Construction of a Positive House in Vallès Oriental
We start the week with a site visit of a single-family house in the eastern valley. We started to upload wood with VELIMA SYSTEM i KLH, about to have the first roof and receiving more...
Rehabilitation of the house in #lasegarra
We continue to move forward with the rehabilitation of the house in #lasegarra where #positivehouse strategies are proposed, conserving the #mursdepedra and proposing a new roof. We...
We end the technical support for the NATURAA store
Organic, biodynamic and natural wine shop in Martorell, Bcn.
Sustainable and traditional agriculture.
Project driven by Export Moon Wine.
Living differently. The experience of La Borda and the new cooperatives in Barcelona
On Thursday 8 April at 6 pm, as part of the exhibition "Habitar contrario. La experiencia de La Borda y las nuevas cooperativas en Barcelona", curated by Lacol and Álvaro Valdecantos,...
La Boqueria participates in: Omplim les cases
Omplim les cases is a day that wants to provide tools and resources from the ESS to facilitate access to housing in rural villages and territories.
Competition: Extension of the Infant and Primary School
Competition: Extension of the Infant and Primary School 3rd Prize.
Architecture: LaBoqueria Architecture Workshop + Diego A. Carrión Lobo
Project proposed with dry and modular...
Christmas window dressing intervention in Santa Eulalia, Passeig de Gràcia Barcelona.
Project developed with Run Design, a creative studio in Barcelona. Where through a work with origami we have created an installation of 4000 paper pyramids distributed throughout the...
XES is committed to a community and non-speculative housing model
Xarxa d'Economia Solidària de Catalunya (XES) is committed to a community housing model, stable and non-speculative, which is already making its way in Catalonia with the first cooperative...
Industrial architectural heritage and its conservation
In industrial architectural heritage, there are some specific questions that we should ask ourselves: What should we conserve? How to keep it? Where to do it?
In order to answer...
The traditional cabins
The cabins are one of the characteristic elements of popular architecture. Its main function was to give shelter to the peasant and the animal, to guard against inclement weather when...
Renovation project of an early twenties house in Sarrià
Renovation project of an early twenties house in Sarrià. Conservation of structural elements and presentation of passive thermal comfort strategies.
La Balma, cooperative housing model in cession of use
In the Cooperative housing in Cession of Use -or cohousing-, the future owners are who, organized in a cooperative, will promote their own homes, on land granted by the city council...
Fat Cat, new retail catering initiative in Terrassa
In these times, new initiatives are simmering. Retail catering with products of proximity and care, a healthy takeaway that laughs at its own name. Innovation in changing times.
Shortly...
We participate in the “Construeix futur” program
We have had the pleasure of participating in the Construeix Futur program, which seeks to adapt to this situation, working, on the one hand, on professional guidance in the construction...
Barcelona will build 1,000 protected homes
The Barcelona City Council has closed an unprecedented agreement with social promoters and cooperatives to speed up the construction of 1,000 new sheltered homes on municipal sites...
Vernacular architecture rehabilitation
Vernacular architecture refers to all those architectural methods characterised by the use of local materials and knowledge, generally without the supervision of professional architects....
Son Ferriol project, second prize on the AJAC awards
The Son Ferriol health centre in Mallorca has been awarded the AJAC XII Prize for non-built work.
What is the AJAC?
The Young Architects Association of Catalonia (AJAC)...
Avinyonet del Penedès winery’s works are ongoing
The works of the winery in Avinyonet del Penedès are progressing at a good pace. The project, in collaboration with Vinclament and Arteco, defines a self-sufficient building with passive...
Open visits to La Balma, Housing Cooperative
During the 48h Open House Barcelona festival, it will be possible to visit the premises of the Balma housing cooperative. In this post we will tell you what the Open House...
What is the balloon frame and example of rehabilitation
In the world of architecture, the framing construction system is based on the fitting of a multitude of pieces or elements to give support and shape to a structure.
The materials used...
