Location: Barcelona, Spain
The site is situated in a working-class district. Formerly an industrial textile factory, it was closed as an industrial plant in 2005 and recently re-opened as a social innovation and creativity centre, whereupon it has become an engine of the contemporary culture of the city. It presents an example of participatory governance of a self-managed, multi-purpose and transformed space.
News from the Barcelona Case
A paralell case study in Barcelona
DEEP CITIES: Barcelona’s parallel-local case study: Changes and transformations in the town of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat In Barcelona we are planning to undertake another comparative study case working jointly with the “Museu de l’Hospitalet de Llobregat” (associate partner). It will focus on two fundamental aspects of the CURBATHERI-Deep Cities scientific objectives. Physical, urban and social transformations The first will…
The Barcelona Case
Fabra I Coats Factory and the Sant Andreu de Palomar Neighbourhood: The Sant Andreu district occupies the north and northeast of the so-called “Barcelona Plain” (Pla de Barcelona in Catalan), outside the former walled area of the city and bordered by the River Besòs on its westernmost edge. History of the Sant Andreu District Between the late 10th and…