22 Oct , 2024

Urban Futures

10th December 2024 at the Roca Gallery in Barcelona

Modelling Urban Ecologies

Round Table. A dialogue to converge experiences, practices, and emerging solutions in response to the rising challenges of our cities

Unlocking insights
to shape the future
of our cities

This is the urban century: mass migration towards urban areas has transformed cities worldwide into highly complex places with intricate governing structures and a population with a diverse set of needs.
Faced with unprecedented growth, cities today must strike a balance between encouraging that growth and ensuring that residents live in neighbourhoods that prioritise their needs.

Panel

This panel discussion will examine innovative planning models that enhance urban ecology and sustainable living, as well as explore how design and data-driven technologies can inform urban planning practice forcreating people-centred public spaces, mobility networks, infrastructure development, green spaces, and resource management.

Presenter

Juan Mellén – President of the Design Institute of Spain

Moderator

Matilde Marengo – Directora del Urban Science Iaac

Speakers

Salvador Rueda – President at the Urban and Territorial Ecology Foundation

Tim Stonor – Managing Director at Space Syntax

Aldo Sollazzo – CEO at Noumena Data