has a different character, historical values which have been combined in a one urban area by a historical challenges, a design of urban planner and nature. However, by the time as the developments and the growth on the population, create wrong developments on the urban scale which enables the connections. When we look towards to all the historical developments, first rule is not disturbing the ecological elements and creating equal qualified urban spaces for citizens. There are some critical elements that have been in Barcelona. These elements are Trinitat Vella, Parc del Forum, Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes and future Sagrera Linear Park project. As we look to Trinitat Vella, Parc del Forum and Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, those elements can be count as 3 nodes which create big triangle. For the city this triangle has a really important effect on social life. No matter how they are connected to city, those elements still cannot pass through the Besos river. So, river is still acting as big barrier which seperate main city center and Badalona area. When we take into consideration, a new node which will be attached to triangle could be the, on the other side of the river could be a sollution to create a new connection, linkage in the system. In the general masterplan, the main aim is creating a new node for triangle and also by using the potential green areas beside the Besos River, connecting the mountains and sea. Therefore, the connection is not in one connection, it has a two directional connection. To provide this type of bond, it should be x-linkage. The museum building is providing the x-linkage by directing the all area. In the connection of mountain-sea, museum has a role of linking an exhisting park and the green spine of the Besos river. In the other direction, museum is creating linkage between the Barri Oliveres neighbourhood and by passing through future Sagrera linear park connecting to Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes. By this x-linkage the main aim of the conecction of the city and the neighbourhoods in the other side of the river will be connected. This directional movement is not providing only by museum, also landscape elements are creating a bridge for the usage of the neighbourhood and the city center citizens. In the two side of the river there are two main functions. On the right side the is a x- shape contemporary art museum and on the other side there is artist recidency. The place where is artist residency located, there is a square which is connected to river and from underground to metro station. By all of these points the museum is creating new x-linkage and a new node for the whole system of Barcelona.