Research Article

22@ and the Innovation District in Barcelona and Montreal: A Process of Clustering Development between Urban Regeneration and Economic Competitiveness

Table 3

Main features of 22@ and ID and potential opportunities.

Urban planningEconomic reconversionSocial components

22@Urban Technology ParkOld industrial sitesAssociations and groups (cooperation and conflicts)

22@—Big Architectures and Buildings (MediaTic, Torre Agbar, Cibernàrium, Forum HallVoluntary Committees Representations of firms

22@International intermodal Platform (La Sagrera)22@ breakfast

Artistic, creative, and techno communities and spaces like Cibernàrium

22@New Universities, DepartmentsArt centers in Poblenou (galleries and ateliers)

ID/QI—ETS, private buildings and INGORegeneration of ancient industrial area and spaces around ETSStudents, researches, talents, managers (important mission)

ID/QI—Griffintown quarter; Canal Lachine and old industrial areas; Bassin du Nouveau Havre; Bonaventure quarter and new plan of transportFostering and supporting new R&D and R&I centers (private and public) Improving the role of two developing clusters: (I cluster)  Cité du Multimedia and (II cluster)  Cité du Commerce Électronique Talents, creative and business communities involve in the process of regeneration. Restaurants, boutiques and art galleries

Potential transfer of elements from 22@ to ID

22@ BCN ID@MTL
BarcelonActiva
Development agency
PUERTA 22 “New Spaces of Labor and Market”
7@business community
International communities of firms and business players
Artist-run centers and galleries of production