Is the new number of the journal On the w@terfront (vol45, nr 1) right now in pre-publish acces
Category: People CR POLIS
A giant blackboard
Journal of a gadabout (5). by Dr. A. Remesar
Barcelona.
The Via Augusta was the great Roman road through the Iberian peninsula, from the Pyrenees to Cadiz. Its route passed behind Collserola and did not reach Barcelona. During the Carolingian Empire was drawn a variant of the Via Augusta, the Francisca way, coming through the Besòs’s valley, crossed the plain of Barcelona and returned to find the Augusta route through the Llobregat’s . The persistence of this way, right on the edge between the Barcelona plain and the first foothills, corresponds to the current layout of the Travesera de Gràcia. Continue reading A giant blackboard
On the w@terfront in Art Source and Avery
On the w@terfront is indexed in ART SOURCE by EBSCO. It is a maganizine of the “Core” coverage that refers to sources which are indexed and abstracted in their entirety (i.e. cover to cover).
On the w@terfront is also indexed in the prestigious AVERY by the University of Columbia. An specialized database in Architecture.
All indexation data about on the w@terfront can be found in MIAR (Information matrix fot he analysis of Journals) a project
THE LONG HISTORY OF SOCIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSES (I)
SOCIAL
As is known, our center has developed, and develops research in two districts of “affordable social houses”. Baró de Viver and Bon Pastor. We are currently advancing in the development of civic remembrance of Bon Pastor.
On the blog devoted to the topic we have published an extensive work of data collection (from emptying the on-line archives of La Vanguardia) about the political development of the various Spanish laws about the “Casas Baratas” (1911, 1927)
On the w@terfront indexed in ESCI
In 1998 we started the publication of an on-line magazine called “On the w@terfront”. Since then we have published 43 issues. Initially the magazine was hosted in our web site. Later on, in 2011, we joint RACO (OpenSoure Catalan Reviews) a consortium of the Catalan Universities.
Rosa Vives new director, Department of Arts & Conservation Restoration at the University of Barcelona — Polis Research Centre. Universitat de Barcelona
By absolute majority, against two other candidates, Dr. Rosa Vives has won the election for Director of the Department of Arts & Conservation-Restoration.
Rosa Vives new director, Department of Arts & Conservation Restoration at the University of Barcelona
April 21st. in the afternoon. By an absolute majority in the first round, Rosa Vives elected director of the new Department of Arts & Conservation-Restoration, Faculty of Fine Arts.
M.A. in Urban Design: Art, City, Society
An interdisciplinary and international course. In Barcelona the city of Ildefons Cerdà and his Eixample. A model for Public Art and Urban Design.
Polis Research Centre. Universitat de Barcelona 
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