The head of Sorigué’s Research Lab, Mar Subarroca, took part in the session entitled “Challenges for Urban Spaces in a Post-Carbon Society” at the 2022 REACT conference, held from 30 March to 1 April at Barcelona’s Disseny Hub. The conference brought together local, national and international experts and leaders to discuss how to reactivate the city’s economy and innovate in public spaces under Agenda 2030.
 
The session focused on the need for rearranging and transforming public spaces to successfully de-carbonise cities, leading to better quality of life for citizens. One of the paths discussed for making that transformation was innovation in the construction and material-manufacturing sector.
 
“We know that public-private partnerships must always be the model for success”, said Mar when discussing the idea of promoting ties between government, companies and schools of architecture, design and engineering, in order to boost innovation.
 
It is our responsibility, and we are doing this by working on designing and creating knowledge to meet societal and environmental demands”, she added.