For a long time, housing has become one of the country's main challenges. Often, however, the debate is reduced to figures. Those that refer to how many apartments need to be built. Those that tell us about the increase in the price per square meter, whether for purchase or rent. Even those that talk about how many more people can live in a specific place. There is also an approach to the issue from another perspective. What are these homes like? Have they changed much compared to how they were built twenty years ago? What should the buildings of the future be like?

The first major milestone of Barcelona, ​​the World Capital of Architecture, is here. Mayor Jaume Collboni and lead architect Maria Buhigas have unveiled the scale model. Barcelona Plan 2026-2035, A cutting-edge miniature model of the city will be on permanent display at the former headquarters of Editorial Gustavo Gili, which serves as the headquarters for the European Capital of Culture. "We want to pay tribute to architecture and urban planning as powerful tools for improving people's lives and expressing values, a vision of the city," says Jaume Collboni, who was also accompanied by Pere Navarro, delegate of the Zona Franca Consortium. The model, built to a scale of 1:1,500, covers the central part of the Barcelona metropolitan area, known as the Pla de Barcelona, ​​bordered by the Collserola mountain range to the north, the lower course of the Besòs River to the east, the Llobregat River and its delta to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

While this weekend the Luz BCN Festival gives the popular starting signal to the Barcelona World Capital of ArchitectureThe official launch will take place on February 12, coinciding with Saint Eulalia's Day. The program for the European Capital of Culture, which will conclude on December 13, coinciding with Saint Lucy's Day, will include more than 1,500 activities, 500 of which are routes and guided tours. There will also be 300 debates and conferences, 143 exhibitions, and 140 workshops. These are some of the must-sees.