Can Batlló: una significativa esperienza di conquista dello spazio pubblico da parte degli abitanti: lezioni apprese

The main focus of the thesis is an important experience in the conquest of public space from the citizens. Using the construction and deconstruction of Can Batlló's appropriation process, we are able to define the critical elements through which the context was educated, making possible the public space appropriation, recognizing the result reasons, understanding the problems and difficulties we came across and facing the future risks of this conquest. The thesis is not a simple narration of a story, but it follows the key issues and problem development, till arrive at the final results of this experience. The dissertation will be useful and meaningful for the answering of general questions, but especially for a practical critic about the project role and its expert, about the relationship with the institutions and participation problems and limits, typical democracy problems. An important goal for everyone that doesn't believe in the possibility of urban regeneration without the inhabitants as main protagonist, and for everyone that believes in the professionals' full immersion in the social practice, seen as a tool for discover again a role and a function of the expert, especially of the architects.