Vicente Guallart is chief architect of Barcelona City Council with the responsibility of developing the strategic vision of the transformation of the city and its major development projects. He was the first manager of Urban Habitat, a new department encompassing the areas of urban planning, housing, environment, infrastructures and information technologies. Previously he founded the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) where he led projects such as Media Houseproject, HyperCatalunya, or the Fab Lab House. His professional office, Guallart Architects has developed projects such as the ports of Fugee and Keelung in Taiwan, the Sociopolis neighbourhood in Valencia and the Gandia Sharing Blocks. Mr Gullart is the author of books like Geologics or The Self Sufficient City.
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