The architecture studio Batlleiroig has been in charge of designing the new funeral home next to the Sant Andreu cemetery in the Nou Barris district of the Spanish city of Barcelona The project presents a new complex in dialogue with the different existing and new elements seeking a common language that highlights this environment The project enhances and articulates a system of green spaces that adapts to the surrounding context taking into account the existing pedestrian routes in its urban environment the project lays the foundations for future adaptation and connection with the new open spaces that appear in the city The project developed by Batlleiroig is organised around a main hall that leads to the four funeral rooms it has Thanks to different patios and lattice-shaped openings the building has different intensities of natural lighting that provide the complex with different environments according to the needs of the programme The envelope is resolved using eco-manual brick which seeks affinities with the existing materials while developing in different ways the façade is closed in the areas that require more privacy and those that require a more intimate atmosphere while it opens in the most public spaces to let in abundant natural light through large lattices Àltima Sant Andreu- Nou Barris Funeral Home by Batlleiroig Project description by Batlleiroig The new Funeral Home Áltima Sant Andreu – Nou Barris is presented as a new facility for both districts The proposal seeks to integrate into the historical context of the place enhancing and articulating a system of green spaces in the area Promote sustainable mobilityThe proposal aims to emphasize the existing and future pedestrian routes in its urban environment facilitating slow mobility connections through the consolidation of a network of green spaces the building not only responds to its current context but also lays the groundwork for future adaptation and connection of the open spaces promoting sustainable mobility for the neighborhood Respect and enhance the environmentThe main objective of the project is to respect and enhance the environment in which it is located integrating into its context through a joint materiality with the perimeter wall of the cemetery which turns the brick into a unitary element of the new complex formed by the funeral home and the cemetery The proposal seeks to dignify the Masia de Can Valent a historic building currently in deterioration located in the work area The project aims to create a new complex that dialogues between the different existing and new elements Urban integration and materialityThe urban presence of the new facility is dominated by exposed brickwork that wraps around all the exterior faces of the building and its green roof This new piece is attached to the perimeter wall of the cemetery and is conceived as a volume of simple forms that respect the regularity of its surroundings The envelope is resolved through an eco-manual brick which seeks affinities with existing materials while developing in different ways by playing with the arrangement of its bond The façade is closed in areas that require more privacy and those that require a more intimate atmosphere while it opens in the most public spaces to let abundant natural light in through large-sized lattice screens the funeral home opens to the public space thanks to a latticework system created from its envelope while technical areas are concentrated in the rear part so that they never interfere with public use The layout of interior patios offers natural light and improves the quality of interior spaces with the presence of biophilia Interior layout and light controlA ramp parallel to the main facade of the building which is developed only on the ground floor Its interior is distributed by a longitudinal hall that gives access to all public spaces The building consists of four viewing rooms accessed from the main vestibule and a room where the catafalque is located Between the waiting room and the catafalque room there is a courtyard that provides natural light to both spaces resulting in spaces that are sober yet welcoming The interior courtyards are characterized by vegetation a central strip of bamboo has been placed to provide the necessary privacy to the room where the catafalque is located creating the appropriate atmosphere of solemnity The main space of the building is the chapel It is a hexagonal room with an inclined exposed concrete floor covered in its vertical surfaces with grooved oak wood with two different patterns along with the suspended luminaires and the marble altar give the room the ceremonial atmosphere it requires the space opens up through a large window to a triangular patio dominated by a Ginkgo Biloba Biodiversity and sustainabilityThe building incorporates some of the sustainability principles present in all Batlleiroig projects In addition to the aforementioned sustainable mobility it advocates for a construction where biodiversity and renewable energy production are the protagonists Vegetation colonizes all the exterior spaces of the intervention and generating well-being and comfort for users it seeks to be self-sufficient through different passive systems such as the use of louvers and vegetation to filter solar radiation cross ventilation thanks to the different courtyards Active systems such as photovoltaic panels have been installed on the building’s roof ensuring that almost all the energy consumed comes from a renewable energy source Batlleiroig Landscape.- Joan Batlle Blay.Quantity Surveyor.- Diana Calicó Soler Carolina Valero Ramos.Agricultural and Environmental Engineer.- Yago Cavaller Galí.Structure.- BIS Structures.Installations.