Publication in the ACE journal. THE IDEATION OF BARCELONA’S TERRITORY THROUGH ITS REPRESENTATION

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Publication THE IDEATION OF BARCELONA’S TERRITORY THROUGH ITS REPRESENTATION in the journal ACE. Architecture, City and Environment.

This paper aims to describe what tools have been decisive so far in the urban planning of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area with the ultimate goal of understanding the current state of the art and anticipate future transformations. Unlike other papers describing the history of Barcelona (Solà-Morales, 2008 and Espuche and Watchkeeping, 1986) or drawing conclusions about the so-called “Barcelona model” (Montaner, Alvarez and Muxí 2012), this article is based on the hypothesis that representation tools condition the way we see the world and so the resulting project, as Corner states (1999). By means of analysis and comparison of various cartographies, this paper reviews some moments in the history of Barcelona Metropolitan Area when urban planning has been deeply influenced by design tools, from traditional surveys to Big Data.

Authors: Mar Santamaria , Pablo Martínez. Founders of www.300000kms.net

Font: Bcn Dynamics, 300.000 Km/s con el Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona.

big data – AIE

Publication in the ACE journal. THE IDEATION OF BARCELONA’S TERRITORY THROUGH ITS REPRESENTATION