History Meets the Future Encants Flea Market

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Content 4
3. Projects 7
4. Antoni Gaudí’s Legacy 8
5. Community Spaces
6. Contents 2 17
7. History Meets the Future Encants Flea Market 25
8. Cooperative, Communal, Social La Comunal Cultural Quarter 33
9. From Superblocks to Green Axes 41
10. Dribbling and Swimming Turó de la Peira Sports Centre 47
11. Built Blossoms Kālida Sant Pau Cancer Support Centre 55
12. Brick, Tile, Plasterboard Lleialtat Santsenca Community Centre 61
13. History is Part of the Present 69
14. Heritage Meets High-Tech Cristalleries Planell Community Centre 75
15. Floating Gardens Rambla in Sants 85
16. Breezy Brick Skin Camp del Ferro Sports Centre 95
17. Post-Olympic Transformation 103
18. The Wooden Thing Porta Trinitat Community Centre 111
19. Rooftop Rainbow Mercabarna Flor Flower Market 117
20. Culture and Education
21. Contents 3 123
22. All Eras are Equal Sala Beckett Theatre 133
23. Grit and Glam Oliva Artés Museum 141
24. Reading between City and Nature Montbau-Albert Pérez Baró Library 149
25. Industrial Heritage as an Opportunity 157
26. Film School in a Factory EMAV School for Audiovisual Media 167
27. From Silk Ribbons to Book Ribbons Montserrat Abelló Library 175
28. Multilingual and Multicultural French Preschool 183
29. Colourful Community School 906 189
30. European Perspectives 197
31. Camouflage by Day – Beacon by Night Bressol Xiroi Daycare Centre 203
32. Science in a Greenhouse Autonomous University of Barcelona Research Centre 209
33. A School in Dialogue with the Community La Mar Bella Primary School 217
34. At Home in the City
35. Contents 4 223
36. Old Containers, New Use APROP Housing for People in Need 231
37. Factory for Creatives Fabra i Coats Apartments 237
38. Collective Living Pioneer La Borda Housing Cooperative 245
39. Working Together to Shape the City 253
40. Progressive Timber Living La Balma Housing Cooperative 261
41. Monument to Urban Living Caracol Residential Building 271
42. Home for Four Couples Apartment Building 279
43. Active Living for Seniors Alí Bei Social Housing 287
44. Housing and Politics 295
45. Living in Squares 85 Subsidized Apartments 303
46. Modular Living 57 Student Dwellings 311
47. Tower of Good Care Torre Juliá Senior Residence 317
48. Appendix
49. Architects 326
50. Imprint & Image Credits 328