Deciding in community. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa
20/08/2020.
[BCN] Spain
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La Borda housing project, designed by Lacol cooperative of architects, began in 2012 within the framework of the campaign to reclaim the brown site of Can Batlló, where a group of neighbors decides to self-organize to solve collectively the need for access to housing. This small group started the implementation of a housing cooperative based on the right of use.
Can Batlló, or the old Joan Batlló Factory is a former industrial complex located close to the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, near the square known as Plaça Cerdà, south of Barcelona, Spain. It was composed of the facilities set up for the textile factory created in 1878 by Joan Batlló i Barrera.
Can Batlló, or the old Joan Batlló Factory is a former industrial complex located close to the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, near the square known as Plaça Cerdà, south of Barcelona, Spain. It was composed of the facilities set up for the textile factory created in 1878 by Joan Batlló i Barrera.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Chopo.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Baku Akazawa.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Baku Akazawa.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Baku Akazawa.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Antonio Navarro Wijkmark.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Baku Akazawa.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Gabriel López.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Gabriel López.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lluc Miralles.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lacol.
Urban plan. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Site plan. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Ground floor plan. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
3-4 floor plan. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
5 floor plan. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Main elevation. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Back elevation. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Section. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Diagramme. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Dwellings. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Axonometric. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Ventilation and sunlight section. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
Dwellings diagramme. La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Barcelona Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Barcelona Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lacol.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Barcelona Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Barcelona Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Álvaro Valdecantos.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Anna Bosch Miralpeix.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Anna Bosch Miralpeix.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Álvaro Valdecantos.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lacol.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lacol.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lacol.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by Lacol.
La Borda, cooperative housing by Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa. Photograph by La Borda.
The cooperative of architects Lacol was involved since the beginning of the promotion, driven by the motivation to build an alternative in a context of serious housing crisis in Barcelona, with the participation of future users.
The project, which became the tallest building in Spain built in timber, is located on a site (VPO) ceded by the city council for 75 years on Constitución street, located in a bordering position of the Can Batlló industrial complex with a facade to the historical plot of the Bordeta neighborhood.
The building has large common spaces to promote forms of coexistence that enhance the interrelation of users and to establish cooperative links in the field of domestic work and care.
The project, which became the tallest building in Spain built in timber, is located on a site (VPO) ceded by the city council for 75 years on Constitución street, located in a bordering position of the Can Batlló industrial complex with a facade to the historical plot of the Bordeta neighborhood.
The building has large common spaces to promote forms of coexistence that enhance the interrelation of users and to establish cooperative links in the field of domestic work and care.
Project description by Lacol
This text describes those characteristics of the process of promotion of the housing cooperative La Borda that have marked the approach and development of the architectural project.
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Architects
Collaborators
Arkenova (engineering), Miguel Nevado (structure), AumedesDAP (cost control and work supervision), Societat Orgànica (environmental consulting), PAuS - Coque Claret & Dani Calatayud (project consultants), Grisel·la Iglesias - Àurea acústica (acoustics), José Juan Martínez Larriba (project manager), La Ciutat Invisible (promotion coordination) y Holon (service design).
Client
La Borda, cooperativa d’habitatges en cessió d’ús.
Area
Built Area.- 3.000 m²
Dates
Project.- 2014. Construction.- February 2017 - October 2018.
Location
Constitució 85-89, Barcelona, Spain.
Photography
Lluc Miralles, Gabriel Lopez, Anna Bosch Miralpeix, Lacol, Chopo, La Borda, Antonio Navarro Wijkmark, Institut Municipal de l’Habitatge i Rehabilitació de Barcelona.
Arquitectura Cooperativa. Lacol
Lacol is an architecture cooperative set up in 2014 in the Sants district (Barcelona). They work with architecture for social transformation, as a tool to intervene in the immediate environment critically.
Currently, it is a team of 14 people who work in various fields of architecture. Their lines of work focus on these five axes: Construction; Cooperative Housing; Pa icipation; Exhibitions and Stage Design; and Urbanism.
The main axis of work on which they apply the knowledge of other fields is the cooperative housing. They have specialized in the promotion of this model as well as in the process of participation of the promotion of the future inhabitants. The most relevant case has been the housing cooperative La Borda, where, in addition to carrying out the architectural project, they have participated in its promotion and all the learning process has been systematized through the book “Habitar en comunidad“ (Libros de la Catarata, 2018).
They are currently building La Balma, a similar housing cooperative in Poblenou, and accompanying several projects in the promotion phase in other places.
In order to promote and make viable the replicability of the model, we work in the design of public policies, advise municipalities, and give conferences and write articles in different publications. Lacol is part of La Dinamo, a foundation for the consolidation of cooperative housing in Catalonia.
Awards
• Prize “Ciutat de Barcelona” 2018.
• Prize on Built Construction in Architecture at the BBConstrumat 2019.
• Nominated at the Début Award Lisbon Triennale (announced October 5th 2019).
• Mention at the Bonaplata 2018 awards for a study on the industrial heritage of Vilassar de Mar.
• Prize AJAC for the housing coop project “Coop de falç”, together with Arqbag.
Books published by Lacol
• “Construir en col·lectiu” (CAT/ESP/ENG), Pol·len Edicions 2018.
• “Habitar en comunidad”, with La Ciutat Invisible, Libros de la Catarata/Arquia, 2018.
• “El Vilassar de Mar Fabril”. Pagès edicions, 2018.
• “Inventari de Can Batlló. Teixint una història col·lectiva.” Curated by Lacol. Riera de Magòria, 2013.
Currently, it is a team of 14 people who work in various fields of architecture. Their lines of work focus on these five axes: Construction; Cooperative Housing; Pa icipation; Exhibitions and Stage Design; and Urbanism.
The main axis of work on which they apply the knowledge of other fields is the cooperative housing. They have specialized in the promotion of this model as well as in the process of participation of the promotion of the future inhabitants. The most relevant case has been the housing cooperative La Borda, where, in addition to carrying out the architectural project, they have participated in its promotion and all the learning process has been systematized through the book “Habitar en comunidad“ (Libros de la Catarata, 2018).
They are currently building La Balma, a similar housing cooperative in Poblenou, and accompanying several projects in the promotion phase in other places.
In order to promote and make viable the replicability of the model, we work in the design of public policies, advise municipalities, and give conferences and write articles in different publications. Lacol is part of La Dinamo, a foundation for the consolidation of cooperative housing in Catalonia.
Awards
• Prize “Ciutat de Barcelona” 2018.
• Prize on Built Construction in Architecture at the BBConstrumat 2019.
• Nominated at the Début Award Lisbon Triennale (announced October 5th 2019).
• Mention at the Bonaplata 2018 awards for a study on the industrial heritage of Vilassar de Mar.
• Prize AJAC for the housing coop project “Coop de falç”, together with Arqbag.
Books published by Lacol
• “Construir en col·lectiu” (CAT/ESP/ENG), Pol·len Edicions 2018.
• “Habitar en comunidad”, with La Ciutat Invisible, Libros de la Catarata/Arquia, 2018.
• “El Vilassar de Mar Fabril”. Pagès edicions, 2018.
• “Inventari de Can Batlló. Teixint una història col·lectiva.” Curated by Lacol. Riera de Magòria, 2013.
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