Public Places: Reactive Landscapes
DYNAMIC URBAN FOREST (group work) L ocation: Barcelona, Spain. Could Plaza Catalunya, the main transition point of Barcelona, become an active urban forest through the use of solar movement as an input to create reactive landscapes for the leisure of the local and tourist people? Before the 19th century, Plaza Catalunya was a marketplace outside of the city walls of Barcelona. In 1859 after demolishing the walls it officially became a part of Barcelona. Ever since it has become an urban core of the city. The Plaza is surrounded by the city’s biggest department stores, restaurants, and hotels. The plaza is frequently used for festivals and protests and is famous for being the only place in the city where one can feed the pigeons. During our research on the functioning of Plaza Catalunya, we drew an important conclusion. Plaza Catalunya is a place that everyone in Barcelona passes a lot, but no one ever really goes to (except for the tourists). We think this is a huge short-comi