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Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
WHY? 
>> Barcelona is currently faced with excessive pollution and noise levels 
HOW? 
>> The city has come up with a new mobility plan to reduce traffic by 21%
>> Freeing up nearly 60% of streets currently used by cars to turn them into so-called “citizen spaces” 
​>> The plan is based around the idea of superilles (superblocks) – mini neighborhoods around which traffic will flow, and in which spaces will be repurposed.
​REALITY...

>> Lonely streets left empty of any traffic; ghost streets
>> No public interaction with newly formed public square and spaces
>>Locals are very against idea 

FIX IT.... RESEARCH ADN DESIGN↴
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The "SUPER BLOCK" 3x3 Block grid in the Poblenou neighborhood of Barcelona
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