Urban Design
Major urban design projects by Ricardo Bofill - Taller de Arquitectura include Place de l’Europe (Luxembourg), Nova Karlin (Prague), Port Praski (Warsaw), New Castellana (Madrid), Tarragona’s new seafront, Nova Bocana (Barcelona), Puerto Triana (Seville), Central Artery (Boston) and the remodelling of Kobe in Japan. Antigone in Montpellier, France (4 million square feet built) is an entire neighbourhood that has been designed and constructed by Taller de Arquitectura during twenty years.
These projects are typically predicated on the assertion that the city should be formed by streets and squares, in opposition to the model adopted in the construction of isolated blocks separated by extensive open spaces. The underlying model is that of a sustainable Mediterranean city with well-defined public spaces, and in which inhabitants have all the basic services within reasonable walking distance of their homes.
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