Cerda’s Design of the ‘Barcelona Block’
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‘Barcelona Block’ Background:
(translation courtesy of Google translation, errors may occur)
Now, 150 years ago, on June 7, 1859 approved the reform plan and Eixample, the work of one of the most lucid minds Barcelona: Ildefonso Cerdà.
Barcelona could not miss this anniversary for many reasons. El Pla Cerdà va representar un abans i un després per a la nostra ciutat. With Plan Cerdà, Barcelona made a historic leap and Barcelona of today and tomorrow can not be understood without it. Cerdà Plan is the ‘DNA of modern Barcelona.
Therefore, from the City Council decided to declare 2009 the year Cerdà. For a whole year, until June 2010, Barcelona filled activities to celebrate a key moment in its history, its urban transformation and its projection in the world.
The amount of work and effort made by the City Council, and other government entities such as FUTIC is a comprehensive and attractive program that wants to be alive, open and filled with activities that will go throughout the year. Year Cerda wants to join reflection, dissemination, creation, but also party coexistence and participation, ie the way to Barcelona.
Because thinking is thinking Cerdà Barcelona. Since the adoption of the Plan has rained a lot, but the challenges are the challenges of today Cerdà. As 150 years ago, citing the words of another great lucid minds of our time, “Barcelona is full transformative upheaval.” Those were the center of the action plan and today we build Cerdà Barcelona from people. The Barcelona shouted “Down with the walls!” Retains the ambition and want to open a new phase of its metropolitan reality.
Cerdà wanted to make Barcelona a great, transformed the city to transform society. Today, we are heirs to this spirit, we advocate that Barcelona is great when its people live better.
Year Cerdà is the perfect excuse to add value to the city as a solution to the challenges of our society. With the Year Cerda also want to express the pride of belonging to Barcelona. Because today Barcelona is a collective project that we build together architects, planners, developers and citizens.
We are all called to participate in this celebration. We have a whole year ahead, we conclude that the best way: Conquering the new Diagonal, which all together and we think, the best tribute to Ildefonso Cerdà and his plan.