Nou Sentit Urbà: street art in Barcelona transforming the city

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Barcelona is a city that also expresses itself through its walls. Beyond museums and galleries, street art is part of the urban landscape and the city’s creative pulse. In this context, Nou Sentit Urbà was created as an initiative that promotes urban art as a tool for cultural and social transformation.

What is Nou Sentit Urbà?

Nou Sentit Urbà is an artistic project that brings urban art to the district of Nou Barris, highlighting public space as a place for creation, meeting and cultural expression.

Through artistic interventions, the project transforms walls and urban spaces in the district, fostering the connection between art, territory and community, and offering a new perspective on one of Barcelona’s neighbourhoods with the strongest social identity.

Urban art in Nou Barris

The district of Nou Barris becomes the main stage of this project, establishing itself as a benchmark for urban art in Barcelona. The works engage in dialogue with the surroundings, the history of the neighbourhood and its residents, contributing to a more diverse, creative and inclusive city.

Discovering Nou Barris through street art allows visitors to explore a less touristy and more authentic Barcelona, where urban culture is experienced through proximity and participation.

Works and artists: urban art as a collective narrative in Nou Barris

The works of Nou Sentit Urbà transform the public space of Nou Barris into an open-air gallery where each intervention offers its own perspective on the territory and its community.

Memòria Viva de Nou Barris by Mariana Duarte Santos and La Torre del Rellotge com a reflex del passat by Sshhozzy establish a direct dialogue with the historical memory of the district, while Les dones de la Trinitat by Udatxo highlights the role of women in shaping the urban narrative.

The relationship between nature, environment and sustainability appears in proposals such as Reforestant i la flora silvestre by Doaoa, complemented by the chromatic dynamism of Color en moviment by Dima Korma.Works such as Força plural by Jay Kaes and Paisatge compartit: tangram col·laboratiu Zona Nord by Rice reinforce the idea of diversity and collective creation. The project is further enriched by interventions such as Teulades i Cor by Colectivo Basurama, La Barcelona amagada by Octavi Serra, Back stage by Wedo Goás, Viatges d’anada by Taquen, and Espiral a través del marc (vida) by LPVD*A, forming an artistic mosaic that reflects the vibrant and plural identity of Nou Barris.

Discover street art from the city centre

Staying in the heart of Barcelona is an advantage for those who wish to explore urban art on foot. From Hotel Arc La Rambla, located on la Rambla and just a few minutes from Ciutat Vella, you can walk through emblematic neighbourhoods and discover street art interventions integrated into the city’s daily life.

Hotel Arc La Rambla offers a strategic location to combine urban culture, walks through the historic centre and relaxation, becoming the ideal starting point to discover Barcelona’s most creative side.

Experience Barcelona through urban art

If you would like to discover street art in Barcelona and projects such as Nou Sentit Urbà, we invite you to plan your stay in the city centre.

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