As a result of urban plans to develop a variety of interventions, between 2008 and 2009 the old town of Vallcarca was demolished. Ten years later, the new dwellings that were supposed to replace the old houses were not constructed, leaving an urban void that became the centre of multiple neighbourhood protests. In 2017 an ideas competition was announced to establish an urban planning basis for the forthcoming modification of the metropolitan master plan, taking into account local residents’ demands and programmatic needs, which will define the new centre of Vallcarca.