SubjectCitizenship and inclusion
“I make films to show realities differently”
Alba Sotorra
Alba Sotorra Clua (Reus, 1980) makes documentary films out of a desire to become acquainted with realities and provide a different perspective to the one conveyed by...
Tackling climate emergencyOvertaking the old mobility. The car, from host to guest
Cities are currently the scene of the foremost social, environmental and economic challenge posed by sustainable mobility. It is time to apply new formulae, such as...
Tackling climate emergencyMoving towards a city that cares for us
The health crisis brought on by the pandemic, with the extreme experience of lockdown, has made us see that human habitability is not resolved within the limits of...
Tackling climate emergencyBe part of the solution
The fight against climate change is a colossal challenge that calls for rethinking the entire organisation of the city from top to bottom. It is the whole urban...
Barcelona in the eyes of women photographers
For a long time, Spanish photographers saw their creative aspirations determined by the role society assigned to them. The book Barcelona, fotógrafas, by...
Open city. The challenges of the futureThe city is bare: nature as necessity
The lockdown triggered by the pandemic has revealed the shortcomings of urban living as we knew it to us. The rural world now offers tranquillity and contact with...
Open city. The challenges of the futureCities that learn from science: the response to a design crisis
COVID-19 has spread faster in dense urban areas, resulting in a higher mortality rate compared to rural areas. By drawing the diagram of the virus’s behaviour and its...
Where the city earns all its names
In Linde, a photographic project by Myriam Meloni and Arnau Bach, we see the Barcelona behind the ring roads. The Barcelona of the Rec Comtal irrigation...
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