

They also became the first island team to play in La Liga since Mallorca's relegation from the top flight in the 2012–13 season. Las Palmas won the second 2–0 leg at home after losing the first leg away 3–1, and returned to the first division after thirteen years away. Las Palmas achieved promotion on 21 June 2015, after defeating Zaragoza in the promotion play-off final on away goals. Sporting returned to the top level after three years.

On 7 June 2015, Sporting Gijón secured promotion on the final matchday, after their 3–0 win against Betis allowed the club to leapfrog Girona, who drew their final match and could not retain second place and automatic promotion. Real Betis was the first team from the Segunda División to achieve promotion, after a one-year absence from La Liga, on after winning 3–0 over Alcorcón. Following the competition rules, Eibar, who finished 18th, remained in the league.

Elche was administratively relegated despite finishing in 13th. Īlmería and Córdoba were relegated to 2015–16 Segunda División in the previous season, after spending two and one years in La Liga, respectively. This included the two top teams from the Segunda División, Real Betis and Sporting Gijón, and the winners of the play-offs, Las Palmas. Teams Promotion and relegation (pre-season) Ī total of twenty teams contested the league, including seventeen sides from the 2014–15 season and three promoted from the 2014–15 Segunda División.

The ability to dream, to conjure and imagine scenarios of the not–so-distant future is part of a rich history of many architects, writers and creators. It’s important for architects to think about the future because we are hungry for visions and dreams of where we may be going as a city, as a region and as a world. Rather than predicting the future, these illustrations take a look at the ‘what if?’– examining what the future could, or should, look like. While we design for the present, we also imagine structures that can adapt and grow as their surrounding areas and inhabitants evolve. But what if we took a minute to reimagine the Bay Area’s future? Would it reveal new possibilities? Or might it affect the way that we live in and develop our cities? As architects, we are always dreaming of the future. Part of the nature of that constantly-evolving change is that no one really knows where it is headed. From the advent of the cable car, the microprocessor and the computer mouse to self-driving cars, Google Glass, virtual systems and garage innovations, the region has long been at the forefront of innovation and experimentation.Īt the same time, The Bay Area is changing rapidly. The San Francisco Bay Area has a rich history of dreams, visions, seekers and creators.
