

The event, devised by the then-mayor of the city Joan Clos, raised a strong controversy in the city due to alleged plots of urban speculation, which never came to be demonstrated. The Parc del Fòrum hosted the Universal Forum of Cultures held in Barcelona during 2004. It is operated by Ajuntament de Barcelona and Barcelona Serveis Municipals. It was built in 2004 following Elías Torres' and José Antonio Martínez Lapeñas's original design in order to hold the international cultural event Fòrum Universal de les Cultures, celebrated in 2004. Parc del Fòrum ( Catalan for Forum Park) is a public park located between the district of Sant Martí in Barcelona and Sant Adrià de Besòs.