- JSS Del Rio Bani. Batlleiroig is an architecture multidisciplinary office based in Barcelona Founded in 1981 by Enric Batlle and Joan Roig it is made up of over 140 technicians from various disciplines Committed with the environment and involved in the search for solutions to solve our planet's climate emergency Batlleiroig has been talking about Landscape and Nature since its foundation.With a holistic view which always seeks to link the definition of urban to the logic of landscape a visionary commitment to innovation and a stable Batlleiroig works in three different disciplines: City and Territory trying to be highly specialized in each of them but without forgetting the essential transversality that is required today to develop any project.The versatility of their work and the implication that it demonstrates to ensure the well-being and health of people has given them the credibility and rigor to be considered one of the leading practices in solutions linked to the future development of cities.Medal CSCAE from the Superior Council of the Associations of Architects of Spain in 2017 for their business performance and FAD 2012 Prize for Architecture and Criticism they have also received numerous awards for their built work among which are: The International Architecture Awards in 2020 and in 2014 IAKS-International Olympic Committee Award 2015 multiple WAF Awards and the European Prize for Urban Public Space 2004.Their work is presented in the monographic publications: Merging City and Nature Arquitectura Viva (2017); Batlle i Roig Architecture 2008-2018 TC Cuadernos (2017); Twenty Gardens 1981-2011 Paisajismo (2011); Batlle i Roig Architecture 1996-2009 TC Cuadernos (2009); Architecture Described ​​20 September 1954) has been an architect since 1981 from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) In 1981 he founded Batlleiroig together with Enric Batlle Durany Since then until now he has developed multiple projects in the fields of construction He is committed to environmental sustainability and actively seeks solutions to address the climate emergency facing our planet His work at Batlleiroig has earned him the highest recognition in Spain for an architectural studio: the CSCAE Medal 2017 awarded by the Higher Council of Architects of Spain The jury mentioned Batlleiroig as "an architectural studio that stands out for its quality professional rigour and well-structured and solvent business management Its collaborative and global philosophy focuses on process control and uses cutting-edge technologies always respecting the fundamental values ​​of our discipline." Joan Roig has been a professor of Architectural Projects at the ETSAB since 1984 has taught at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Agricultura in Barcelona and has been a visiting professor at the following schools among others: Academie van Boukunst (Rotterdam Netherlands); Delft University of Technology (Netherlands); ILAUD-International Laboratory of Architecture and Urban Design (Urbino Italy); IUAV-Istituto Universitario di Architettura (Venice Faculty of Architecture of Istanbul (Turkey); Washington University (St USA); École Supérieure du Paysage de Versailles (France); Technische Universität (Munich and Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Navarra (Pamplona) His most notable contributions include his participation as a jury member in national and international competitions such as Europan the Spanish Architecture Biennial and the European Landscape Biennial He has also provided advice as a Cultural Delegate of the Barcelona Section of the Official College of Architects of Catalonia consultant for the Mixed Collection of the Gustavo Gili Publishing House and Cultural Representative of the Barcelona Demarcation of the Official College of Architects of Catalonia His publications include the book «Nuevos puentes» by GG. and numerous opinion articles published in specialist magazines, including METALOCUS His work has won several awards and has been the subject of several publications where he graduated in 1981 and received his doctorate in 2002 He is a professor of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture at the ETSAV and in the Master of Landscape Architecture at the UPC He holds a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture He has been a Doctor of Architecture since 2002 with the thesis “The Garden of the Metropolis” for which he received the extraordinary doctorate award by agreement of the Doctoral Committee of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia.sis “The Garden of the Metropolis” for which he received the extraordinary doctorate prize from the Doctorate Commission of the UPC Their office has developed numerous building projects He lectures in Landscape Architecture in the Department of Urbanism and Territorial Development at the ETSAV and is involved in the Architecture and Project workshops there and in the master’s degree in Landscape Architecture at the UPC and in the School of Architecture of Navarre (Pamplona) Archive Architecture Text description provided by the architects. The new Funeral Home Áltima Sant Andreu – Nou Barris is presented as a new facility for both districts, next to the Sant Andreu cemetery. The proposal seeks to integrate into the historical context of the place, enhancing and articulating a system of green spaces in the area.  Promote sustainable mobility. The proposal aims to emphasize the existing and future pedestrian routes in its urban environment, facilitating slow mobility connections through the consolidation of a network of green spaces. In this way, the building not only responds to its current context but also lays the groundwork for future adaptation and connection of the open spaces, promoting sustainable mobility for the neighborhood.  © DEL RIO BANIUrban integration and materiality. The urban presence of the new facility is dominated by exposed brickwork that wraps around all the exterior faces of the building and its green roof. This new piece is attached to the perimeter wall of the cemetery and is conceived as a volume of simple forms that respect the regularity of its surroundings.  © DEL RIO BANIThe envelope is resolved through an eco-manual brick that seeks affinities with the existing materials while developing in different ways, playing with the arrangement of its bond patterns according to the needs of the building. The facade closes in areas that require more privacy and a more intimate atmosphere while opening up in the more public spaces to allow abundant natural light through large-sized lattices.  © DEL RIO BANIThe arrangement of interior courtyards offers natural light and improves the quality of the interior spaces with the presence of biophilia. In this way, the funeral home opens up to the public space thanks to a latticework system created from its envelope. At the same time, the technical areas are concentrated at the back, next to the cemetery wall, so as not to interfere with public use.  © DEL RIO BANIInterior layout and light control. A ramp parallel to the main facade of the building, covered with numerous vines, provides access to the building, which is developed only on the ground floor. Its interior is distributed by a longitudinal hall that gives access to all public spaces.  © DEL RIO BANIThe building consists of four viewing rooms accessed from the main vestibule. These rooms are composed of a toilet, a waiting room, and a room where the catafalque is located. Between the waiting room and the catafalque room, there is a courtyard that provides natural light to both spaces. For the noble areas, materials such as exposed concrete, bronze, or oak wood have been combined, resulting in spaces that are sober yet welcoming.  Construction SectionThe interior courtyards are characterized by vegetation. Among other species, a central strip of bamboo has been placed to provide the necessary privacy to the room where the catafalque is located. This space is dimly lit, creating the appropriate atmosphere of solemnity.  © DEL RIO BANIThe main space of the building is the chapel. It is a hexagonal room with an inclined exposed concrete floor covered in its vertical surfaces with grooved oak wood with two different patterns. These characteristics, along with the suspended luminaires and the marble altar, give the room the ceremonial atmosphere it requires. Finally, the space opens up through a large window to a triangular patio dominated by a Ginkgo Biloba, a tree symbolizing life and renewal.  © DEL RIO BANIBiodiversity and sustainability. The building incorporates some of the principles of sustainability that are present in all Batlleiroig projects. In addition to the aforementioned sustainable mobility, the construction focuses on biodiversity and renewable energy production.  © DEL RIO BANIVegetation colonizes all the outdoor spaces of the intervention promoting biophilia and generating well-being and comfort for users such as the use of lattices and vegetation to filter solar radiation photovoltaic panels have been installed on the roof of the building ensuring that almost all of the consumed energy comes from a renewable source You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Maruja was an activist who did the same as Manuel Vital although two years earlier and in Prosperitat It only took one film to bring the story of Manolo Vital and the hijacking of his bus in Torre Baró the most forgotten neighborhood in Barcelona But not even the most awarded film of the Goyas has served to reveal that before Manuel Vital it was a woman who made the same gesture in Barcelona hijacking a bus to get public transport to reach the homes of the less fortunate a neighborhood activist from the Prosperitat neighborhood organized the hijacking of a bus as a protest measure to demand public transportation for her neighborhood experienced a combination of this phenomenon together with shantyism and the construction of large blocks of apartments from the Porcioles era This sudden growth and the government’s unwillingness to address it caused many of these neighborhoods to live without basic rights such as transportation or basic services such as health care or access to running water (such as Roquetas It was in this context that activist neighbors such as Manolo Vital in Torre or constantly demonstrated to gain access to these rights In the case of La Prosperitat the struggle focused on the 12 the bus that did not reach the neighborhood with the excuse that it could not climb its slopes Maruja Ruiz convinced about fifty neighbors to hijack the bus and take it to the neighborhood demonstrating that the problem was not physical the bus lines began to transport the people of Prosperitat this struggle would be repeated with the hijacking of bus 11 this time with the aim of demanding housing for the inhabitants of the shantytowns that were in the neighborhood the substandard housing that occupied what is now the Ángel Pestaña square Bus 11 would reach the City Hall to demonstrate ended up at the Via Laietana police station the shanty-dwellers would end up having their homes also participated in other social struggles such as the opposition to a toxic asphalt plant or the lockout at Motor Ibérica for labor rights she is still active in the Prosperitat Neighbors Association and in the neighborhood’s Gent Gran Association transmitting her experience to the new generations Her commitment went all the way to the end In 2011 she refused the Medal of Honor of the City of Barcelona awarded by then Mayor Xavier Trias arguing that she could not accept recognition from a government that was cutting back the rights she had fought for This act and her commitment show that the real struggle is always from the bottom up and that women’s history always needs one more effort to be told a film will also be made about bus number 12 Her story, by the way, can be seen in the 1976 Swedish documentary, Mujeres en Lucha where anti-Franco women from different areas of Spain talk about their experiences in the struggle against the dictatorship and where the testimony of Maruja Ruiz appears The charm and history of the district of Nou Barris in Barcelona are opened to citizens and visitors through a unique panoramic bus tour during its Festa Major this tour offers the opportunity to explore the district’s most emblematic sites in an accessible and educational way similar to the one that tours iconic sites such as the Sagrada Familia and Plaza Catalunya will take participants on a journey through the streets of Nou Barris revealing its treasures and best-kept secrets With four trips scheduled during the festival weekend attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy a unique and enriching experience Trip schedules are designed to accommodate different schedules with both morning and afternoon departures Each trip lasts approximately one and a half hours enough time to immerse yourself in the cultural and historical richness of the district each lasting approximately one and a half hours with departures on the morning of Saturday 18 and in the afternoon of Sunday 19 but advance registration is required through an online form or in person at the district’s reception desk those interested can register for free through an online form or in person at the reception desk of the District Headquarters Seats have been reserved for people with reduced mobility ensuring that everyone can enjoy this inclusive experience The itinerary of the tour starts at Paseo Verdum corner Lorena street from where the bus will take participants