Mapping the territory: An analysis of the urban structure

The aim of this study of the city of L’Hospitalet was twofold:

1. To identify the strengths and weaknesses of the urban structure and
2. To detect the areas of the city with the greatest potential for strengthening the links
between people and places.

Fourth-year students of the Urbanism course analysed the different layers that make up the urban structure: transport, density, open and public spaces, cultural facilities, commercial surface, built heritage and socio-economic activity. At the same time, they represented the global structure of the city with cognitive maps, using different graphic languages. Finally, some spaces that would need specific interventions to solve connectivity problems between urban areas and neighbourhoods were mapped. These spaces are potential areas of intervention for placemaking activities aimed at overcoming the social and physical fragmentation of the city.