SubjectUrban planning and infrastructures
The city after the pandemicAn opportunity for change
It is not by chance that the pandemic has especially hit big cities like Barcelona. Open to the world, its power of attraction and connectivity have made the city...
“A good artificial intelligence system would anticipate the outbreak of a new pandemic in two or three weeks”
Ramón López de Mántaras
Artificial intelligence (AI), a term coined in the late 1950s, is a common topic when talking about the future of work or the transformation of cities. The...
500 years of life on Carrer Montcada
In La gent del carrer Montcada [The People of Montcada Street], Albert Garcia Espuche reflects five hundred years of life on one of Barcelona’s most iconic...
The city after the pandemicUrban planning and architecture for a new normality
It is at times of crisis that today’s deficiencies and challenges become increasingly apparent. Fortunately, future priorities may also come out stronger. The Covid-...
The city after the pandemicGlobal risks, local challenges. Cities, beyond the coronavirus
One of the attractions of city life is proximity,...
A Hermitage Museum in Barcelona?
In recent years, the possibility of a Hermitage Museum franchise has been considered in a location in the Port of Barcelona, to permanently install part of the...
“Retro-progressivism” and in praise of technocracy
Barcelona pròxima, besides bestowing high praise on technocracy, is an urban planning manual, an intellectual biography, a compendium of urban history, a...
Helpless Barcelona
La ciutat interrompuda made its appearance in 2001 with this summary: “From the tortured city of the 1970s to the fun city of postmodernity, to the tourist...
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