4_Estanislau Roca, Miquel Martí. Barcelona: a glimpse into its contemporary urban transformation

In the eighties, as Head of Urban Planning of Barcelona City Council, upon the restoration of democracy and having, as director, effected an unprecedented reshuffle at the Barcelona School of Architecture, Oriol Bohigas brought about a Copernican shift in designing and understanding public space in the city of Barcelona. That Urbanism took the form of remodeling, the shift from plan to project, the revitalization of neighborhoods and a different conception of urbanity (related, according to Manuel de Solà‐Morales to the concepts of permeability, sensibility and respect). This episode marked an important chapter in the history of urbanism in our city. According to Bohigas, Barcelona had to be regenerated at the initiative of the Administration, either directly or driving to collective purposes and benefits private investments.