BARCELONA COLLAGE/ MANIFOLD GRID AND THE PLAN OF CERDÀ

This book focuses on the city of Barcelona, specifically in regards to its grid-style design. The author proposes a number of origin al interventions that implicate this grid in productive ways. By emphasising the value of open forms for city design, they insist th at the grid has the unique capacity to channel urban transformation both flexibly and productively, Barcelona Collage explores the p otential of the grid as a design tool in both historical and projective terms, analysing its effect on urban processes.