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Ildefons Cerdà Sunyer (Catalan pronunciation: [ildəˈfons səɾˈða i suˈɲe]; Spanish: Ildefonso Cerdá Suñer; 23 December 1815, Centelles – 21 August 1876, Caldas de Besaya) was a Spanish urban planner and civil engineer who designed the 19th-century "extension" of Barcelona called the Eixample. Because of his extensive theoretical and ...
Learn how the Catalan engineer Illdefons Cerdà designed a comprehensive urban plan for Barcelona in the 1850s, based on social equality, hygiene and transportation. Discover the features, challenges and legacy of the Cerdà Plan, also known as Eixample, and its impact on the city's architecture and culture.
The Cerdà Plan was a plan to reform and expand the city of Barcelona created in 1860 that followed the criteria of the Hippodamus plan, with a grid structure, open and egalitarian.
Apr 8, 2019 · In 1855, the central Spanish government approved a plan by architect Ildefons Cerdà. Cerdà is a legendary figure in urban planning circles, farsighted and progressive even by today’s standards.
Ildefons Cerdà, author of the extension plan of Barcelona also wrote a theoretical text in order to describe in a rational way, the new science of making cities. In that text, Cerdà invented the word “urbanization” that is used today to describe the process of expansion and redevelopment of cities.
Jan 1, 2011 · This paper assesses the legacy of Catalan engineer-planner Ildefons Cerdà. It highlights his 1859 plan for Barcelona and his 1867 text The General Theory of Urbanisation.
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This article dis-cusses the importance of Ildefons Cerdà’s visionary 19th cen-tury plan for the expansion of Barcelona that turned out to be one of the most revered international examples of modern planning and urban design.
