barcelona :: breakage

Though in plan the Eixample in Barcelona is designed as an isotropic field, users have had different ideas. Economics and use types have a strong influence over urban continuity.

Corner Breakage
Are these departures from the form welcome breathers to an otherwise relentless grid and typical building massing, or are they holes in an otherwise continuous and harmonious environment?

Layout Breakage

Original Eixample plan by Ildefons Cerda over the actual city. The actual is far denser than Cerda had planned.