through the different neighborhoods of Nou Barris explanations will be given about the places visited giving participants a deeper understanding of the district and its cultural heritage Among the outstanding places that can be visited during the tour are the old Mental the park of Josep Maria Serra i Martí and the Dosrius aqueduct Each stop will offer a new perspective of Nou Barris revealing its diversity and unique history The panoramic bus initiative is an innovative way to bring the highlights of Nou Barris closer to citizens and visitors providing a complete and accessible view of the district places have been reserved for people with reduced mobility ensuring that the experience is inclusive for all Stock images by Depositphotos La venta de la nuda propiedad Copyright © 2022 Salirporbarcelona , All rights Reserved. Created by JEZZ Media The new facilities for Barcelona’s Nou Barris and Sant Andreu districts seek to blend into the context creating a system of green spaces for the zone that emphasize pedestrian routes playing with openwork and the arrangement of bonds in accordance with the needs of a one-level building topped with a garden roof that incorporates photovoltaic panels The funeral parlor has four rooms where wakes are held and they include courtyards with vegetation to bring in natural light The chapel is a hexagonal hall with a sloping slab of exposed concrete and clad in vertical panels of grooved oakwood with two different cuts A large window faces a triangular courtyard presided by a Ginkgo Biloba tree there arent any match using your search terms SWe will keep you updated on our activities and scientific studies The World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts that we will experience hotter and hotter summers Cities and citizens will have to prepare to avoid suffering the consequences of these rising temperatures Can we find solutions to adapt to climate change aims to involve a pioneering community of young and old people in the Nou Barris district to identify cool places in the neighbourhood and imagine solutions for dealing with the heat in urban spaces The aim is to raise their awareness of the climate emergency by working together creating a link with the neighbourhood and at the same time offering collective and innovative solutions in the same environment the project aims to involve and empower the local population in the identification and design of climate shelters in urban spaces a series of actions have been designed with the public that can be replicated later such as the creation of innovative training capsules on climate issues for young people and the elderly the development of linking and cohesion dynamics based on strategic challenges such as climate and health in different areas of Nou Barris and the identification of driving groups and the creation of a network and community that promotes the exchange of knowledge between participants in the neighbourhood through existing entities Sessions of co-design of urban climate shelters will be developed in the neighbourhood in terms of global health and climate protection and the experiences will be collected in post and digital format will be used to connect the needs of the body with wellbeing in urban space Portlligat and Aiguablava streets (Nou Barris) Photo: Sebastià Rambla / Barcelona City Council The project is helping to raise public awareness of the need for and involvement in the creation of green spaces, as well as improving urban planning in the city to avoid the heat island effect in neighbourhoods and improve the health of the neighbourhoods themselves It also responds to the needs of Nou Barris to face the possible consequences of climate change and empowers the local community through knowledge and networking to contribute to the implementation of solutions that promote climate resilience Photo: Mariona Gil / Barcelona City Council The first session of the project, entitled "Oasis en el Barrio Oasis in the neighbourhood - finding cool places to take shelter and learn how to cope with the heat and enjoy better health" will take place on 9 June from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m at the Can Verdaguer Civic Centre and will consist of a short presentation on the objectives of the project and on climate there will be a dynamic to discover among the participants the climatic refuges of Nou Barris and possible spaces for urban and climatic improvement three more workshops will be held at Can Verdaguer CC Our website www.isglobal.org (the "Website") uses cookies to collect information on how the Website is used A cookie is a file downloaded onto your machine (computer or mobile device) for storing data that may be updated and retrieved by the entity that installed it The information collected via cookies may include the date and time you visited the website the time you spent on our website and the websites you visited before and after visiting our site We use cookies to facilitate your browsing of our Website provide you a better use experience and identify problems with our Website we will use cookies to obtain information on your preferences and tailor our Website to your interests The purpose of this cookies policy is to provide you with clear and precise information on the cookies used on our Website (the "Cookies Policy"). 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If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. and the Collserola mountain surround Barcelona However, Collserola is home to not only Barcelona residents but also dozens of wild boars. These animals have become less scared of people and attack their properties, looking for food. Even Colombian singer Shakira was attacked by one of these feral pigs According to figures shared by the city council on Sunday the number of reports related to the presence of wild boars dropped by 70% These figures "are proof of the effectiveness of the implemented measures to reduce the presence of wild boars in urban areas," a press release reads The goal was to reduce the number of these animals "after an increase in recent years due to the Covid-19 pandemic." have registered a decrease in feral pig incidents Sarrià-Sant Gervasi is the area with the highest number of incidents reported Catalonia has experienced a tremendous drought in recent years which has also helped authorities tackle the problem of wild boars "Banning watering gardens in the Collserola mountain in Barcelona has pushed away wild boars as they can not remove the soil," Carme Maté head of Barcelona's city council animal's rights service Among the actions taken are protecting garbage containers to prevent access to wild boars or capturing some of these animals the number of captured animals by local police has fallen from 292 to 92 While there are many factors behind this exponential growth from them breeding with abandoned Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs to them no longer having any natural predators "the most relevant has been the expansion of irrigated land," says population ecologist and University of Barcelona PhD researcher Jaume Badia.  