Barcelona’s markets have been important urban structures and fundamental public spaces since their origins. With the advent of democracy in the 1980s and the launch of new plans for the city, these places became the object of a radical economic, social and architectural rethinking, which gave rise to specific recovery and re-functionalisation strategies known as the ‘Barcelona of markets’ model. Since then, the network of Barcelona’s markets has become increasingly extensive, dense and structured. The essay retraces the salient stages of this process and concludes with a special focus on the market in the Guinardó neighbourhood where innovative solutions have been realised but rooted in the history of the barri.
I mercati storici nella Barcellona contemporanea. Il caso del Guinardò
C. Ingrosso
2023
Abstract
Barcelona’s markets have been important urban structures and fundamental public spaces since their origins. With the advent of democracy in the 1980s and the launch of new plans for the city, these places became the object of a radical economic, social and architectural rethinking, which gave rise to specific recovery and re-functionalisation strategies known as the ‘Barcelona of markets’ model. Since then, the network of Barcelona’s markets has become increasingly extensive, dense and structured. The essay retraces the salient stages of this process and concludes with a special focus on the market in the Guinardó neighbourhood where innovative solutions have been realised but rooted in the history of the barri.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
