Urbanspace Design in Postindustrial Barcelona. Defending the “urban” vs. the “urbanal”.

Ever since the Modern Movement, architects have been responsible for the design of cities and urban spaces. The architectural conception of cities has led our profession to the mistaken belief that designing streets, squares and parks is equivalent to generating public spaces. However, public space...

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Main Author: Alfonso González Aguado
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad de Chile 2016-05-01
Series:Revista de Arquitectura
Online Access:https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/article/view/41356
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description Ever since the Modern Movement, architects have been responsible for the design of cities and urban spaces. The architectural conception of cities has led our profession to the mistaken belief that designing streets, squares and parks is equivalent to generating public spaces. However, public space depends more on the social, cultural, political and economic conditions of the city than on the shape of its architectural elements. Within the frame of the postindustrial city and using Barcelona as a case study, the following article explores the implications of understanding the city only as an architectural object. To do so it compares Francesc Muñoz’s concept of “urbanalization” (as the contemporary paradigm of production of cities) to Manuel Delgado’s concept of “the urban” (as a paradigm of public space as the social space), in an attempt to ask ourselves if we as architects should approach the urban phenomenon from an inter-disciplinary point of view that explores beyond the city’s shape.”
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spelling doaj.art-1cca7514119f42f486725b09d98faedb2022-12-21T23:56:50ZspaUniversidad de ChileRevista de Arquitectura0716-87720719-54272016-05-012130ág. 647310.5354/0719-5427.2016.4135641356Urbanspace Design in Postindustrial Barcelona. Defending the “urban” vs. the “urbanal”.Alfonso González Aguado0Universidad Politécnica de CataluñaEver since the Modern Movement, architects have been responsible for the design of cities and urban spaces. The architectural conception of cities has led our profession to the mistaken belief that designing streets, squares and parks is equivalent to generating public spaces. However, public space depends more on the social, cultural, political and economic conditions of the city than on the shape of its architectural elements. Within the frame of the postindustrial city and using Barcelona as a case study, the following article explores the implications of understanding the city only as an architectural object. To do so it compares Francesc Muñoz’s concept of “urbanalization” (as the contemporary paradigm of production of cities) to Manuel Delgado’s concept of “the urban” (as a paradigm of public space as the social space), in an attempt to ask ourselves if we as architects should approach the urban phenomenon from an inter-disciplinary point of view that explores beyond the city’s shape.”https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/article/view/41356
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