A Barcelona living complex responds to the housing and climate crises. Here's how

DATAAE, NARCH and Maira Arquitectes designed the Baró Tower Housing project in Barcelona’s Torre Baró neighbourhood. - Adrià Goula

The building comprises 47 social housing units dedicated to families previously living in precarious conditions. - Adrià Goula

The design focuses on outdoor spaces, configured around a bioclimatic atrium. - Adrià Goula

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Location

Av. d'Escolapi Càncer, 12, 08033 Barcelona, Spain

Architect

DATAAE, NARCH and Maira Arquitectes

Client

Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation of Barcelona (IMHAB)

The project provides 47 units of social housing, showing how approaching the lack of social housing with dignity ensures the development's social and environmental longevity.

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