In an interview with Catalan News, the scientist explained that this method of farming has become more commonplace despite Catalonia's dry Mediterranean climate at the same time this is a double edged sword because the farmer gets more production but at the same time the wild boars get more food." Get the day's biggest stories right to your phone The Turó de la Peira Sports Center brings new amenities and a splash of green to a working-class neighborhood of Barcelona If you are one of the millions of visitors to Barcelona each year chances are you will never set foot in the Nou Barris district The “New Neighborhoods” were established in the decades between the 1960s and 1970s on the upper slopes of the city where hilly terrain morphs into the Collserola natural park that envelopes the city to the north The Nou Barris were constructed to accommodate a huge influx of immigrants formulaic high-rises wedged between natural slopes and the odd remains—churches and early 19th century villas—of historic villages The primary aim of the project was to unite and rebuild two separate pre-existing infrastructures; a public swimming pool and an indoor playing field for the local football club “two absolutely horrible buildings,” in the words of Noguera whose proposal was chosen via public competition The other was to create an oasis in this hyper-urban pocket of Nou Barris and render it with a natural type of harmony not normally associated with public sports facilities takes shape over two levels; an indoor swimming pool which is partially sunk into the hillside of the site This is accessed via an exterior ramp sheltered by the design’s most appealing exterior feature; a metal framework that supports hanging plants and foliage Landscaping around the exterior further reinforces the ‘urban oasis’ feel desired by the architects The indoor pool features an elegant roof constructed of 85-foot-long timber beams logged from sustainably managed Basque forests and workshops A large window onto the exterior garden (and curious passersby) lets in natural light which together with the wooden beams and partitions makes for a meditative aquatic experience and heated with photovoltaic  panels in the roof The timber beams have been treated against termites but not for humidity this is only necessary when moisture levels vary “This is also why we chose natural solid timber,” she adds This combination of natural light and materials is extended to the sports court on the upper floor; skylights illuminate games and training sessions and stadium seating—feature the same sustainable credentials as the downstairs pool it is devoid of heating and cooling systems Designed on the principles of passive architecture the configuration of the skylights and lateral windows are adjusted via a robotic system; opened for letting in cool air During the three-year construction process the architects and management held special open-door events inviting locals to come and view their progress and understand the sport center’s sustainable program; an initiative Noguera deemed important for its acceptance in this historically disadvantaged community You may also enjoy “Georgia Tech’s Kendeda Building Sets a High Bar for Regenerative Design” Would you like to comment on this article? Send your thoughts to: [email protected] Subscribe to our mailing list to receive the latest updates subscription deals delivered straight to your inbox Barcelona reaches €1,200 average rental price and surpasses its historical record the most expensive districts are Sarrià – Sant Gervasi where rent costs 1,651.79 on average; Les Corts only three districts remain (very narrowly) with averages below 1,000 euros They are also the neighborhoods where has the lowest price increase In the last five years in Nou Barris and Sant Andreu the increase has remained at just over 19% in both The data published by Incasól is from the first quarter of the year, when had not yet been approved the limit to rental prices in Barcelona was a shock to the city’s real estate market but the push for temporary rentals approved by Junts and PSC we will have to see if the approval of this regulation will stop this rise According to the Chamber of Urban Property the upward price evolution is explained by several reasons: first of all by inflation and by the larger surface area of rented housing the City Council is promoting a series of measures – public parks social housing – aimed at correcting its lack of collective facilities something common to all the residential areas built in the fifties and sixties In the area accessed from the Ronda de Dalt beltway and aligned with the Paseo de Valldaura in groups of three in each stretch of the street show the features of urban development in these years Elevado sobre un zócalo que mantiene la secuencia visual del paseo este híbrido entre bloque y torre se escalona tanto en planta como en altura para suavizar su imagen y optimizar los espacios de sus 160 viviendas Regulations determined a volume of 106 meters in length and ten floors that gave way to an organization in cores with four flats per landing As an alternative to these parameters and focussing on the tower trios of the avenue the volumetry is built with stepped volumes of eight displaced on plan and joined by a continuous plinth of shops that ensures the visual sequence of the street The final configuration benefits from two apparently opposite typologies: the linear block and the tower Following the strict regulations that apply to the design of communication cores – derived from the fifteen stories – the 160 residential units are organized around three stairwells with the kitchen-dining room always connected to the living room and bathrooms grouped