«We need to make cities follow the rules of natural systems»
Architecture has the power to shape the cities of tomorrow. And that is what Vicente Guallart has been doing for years. Between 2011 and 2015, he was chief architect of the Barcelona City Council, with the responsibility of developing the strategic vision of the transformation of the city and its large urban projects. Previously, he founded the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), and from his professional office, Guallart Architects, he has designed the Fugee and Keelung ports in Taiwan, or the Sociopolis neighborhood in Valencia, and more recently a renowned post-Covid neighborhood model in Xiaong’an, China.
It is our pleasure to feature his answers to our 10-item questionnaire on Citiestobe.
I am from Barcelona, a city in constant transformation.
The acceptance of the zero-emission cities paradigm, the acceptance of the distributed city model, and the acceptance of the need to make cities that follow the rules of natural systems.
«We need to make our cities follow the rules of natural systyems.» Image by Elena Helade on Unsplash
Libreville, the capital city of Gabon. In Africa we will find the keys to the near future.
Two experts and two books: Benjamin Barber, who wrote 'If Mayors Ruled the World', and Jaime Lerner, who wrote 'Urban Acupuncture'.
...the zero-emission city will have been built, cities will be productive again and they will work to reduce social inequalities. ●