The AMB's Urban Design and Projects Section, in collaboration with POCH Comunicación, has published the 5th volume of the "Metropolitan Spaces" collection, which compiles and showcases projects executed by the institution between 2013 and 2017.
This book aims to mark a turning point by broadening the perspective and moving away from the traditional catalog format. Beyond incorporating a historical reflection on the fundamental role the AMB has played in design, the construction of public space, and the transformation and structuring of the metropolitan territory, its goal is to outline new paths for the future.
To this end, the work is organized around three types of content: data, texts, and projects. The data explains the context, providing the reader with an objective understanding of the territory. Furthermore, the texts and their authors offer insight into the complexity of the territory, its past, and its future possibilities. Specifically, the perspectives on public space—and the approaches to understanding and intervening within it—provided by guest contributors David Bravo, Lluís Cantallops, Olga Felip and Josep Camps, Ivan Blasi, and Carles Llop are complemented by re-visions of the work carried out over the last 30 years by the AMB team: Claudi Aguiló-Riu and Eva Pagès, Jordi Bordanove, Moisés Martínez Lapeña, Antoni Farrero, Xavier Segura, Oriol Ribera, Noemí Martínez, and Luisa Solsona. The prologue by Ramón Torra and the epilogue by Enric Batlle complete the book's texts.
