{"id":4575,"date":"2025-08-25T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T15:10:07","slug":"barcelona-social-housing-by-mias-architects-is-a-tribute-to-the-cultural-roots-of-its-inhabitants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/25\/barcelona-social-housing-by-mias-architects-is-a-tribute-to-the-cultural-roots-of-its-inhabitants\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona social housing by MIAS Architects is a “tribute to the cultural roots of its inhabitants”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spanish studio MIAS Architects<\/a> has renovated a historic housing block in the centre of Barcelona into a series of social housing<\/a> apartments, defined by a bold palette of red render, patterned ceramic tiles<\/a> and geometric metal grilles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Called Lady Raval Social Housing, the block is located along the medieval Hospital Street in Barcelona’s Raval neighbourhood \u2013 one of its oldest and most densely populated urban districts.<\/p>\n

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Lady Raval Social Housing is located in Barcelona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Raval is defined by its diverse immigrant population, which MIAS Architects<\/a> looked to celebrate through the incorporation of materials and decorative patterns, which it says are a “tribute to the memory and cultural roots of its inhabitants.”<\/p>\n

“Diversity is one of the neighbourhood’s greatest strengths, though the area’s urban density and configuration have, at times, contributed to a sense of physical and social isolation from the rest of the city,” the studio told Dezeen.<\/p>\n

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MIAS Architects designed the project to “give new life to a historic building”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The driving idea behind the project was to give new life to a historic building while celebrating the diverse cultural backgrounds of its residents,” it added.<\/p>\n

“Rather than imposing a new identity, the intervention sought to recover and elevate what was already there \u2013 both in architectural form and in community spirit.”<\/p>\n

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The architecture is defined by a bold palette of ceramic tiles and geometric metal grilles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Central to the renovation was a reconfiguration of the building’s layout, which, due to piecemeal alterations over the years, had been left disconnected from the street and its internal courtyard.<\/p>\n

MIAS Architects split the building into two volumes \u2013 a smaller front block facing the street and an L-shaped block at the rear, which has enabled each apartment to be oriented towards a shared, central courtyard.<\/p>\n

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New openings were introduced to open up the block’s previously isolated stair areas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The central courtyard is the focal point of the intervention. It becomes the shared external space to which all apartments are oriented,” said the studio.<\/p>\n

“Symbolically, it serves as the soul of the building, a collective space that represents the community within,” it added.<\/p>\n