CategoryUrban visions
![Preliminary study of the new Plaça dels Àngels, where MACBA will occupy the area closest to the Convent dels Àngels. © Ajuntament de Barcelona Preliminary study of the new Plaça dels Àngels, where MACBA will occupy the area closest to the Convent dels Àngels. © Ajuntament de Barcelona](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/01_bm_131_fotosvisionsurbanes_p_angels_1100x548.jpg?itok=Idm_HHnV)
The MACBA’s expansion and the relocation of the CAP Raval Nord health centre to the former chapel of La Misericòrdia come with plans for redesigning the Plaça dels Àngels square...
![The former Mercat del Peix will be transformed into a research and innovation facility, focused on precision medicine, biodiversity and planetary well-being, next to the Ciutadella campus of Pompeu Fabra University. © Mirag_ZGF Architects_Double Twist The former Mercat del Peix will be transformed into a research and innovation facility, focused on precision medicine, biodiversity and planetary well-being, next to the Ciutadella campus of Pompeu Fabra University. © Mirag_ZGF Architects_Double Twist](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/03_bm_131_ciutadella_1100x548_ok_copia_1.jpg?itok=SBNnJlB5)
An excavator now dominates the site. In one corner of the plot, which was a market for decades and has served as a car park for years, just a few metres from the zoo, a sign sums...
![Aerial view of the port of Barcelona, where the Sant Bertran pier's sheds will soon integrate into the Blue Tech Port business and research hub. © Port de Barcelona Aerial view of the port of Barcelona, where the Sant Bertran pier's sheds will soon integrate into the Blue Tech Port business and research hub. © Port de Barcelona](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_130_visions-urbanes-economia-blava_1100x548.jpg?itok=0vFS0VbT)
The term “blue economy” goes beyond nautical activities and their associated industry. The concept also encompasses fishing, tourism and hospitality, as well as the movement of...
![Two visitors observing Roman remains while listening to the audio guide at the Barcelona History Museum. © Imatges Barcelona / Paola de Grenet Two visitors observing Roman remains while listening to the audio guide at the Barcelona History Museum. © Imatges Barcelona / Paola de Grenet](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_129_visions-urbanes-muhba_1100x548_baixa.jpg?itok=eBYlFlg2)
The Barcelona History Museum (MUHBA) commemorates 80 years of igniting a fascination for contemporary Barcelona, expanding its reach to various locations within the municipal...
![Humana second-hand clothing store. © Humana Fundación Pueblo para Pueblo Humana second-hand clothing store. © Humana Fundación Pueblo para Pueblo](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_129_visions-urbanes-textil_1100x548_roba_humana_0.jpg?itok=o06gMtML)
One of the main concerns of our textile sector today, led by fast fashion, is the amount of waste it produces. Overproduction and overconsumption of garments, which are worn six...
![Shared bicycles run by a private operator, in a corner of the Plaça de la Sagrada Família square. © Albert Armengol Shared bicycles run by a private operator, in a corner of the Plaça de la Sagrada Família square. © Albert Armengol](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_128_visionsurbanes_01_1100x548.jpg?itok=gbvEI_xj)
If Barcelona’s streets could speak, they would tell us that they have never seen so many different vehicles using their surface, and that they have never witnessed such rapid and...
![Detail of a cluster of biodiversity in the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes square. © Clara Montaner Augé Detail of a cluster of biodiversity in the Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes square. © Clara Montaner Augé](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/verd_urba_foto_principal._copyright_clara_montaner_auge.jpg?itok=4SOuyoYB)
![View of the Besòs riverbed, from the Molinet bridge. © Imatges Barcelona / Àlex Losada](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_127_visionsurbanes.jpg?itok=1jbtHUpA)
As the well-known song by Raimon goes, “in my country rain doesn’t know how to rain: it either rains too little or it rains too much; if it rains too little, it’s a drought; if...
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