Entrant:  Carolina Rigoni

Copyright: 2024 Carolina Rigoni & Katrin Djapanova

Modern cities struggle balancing industry and equality. In Barcelona, which ranks high on global city liveability indices, we observe the railway network nodes coinciding with the highest rates of Gini inequality index. The iron arteries link to sea trade fostering opportunity, but slice through the urban landscape creating barriers locally, connecting and dividing in equal measure. Our research analyses urban form to understand its relationship with industry, infrastructure, and culture.