The ENTREPRENEURIAL URBAN REGENERATION of BILBAO
Ramiro Aznar Ballarin Urban Governance and Planning MSc Urban Sustainability
From the deindustrial crisis to “la nouvelle Mecque de l’urbanisme”
1950s
2000
Framework and fundations • Urban regeneration in the US and UK • New context of global economy
• New urban politics (Cox, 1993) • The entrepreneurial government (Harvey, 1989)
The urban revitalization process of Bilbao is not new or innovative… • • • •
Birmingham Baltimore Glasgow Pittsburgh
…become a global city (Sassen, 2001).
New urban politics • A path, trajectory to the desired city • City’s image, marketing
• The strategies can be presented, justified and legitimated as the unique, required, clear and inevitable solutions
Entrepreneurial government • “Key locations” • Big-emblematic projects • New cultural facilities and trade fair and conference infraestructure • Public transport infraestructure • Big-name architects • Private-public partnerships
Abandoibarra (Pelli)
Uribitarte (Isozaki)
Guggenheim Museum (Ghery)
Airport (Calatrava), tram and underground (Foster)
Metamorphosis
Regeneration for whom?