whenever possible The displacement of the duplex flats allows double-scale elements to appear on the external facades commercial and parking – are made compatible by way of a uniform grid with an average span of 5,5 x 5,5 meters formed the screens of U-shaped reinforced concrete complete the design by acting as rigidizing elements The shifts on plan and volume are supported by an enclosure that combines prefabricated concrete panels with fiberglass and undulating aluminum sheet The interior of the large voids that house the terraces are clad in warm materials and tones: ceilings made from treated wood and ocher colored stucco on the walls The clotheslines are concealed behind adjustable metallic slats which can be seen in front of the transparent glass parapet of the balconies Salvador Mora (arquitectos architects); Jordi Bravo (jefe de obra site supervisor); Francesc García Xavier Humet (aparejadores quantity surveyors) Lluís Duart (instalaciones mechanical engineering); STATIC The neighbors of this neighborhood of Nou Barris have been creating for ten years a passage of terror that already attracts more than a thousand people But there is another Halloween in the city, a smaller and unknown one, one that a group of Barcelonians organize with their own hands and that, like all popular festivals, is of the neighbors and for the neighbors, is accessible and born in the margins, away from the spotlights of the city center. We are talking about the Túnel del Terror de Trinitat Vella, the most unknown fear passage of Barcelona. We know the costumes of the parties of Gracia or Sants, but not everyone knew that in Trinitat Vella, that neighborhood that is usually off the radar of events in the city, more than 80 neighbors have been working for months to launch a tunnel of terror that has more than a thousand square meters and 14 different spaces. View this post on Instagram The theme of this year’s passage is still secret the artificial intelligence has gotten out of hand and the results can be catastrophic …” Under the title “The show must go on” and has been organized The tunnel has been built by the neighbors of Trinitat Vella with the support of the merchants of the neighborhood in an initiative that is 12 years old and has been growing from humble beginnings to a show that in its last edition in 2019 to access it you have to hurry and approach the civic center at 18h when they will begin to distribute tickets for the show It is held at the Civic Center of the neighborhood and the entrance is on carrer Mare de Déu de Lorda but a voluntary contribution of non-perishable food that will go to entities of Trinitat Vella and Nova is requested a round initiative and a neighborhood movement that shows that the good secrets of Barcelona are often cooked far from its center The Barcelona City Council has published the Household Disposable Income report which shows incomes by neighborhood in the city As every year at this point, Barcelona publishes Household Disposable Income Report that reveals which are the neighborhoods with the highest and lowest income in the city As last year,the district with the highest RDLpc level is Sarrià-Sant Gervasi which with 32,850€ exceeds Barcelona’s value by 52% Ciutat Vella has the lowest income per capita This changes if we take into account the Renta Primària de les Llars (RPL) which is the value that shows the state of the income before the redistributive intervention of the public sector Sarrià-Sant Gervasi has a RPLpc that exceeds the Barcelona average by 84% and the last place goes from Ciutat Vella to Nou Barris where the RPL is lower than in Ciutat Vella but whose inequality is somewhat mitigated by the effect of Social Benefits which in Nou Barris have a much more important effect than in Ciutat Vella The Renta of the neighborhoods confirms the trend of the districts three times as much as the poorest neighborhood the neighborhood with the highest per capita income in 2021 with an average of 37,800 euros per year making it the neighborhood with the lowest per capita income in the city in 2021 The Verde outbreak is the increase in lower wages which has slightly reduced income inequality between districts Neighborhoods with below-average incomes had higher growth rates from 9.5% in Ciutat Vella and 6.4% in Horta-Guinardó while those with higher incomes increased less from 4.5% in Gràcia to -0.9% in Sarrià-Sant Gervasi You can consult the complete report of the City Hall here Pau Millet and Xavier Ramoneda of estudio Mirang were tasked to transform the former Germans Climent factory into a funerary home for Barcelona’s Sants neighborhood The listed building was raised by the architect Modest Feu i Estrada in 1925 The rectangular building – 64 meters long and 15.5 wide – is an example of industrial architecture executed in brick with a roof of metal trusses and timber joists The original architecture is respected and restored in the process of turning it into the container of a longitudinal new construction The four rooms where wakes are held are bordered by curving walls while the offices and the dome of the ceremonial hall are two volumes of purer geometrical shapes The collapsible construction accommodating the new elements is executed entirely in wood as much the structure as the main finishes This artificial lake is the perfect urban oasis to cool off this summer with more than 15,000 m2 of swimming pool and green areas from the largest public swimming pool in the city the pool opened its doors on June 1 and will remain open until September 8 Anyone who wants to can go for a dip any day from 10:30 am to 7 pm except Fridays in July While the general admission ticket costs €9.40 children from 0 to 5 years old pay €2.65 and children from 6 to 14 years old pay €6.55 holders of the pink card have a fare of 6.55 euros First published: October 29, 2024 11:40 AM The first feminist housing cooperative in Catalonia was inaugurated on Sunday in Barcelona's Nou Barris district, a milestone for alternative housing models. One hundred people attended the inauguration ceremony organized by the La Morada cooperative. The building, built on private land donated by Fundació Dinamo, was financed by contributions from its 89 members, a cooperative loan from COP57 and government aid. The €1.9 million project promotes an alternative to the patriarchal housing model, which often relegates caregiving to women. "The nuclear family model is outdated," explains Míriam Solà, a member of La Morada. Designed by the cooperative architecture studio Lacol, the spaces are meant to be open, safe, and communal, meeting needs that are not met in traditional housing. "It's more than a home, it's the creation of an alternative lifestyle, far from the patriarchal model," says resident Sílvia Merino. Members have paid an initial contribution of between €25,000 and €30,000 and will pay a fixed monthly fee, giving them a secure and affordable alternative amid Catalonia's soaring housing costs.   