SubjectUrban planning and infrastructures
Digital technologies, the new driving force behind Barcelona’s economy
Thanks to the confirmation in July of the city as the permanent home of the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona is enhancing its appeal as a development hub for...
An uncertain futureAnother form of city
Today’s city no longer offers the necessary living conditions for most of its inhabitants, as a result of a production model designed to make people productive, but...
An uncertain futureThe future is not set in stone
Crises are occurring one after the other and the turmoil they cause is hitting us harder and harder. People are beginning to realise that the wellbeing we enjoy may...
Bruce Katz. Networked cities and urban leadership in the face of global challenges
Bruce Katz defines himself as an interdisciplinary urban planner, and is a great advocate of cities’ problem-solving capacity in the face of today’s global challenges...
Cooling shelters: an urban response to the global crisis
Cities are engaged in the fight against climate change. Promoting public transport and renewable energies, urban transformation and reducing emissions from combustion...
‘Most architects are not the elite or complicit in property speculation’
Carme Pinós
Carme Pinós is a truly trail-blazing architect. In 1991, she founded her own practice in a field where women were the exception, and after countless obstacles and...
Health beyond Covid-19
Covid-19 has posed a huge challenge for all public health services and has had an unequal impact on the population of Barcelona, depending on age, neighbourhood and...
The city of careFrom the superblock to the Vila Veïna: towards a social city model
The Vila Veïna municipal initiative was created with a view to building environments where care takes place as part of a community, rather than individually. Vila...
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