LET’S REACTIVATE THE ECONOMY
Cities are essentially, and originally, centres for production, creation and exchange, and for this reason, the productive fabrics linked to urban centres are very important when planning cities.
Historically, industrial estates have been planned as sites that specialise in industrial uses, linked to large-scale mobility infrastructures and isolated from urban areas. The transformation of industry has led to new requirements, and some of these areas have become obsolete, as their space, services and accessibility do not meet current needs.
Other processes, such as the delocalisation of industry or the growth of nearby urban centres have exerted pressure on these sites, justifying their transformation into more economically profitable uses, such as residential housing, commerce and logistics. The result has been a progressive loss of urban industry.
Now, the Barcelona Superblock Plan is seeking to regenerate the industrial estates and connect them to a green and innovative economy.
ACTIONS
REACTIVATING ECONOMIC FABRICS
Besòs industrial-economic activity sites
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Production Centres
El Besòs Industrial Area - economic activity estates
More infrastructures and services for intensifying the economic activity of the industrial areas on the right bank of the River Besòs and boosting the sectors of Industry 4.0 and the circular economy.
22@
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New impetus
The amendment to the General Metropolitan Plan for a more inclusive 22@ provides for a neighbourhood with greater access to housing and naturalised spaces: one out of every three hubs will be green.
Olympic Port
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For everyone
The port’s development and management model has changed, to reclaim it as the city’s port space and for city residents.
The Ciutadella Master Plan
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Heritage ecosystem
The plan provides, among other things, for Ciutadella’s opening to the sea, for the park’s improved connectivity with its surroundings and for the transformation and renovation of the historical and heritage park.
New biomedical research centre
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Scientific benchmark
The action for installing the new research centre on land adjacent to CosmoCaixa, at the foot of the Collserola mountain range, will involve re-arranging a 53,000-square-metre area.
MAP OF THE ACTIONS TO REACTIVATE THE ECONOMIC FABRICS
