Els Llocs d'enlloc: aspiracions utòpiques i limitacions materials del Pla Cerdà

Abstract

From the main political and economic conditioners, that unquestionably are the base of the Cerdà project, this article introduces some of the utopian thought that influenced Cerdà in the conception of the Barcelonian Eixample. The modern vision of the city and the technological changes that took place in the Europe of nineteenth century would clearly influence the thought of Cerdà and also those of the critics that pointed out the uniformity and monotonous design that is still present i and that already received at the moment of its execution. The new term created by Cerdà, urbanization, is compared with another created 300 years before by Thomas Dwells, Utopia and with its different latter uses. To conclude that is therefore evident that the thought of Cerdà connects with the intellectual development of the Europe of nineteenth century.