The ideation of Barcelona’s territory through its representation

Authors

  • Mar Santamaria-Varas Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)
  • Pablo Martinez-Diez Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/ace.11.32.4838

Keywords:

cartography, history, Big data, urbanism

Abstract

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.

Author Biographies

Mar Santamaria-Varas, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)

Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DUOT) School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB)

Pablo Martinez-Diez, Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia

Architect

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Published

2016-11-02

Issue

Year 11, issue 32 (Oct. 2016)

Section

Special section

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