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Justification

The images that precede each of the 10 chapters of this book correspond to the design panels for the 10 facilities included in the Heritage Park Project of the Sèquia de Manresa (2002). The director of the project was Jordi Ludevid, architect, and the author of the design panels was Cristina Murta, architect.

The Sèquia de Manresa is a medieval canal that has been carrying water taken from the Llobregat River from Balsareny to Manresa since the 14th century. It is 22.2 kilometres long and has a small difference in height of 10 metres; it has now been transformed into a scenic trail and a linear park. The 10 facilities, which were designed in collaboration with the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, invite visitors to observe and appreciate the current complex landscapes through a detailed discovery of their structure, morphology and heritage. They form 10 stages of a single trail and a single journey. By the end of the route, they convey and fully explain the creation and meaning of the city at its heart, Manresa.

A City of Professions is also conceived as an itinerary and as a journey through the professional world, which ultimately leads to cities. In our case, the 10 chapters of the book are the 10 facilities. Each of them lets us approach a different layer of the varied and complex landscapes of professional activity. A professional fact that was born in the polis and that only makes sense within it.

Jordi Ludevid