Barcelona urban shape : a prototype as a measurement of the Cèrda block on the metropolitan scenario

“Geometry if fundamental to understanding architecture.” Santiago Calatrava For a city that serves as a model for development, Barcelona’s redevelopment plans creates opportunities that nurtures the design process into finding solutions for various demographic, social and urban issues. The model for relative development, must be related directly to the functions of public spaces. These public spaces must somehow translate themselves into three (3) dimensional spaces. In this transformation, the concept of figures/abstract figures are achieved through solid-void theory which is counterpart to figure-ground theory. These can be defined or made finite by ways of points, lines, column’s walls, earth movements and so on. This paper aims at shedding light on the possibilities of geometry and its embedded characteristics in the urban environment, by describing the concept of triangular space compositions dwells on the concept of moving through negative spaces and inhabiting positive spaces, categorizing the public space and defining the micro scale territory.