Residents emphasize that the cooperative offers a "much more accessible option, both for renting and owning," with fixed fees and a 60-year land lease ensuring long-term stability. "This is one of the few cooperatives in Catalonia that is fighting speculation, reclaiming land from the private market and reinvesting it for social use," adds Solà.   With 12 units classified as social housing, the building includes communal spaces such as a shared kitchen, laundry room and creative work areas. Inside each unit, glass doors and an open kitchen greet residents and visitors.   "We wanted to break away from conventional housing designs with closed rooms and isolated windows, so we placed the kitchen at the heart of each unit - open and central," explains one of Lacol's architects. v1.1.0. 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Rent prices in Catalonia increased 6.9% in 2023 according to a new study on renting in Spain published by the Spanish real estate website Fotocasa which analyzed price changes in 16 Catalan cities with an average monthly price per square meter reaching €15.95 rent increases were recorded in 14 of the 16 cities The two largest increases were seen in the areas bordering Barcelona with L'Hospitalet de Llobregat seeing a 17.5% increase and Badalona a 17.1% increase from the previous year The northern city of Girona saw an increase of 15.6% with the average monthly price per square meter reaching €13.46 The highest average monthly price per square meter was recorded in Barcelona while renters in neighboring L’Hospitalet de Llobregat had to pay €18.85 per square meter Catalonia was the third region in Spain that saw the greatest increase in rent prices which saw prices reach €16.90 and €17.38 per square meter The Fotocasa study also showed that rental prices increased in all ten districts of Barcelona The highest increases were recorded in Nou Barris followed by Sant Andreu with 16.2% and Les Corts with 12.6% The district with the highest rental cost was Ciutat Vella where the average price per square meter was €22.13 in 2023 In February, a rent cap will come into effect in 140 Catalan towns and cities in ‘tense housing zones’ which include practically the whole metropolitan area of Barcelona; the cities of Tarragona According to the new regulation, new contracts cannot exceed the price of the last contract in force in the last five years, after the annual update, which is 3% for 2024. For homes owned by large-scale property holders (individuals or companies with more than ten urban properties for residential use), the rent cannot be higher than the reference price index. After occupying several town halls last week this morning the members of the CDR joined the Ministry of Labour Social Affairs and Families of the Generalitat The members of the CDRs have also attempted to be included in the Health Consensus The Catalan government has been asked to ignore Spain’s orders and declare its independence in order to comply with what was said on 1 October Activists have unfurled a huge banner inside the building that says “decent jobs for all” and have entered the Consulate amid shouts of “Command the People Obey the Governments.” With this action they want to demand equal pay and working conditions The cries of “equal work equal pay” and “U1 we will not forgive” have been very present in the final concentration at 12 noon If we are disobedient of the carrer, vosaltres disobedient of the @govern! Vine a l'ocupació del Departament de Treball — CDR Nou Barris (@CDRNouBarris) June 22, 2018 They have not been able to access the Health Department because the doors were closed They have tried to agree that they would enter peacefully with the members of the security forces There are two banners outside: Rosa Luxemburg’s famous phrase “whoever does not move does not feel the chains” and “the CDRs will not give up one of Spain’s most vibrant and visited cities And it may be for several reasons: population density and lack of green spaces the authorities have taken measures to cope with the extreme heat A study conducted by the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) in collaboration with the Metropoli Institute has revealed that approximately 16% of the population of the Metropolitan Area lives in areas highly vulnerable to heat This study has created the Climate Change Vulnerability Index (IVAC) which identifies the areas of the territory and social groups most susceptible to the effects of climate change As for the hottest neighborhoods in Barcelona Ciutat Vella and Sants-Montjuïc stand out as the districts with the highest temperatures in the entire city Other nearby municipalities are also mentioned where there are areas with high vulnerability indexes there are also some neighborhoods that are more vulnerable to climate change These include Raval and Barceloneta in the Ciutat Vella district; large areas of Ciutat Meridiana Prosperitat and Turó de la Peira in Nou Barris; Sants-Badal Sants and Poble Sec in Sants-Montjuïc; Besòs i el Maresme in Sant Martí; Trinitat Vella in Sant Andreu; Carmel and some areas of Can Baró in Horta-Guinardó Climate vulnerability in these neighborhoods is due to the lack of green areas high residential density and the presence of low-income households without university education the houses are relatively old and in poor condition The maritime influence also plays an important role do not experience diurnal temperature increases as significant as other inland neighborhoods of the city it is necessary to implement measures to adapt the city to the increase in extreme heat episodes Some of the proposals include the promotion of urban greenery the creation of water sources and water points social welfare policies to reduce inequalities the creation of more climate shelters and the promotion of energy communities the hottest neighborhoods in Barcelona are