- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846318320
- eISBN:
- 9781846317873
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846317873.004
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter investigates the Barcelona model of urban transformation in relation to two urban theories: Kenneth Frampton's program of Critical Regionalism, and Jane Jacobs' call for a new urbanism ...
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This chapter investigates the Barcelona model of urban transformation in relation to two urban theories: Kenneth Frampton's program of Critical Regionalism, and Jane Jacobs' call for a new urbanism that combats the suburbanisation and monofunctional zones of megacities. It looks at the urban history of modern Barcelona. A close reading of the programmatic texts by municipal urban designer, Oriol Bohigas, is also conducted. This chapter suggests that the ‘Barcelona model’ of urban transformation emerges as an adjustment of the city's fabric and architectural heritage to the new marketing needs.Less
This chapter investigates the Barcelona model of urban transformation in relation to two urban theories: Kenneth Frampton's program of Critical Regionalism, and Jane Jacobs' call for a new urbanism that combats the suburbanisation and monofunctional zones of megacities. It looks at the urban history of modern Barcelona. A close reading of the programmatic texts by municipal urban designer, Oriol Bohigas, is also conducted. This chapter suggests that the ‘Barcelona model’ of urban transformation emerges as an adjustment of the city's fabric and architectural heritage to the new marketing needs.
