Barcelona City Council’s Night Commissioner, Carmen Zapata, explained the figure at the Barcelona International Night Forum, held today at the Fundació Joan Miró, bringing together nearly 180 experts on the comprehensive management of activity at night, including cultural, social and economic activity, as well as people’s well-being and rest.

The agent of change will be applied for the first time in Barcelona in the new area of residential housing and facilities planned in the area around the Fira de Barcelona Montjuïc site, where over 500 publicly owned homes are to be built along with facilities and green spaces.

This figure will analyse aspects such as the implementation and orientation of buildings, the distribution of inner spaces, the treatment of façades, the configuration of public space and urban routes.

The incorporation of the sound landscape is an element to take into account in urban planning, which cities such as London, Amsterdam and Perusa have implemented in recent years to reduce exposure to noise and improve the quality of local people’s rest without reducing urban vitality.