Urban Mining analyses study the potential of recovering materials and resources found in buildings and constructions of a city during dismantling, demolition, or renovation processes. The city becomes, thus, a territory where mining can be used to look for and generate new resources from reusing, recycling, and up-cycling processes. In the context of the CENTRINNO […]
The Barcelona Metropolitan Housing Observatory (OHB) has several research laboratories that analyse housing trends in the metropolitan region of the city. The Renovation Lab develops research on the potential for housing renovation, including how the housing stock could be increased through renovation and retrofitting initiatives. This lab analyses cadaster and licenses data to visualise and […]
CENTRINNO is a research project focused on industrial historical sites under transformation. It will showcase the potential of these cultural landscapes to become new and inclusive hubs of entrepreneurship, manufacturing and innovation for city residents and small producers while fostering sustainability and social inclusion. The project is funded by the EU H2020 program and is […]
This proposal aims at structuring an green-blue-gray matrix along the Carretera Real, or Royal Road, together with the urban areas of four small towns of the Baix Llobregat in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona, the farm land, and the existing ecological corridors in the area. A mobility and urban renewal approach was combined with the […]