ABSTRACT
This article addresses the remarkable, low-key work of Martí Franch in Girona, which seeks to engage landscapes through ‘action plans’ rather than traditional master plans. This speaks of an approach to design through management practices rather than totalizing design processes driven by the creation of pretty pictures. Franch’s work also has a substantial impact on how landscapes are valued locally, leading to an enlarged sense of stewardship in the city’s populace. The concept of genius temporum is also introduced, supplementing the concept of genius loci, and asking that time be addressed locally in the plural, across days, seasons, lifetimes.
