"With prosaic means towards poetry. The Poblenou district is an area of active construction. Infrastructures like Av. Diagonal cut through the once-familiar spatial fabric; the architecture has long outgrown Cerdà's block typology. How, then, can the idea of an urban, green public space be honoured? A nostalgic adherence to old forms falls short here. The two existing buildings would simply be supplemented by an extension. Terraces and balconies create both public and private space. Cerdà's idea is carried forward in Poblenou's hanging gardens."