Barcelona Trip Overview
* Travel with us to the origins of modern Barcelona to meet Ildefons Cerdà, the inventor of the science of urbanism!
All the guides of Barcelona Architecture Walks are practicing architects, most of whom are professors of architecture, as well as architecture critics. This variety of top professionals provides a wide spectrum of knowledge on a huge range of topics that only Barcelona Architecture Walks can provide. We walk with our own critical and contemporary perspectives and a wry smile on our faces because… we love architecture!
Additional Info
Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Barcelona, Spain
Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Walking Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
* Travel with us to the origins of modern Barcelona to meet Ildefons Cerdà, the inventor of the science of urbanism!
All the guides of Barcelona Architecture Walks are practicing architects, most of whom are professors of architecture, as well as architecture critics. This variety of top professionals provides a wide spectrum of knowledge on a huge range of topics that only Barcelona Architecture Walks can provide. We walk with our own critical and contemporary perspectives and a wry smile on our faces because… we love architecture!
Itinerary
This is a trip to the origins of the guidelines laid out by Ildefons Cerdà on the plain of Barcelona. He was responsible for designing a 133m x 133m grid without borders, hierarchies or suburbs that has given Barcelona the status of an advanced city.
The tour will leave the Plaça Universitat and gradually dive into Cerdà’s grid while we travel in time from the birth of cities to 21st-century Barcelona, through the modern era, the birth of the railway, the Barcelona model and the 22 @ district. We will see the Sant Antoni Market in renovation, the Sant Antoni Library signed by RCR architects pritzker price winners 2017 and we will finish our expedition on the roof of Richard Rogers ’Las Arenes Mall Center, where we will reveal and analyze Barcelona’s future projects.
As we wander through courtyards, avenues and squares to feel the pulse of local Barcelona, we’ll talk about communication and the Internet, ways and byways, enlightened despotism, 22 @ and the infinite architectural richness of Cerdà’s Barcelona.
Stop At:
• Mercat De Sant Antoni, Carrer del Comte d’Urgell, 1, 08011 Barcelona Spain
• Centro Comercial Arenas De Barcelona, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 373-385, 08015 Barcelona Spain
• Barrio Gotico (Barri Gotic), Barrio Gotico (Barri Gotic), Barcelona, Catalonia
