Event

Public space: a citizens' reconquest

The multiple dimensions of public space bring together the main values of the city but also reveal its inequalities. Public space is at once an integrating instrument and a setting of conflict in cities.

On the occasion of the presentation of the postgraduate course Espai públic: polítiques urbanes i ciutadania (Public Space: Urban Policy and Citizenship), organised by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in collaboration with the CCCB, a panel discussion is offered in which the participants debate the question of citizens’ reconquest of public space.

6.30 p.m. Presentation of the postgraduate course “Public Space: Urban Policy and Citizenship”

This will be carried out by the course directors:

• Jordi Borja. Director of the Department of City Management and Urban Planning of the OUC
• Itziar González. Architect and former City Councillor representing the Ciutat Vella District of Barcelona
• Joan Subirats. PhD in Economic Sciences and Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona

Presented by: Judit Carrera. Director of the European Prize for Urban Public Space (CCCB).

7 p.m. Panel discussion: The Citizens’ Reconquest of Public Space

Participants:

• David Bravo - Architect
• LaCol – Architects’ collective
• Guillem Domingo – Environmental specialist, member of the Plantem-nos! collective
• Andrés Naya – from the publication La Veu del Carrer - FAVB

Moderator: Albert Arias, La Trama Urbana (Urban Weft) collective