The candidate of the Comuns and mayoress of Barcelona, Ada Colau, has defended the superblocks this Saturday not only as a measure to fight climate change and pollution, but also to make "a more feminist city".
The day after it was made public that a court had admitted a lawsuit against her and her deputy mayor for Urban Planning, Janet Sanz, for an urban planning crime and embezzlement by the 'superilles' or green axes of the Eixample, the mayoress has reaffirmed the commitment to this model. "From urbanism and the city model we can offer community spaces that are counter-hegemonic, because at the moment the hegemonic is very violent," said Colau.
In the act of the commons 'Shared Feminisms', the candidate Ada Colau has said that the commitment to reduce cars in the city of Barcelona aims to "generate more pacified space" by having "more life on the street". "This feminist look at urban planning can contribute to creating spaces where neighbors can meet, play, ask questions...", she reflected.
According to Colau, with the traditional model of urbanism, children receive violent input "all day" and it is not "surprising" that bullying and harassment proliferate. "You have to create healthy spaces in all senses, physical, and in the sense of the relationship dynamics they generate," she said.
