In a global setting shaped by profound socio-economic transformations and by the advent of the so-called information society, the task of the artist moves towards the selection, conjunction and diffusion of aesthetic and conceptual content, towards the materialization of interdisciplinary initiatives which blend different registers and levels of interpretation.

In consequence, an urban project is no longer a disjointed topography born of the labour of isolated disciplines but rather the sum total of the work of artists, urban developers, architects, stage designers, anthropologists, historians... and the citizens themselves, understanding the city as a collective project, shaping environments which hybridize the local with the global.

The function of this UrbanLab is to become a transmitter and an amplifier of the city’s interests, considering its historical connotations and its privileged situation from a broad and diverse perspective. Its purpose is to generate a dialogue which stimulates the citizens’ critical conscience in relation to their environment, leading to reflection on the ways that we can experience urban reality.