Summary: Joan Busquets, 2009 CCA Mellon Senior Fellow and professor at Harvard Graduate School of Design, presents Barcelona: Revisiting the "Grids." With an introduction by Alexis Sornin. The lecture addresses the experience of Barcelona following 25 years of major revitalisation, as part of broader research to develop new understandings of the urban grid system. Catalan architect Joan Busquets is principal of BAU B-Arquitectura y Urbanismo and Urban Planning and Design Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He was head of urban planning for Barcelona City Council during the period leading up to the 1992 Olympics, and has participated in strategic urban planning and design for the cities of The Hague, Lisbon, Marseilles, Rotterdam, Singapore, and São Paulo. Professor Busquets served on the jury of the 2004-2005 James Stirling Memorial Lectures on the City co-organised by the CCA and the London School of Economics (LSE). The CCA Mellon Foundation Senior Fellowship Program was established in 2001 to encourage advanced research in architectural history and thought. With the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, distinguished scholars of international repute are appointed Mellon Senior Fellows and join the Visiting Scholars in residence at the CCA Study Centre for extended periods each year. www.cca.qc.ca/mellonlectures Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, 16 April 2009
