Currently serving as the President of and a key figure in the Barcelona en Comú party, Maristany has his hands on the two levers that define urban quality of life: how people move and where they live.
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Maristany's career was defined by pioneering leadership roles in major international corporations and academic contributions: Early Career & Shell: Currently serving as the President of and a
In the complex ecosystem of Barcelona’s city government, where political coalitions often blend ideological activism with technical governance, stands out as a distinctive figure. A civil engineer by training and a politician by conviction, Maristany has become one of the most influential—and occasionally controversial—voices in the city’s transformation over the last half-decade. A civil engineer by training and a politician
Using his engineering expertise, he devised a counter-proposal: bury the traffic. This led to the construction of the Ronda Litoral and Ronda de Dalt as underground or sunken thoroughfares, with the space above ground returned to the public as parks and gardens.
To understand Jaime Maristany’s work, one must understand Barcelona in the late 1970s. The city was a concrete jungle. The population density was among the highest in Europe, green spaces were scarce, and the remnants of industrial ports cut off the city from its own coastline.