how can cities transition from the world’s largest importers, polluters, and waste generators into centers for production and waste reclamation?
MAPPING BARCELONA'S EPOCHS + RULESETS
Economies of scale provide economic optimization
but come at a heavy cost to environment, culture, and resiliency.
TOWARDS BCN 5.0: A MODEL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD-SCALE SELF-SUFFICIENCY
PROVENÇALS DEL POBLENOU:
A NEW “INNOVATION DISTRICT” OR AN INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE BEING ERASED?
A HUB AT A CROSSROADS
THE SELECTED SITE REPRESENTS A MEETING OF HISTORIC ERAS.
BCN 2.0 C/ PERE IV, THE ANCIENT ROMAN THOROUGHFARE;
BCN 3.0 AV. DIAGONAL, THE FOCAL POINT OF THE CERDA GRID;
BCN 4.0 C/ CRISTOBAL DE MOURA, A COMMUTER ROUTE TO NEWER SUBURBS.
how can cities transition from the world’s largest importers, polluters, and waste generators into centers for production and waste reclamation?
Built on the remains of industry past, a network of self-sufficient hubs could empower the local populace to take part in their own production and waste reclamation, eliminating sole reliance on the global scaled economy that has produced so much damage to climate, culture, and resiliency.
BCN 5.0: Altra Volta.
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FINAL REVIEWS
Review 1: Barcelona, 27 April 2022
Review 2: Tucson, 4 May 2022
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