Bicivia 7, by Batlle Roig Arquitectes 2018, winds its way through the middle of a major highway intersection in the periphery of Barcelona.
‘For Greener Cities’ is an article in RocaGallery.com comparing various works of European cycling infrastructure: a multi-storey bike parking structure by VMX as well as a bike bridge by Wilkinson Eyre in Amsterdam, a bike path by Batlle & Roig that winds through a Barcelona highway intersection, a Copenhagen bike-only fly-over, an elevated traffic circle just for bicycles in Eindhoven, and even a “bike lift” on a steep street in Trondheim.
I am an architect, writer and educator. rafagomo.com chronicles my architectural making, writing, teaching and curating activity, while criticalista.com is an archive of my writings as well as a platform for venting personal rants and observations. I studied architecture at the University of Waterloo (Canada) and at the Berlage Institute (the Netherlands). I direct the University of Calgary’s architecture term-abroad program in Barcelona, and have previously taught in the Metropolis Masters Program in Architecture and Urban Culture, CIEE Architecture and Design program, as well as at Carleton University and the University of Manitoba.