located in the districts of Nou Barris as well as in some nearby densely populated municipalities weaving public skateparks into the urban fabric: SCOB arquitectura i paisaje has designed three each located in a different district in barcelona: poble nou what differentiates this scheme is their location skate parks have been isolated on the outskirts of the city ‘landskate parks’ combines the activity of skating into a new and alternative public space the design aims to create an interaction between skate parks and the urban surroundings encouraging social interaction and expose children to develop an interest in skating dips and ramps seamlessly interact with the park landscape parc esportiu urbà de la mar bella (districte de sant martí the new skate parks has become an alternative and contemporary public space plan: parc esportiu urbà de nou barris (districte de nou barris AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style the Torre Baró viewpoint offers one of the best panoramic views of Barcelona and the Collserola mountain range The triumph of the film The 47th at the last Goya Awards gala has put in the spotlight a neighborhood of Barcelona hitherto unknown to many: Torre Baró the award-winning film has boosted the popularity of an area away from the bustle of the Ramblas and the coastal side of the city and where you can find one of the best viewpoints in Barcelona The Torre Baró viewpoint offers a panoramic view of the Nou Barris district the Collserola mountain range and the entire city of Barcelona all the way to the Mediterranean Sea the view itself is a metaphor for the history of the neighborhood separated from the development of the big city which from the distance observes the excessive growth of Barcelona Since the castle was declared historical heritage of the city in 1984 the viewpoint has gained visitors and popularity but the hordes of tourists that swarm to areas such as Tibidabo or El Carmel do not come here Those who climb up here can glimpse the districts of Nou Barris The film El 47 has put the history of the neighborhood struggle of Torre Baró on the map with a story centered on the symbolic hijacking of a bus by Manolo Vital to denounce the lack of basic services in the neighborhood during the 1970s take bus number 182 in the direction of Torre Baró Spanish is the most widely used language in the city with 55.9% of regular speakers The most striking is the downward trend of the use of Catalan as the usual language among the inhabitants of Barcelona which accounts for only 36.5% of the total Some of the districts where the figures for Catalan as a common language are lower are Ciutat Vella Despite the fact that it is not the usual language of most Barcelonans practically all of them understand Catalan 61.7% write it and only 6.1% of the population can neither understand writes and understands Spanish has remained practically the same the proportion of people in Barcelona who speak write and understand English has increased sharply as has the number of people whose usual language is neither Spanish nor Catalan The initiative will be executed over the next few months at these four football grounds: With an overall budget of 1.6 million euros, the project is part of the municipal commitment to offer citizens first-class sports facilities The artificial turf to be used offers several advantages: The work gets under way at the end of June and is expected to be completed in the middle of September this year The initiative comes in addition to the work recently completed at a further 12 football grounds with an overall investment of 5.1 million euros There are also plans to renew the turf at the Torrent del Bosc and Clot de la Mel football grounds soon Cristina Monteys Homar is the coordinator of the Religious Affairs Office at Barcelona City Council The opening of an Islamic prayer hall in Carrer del Japó has been fraught with tension because of the residents’ opposition to this centre Management of the conflict has allowed an approach between the two communities in the framework of a broader policy in defence of human rights and promotion of diversity a street in the Prosperitat neighbourhood of Barcelona's Nou Barris district has been experiencing an unusual situation of noise The reason: the Islamic Community of Nou Barris an organisation founded in 2016 by local Muslim residents had leased the premises at number 28 to open a prayer room And so the name of Carrer del Japó was added to the list of conflicts associated with the formal and institutionalised presence of Islamic communities that have arisen in districts and towns around our nation over the last twenty years While the noisy protests of some years ago might have abated many of these disputes are far from being resolved because although the protests are no longer there or at least not on the terms that the Islamic communities planned and the process leading to its opening offers us new elements for reflection and intervention to ensure that cultural and religious diversity (and all other diversities we might consider) find their natural place within the collective consciousness of our public spaces The Carrer del Japó mosque, or strictly speaking prayer room (there is unfortunately no established mosque as yet in Barcelona) is the 29th in the city, according to figures from the OAR (the Religious Affairs Office of Barcelona City Council) and is just one of more than five hundred places of worship currently run by different faith traditions according to the OAR's 2017 Operational Report the first time that Barcelona has seen an opposition movement on this scale and of this nature The course of events is very similar to that in other such cases A number of local residents of the Islamic faith having lived in a particular area for years come together to open a mosque in their neighbourhood and at the same time a resource allowing them to open up to their surroundings Without this organisation and without the mosque how would others know where to find the Muslim community Although from the very outset the community had set out to forge alliances and enjoyed the support of other organisations in the region (the Xarxa 9 Barris Acull network and the Els Propis Cultural Centre) and the assistance and technical support of the City Council the reaction from a sector of the local populace was one of absolute and outright rejection They claimed there were technical issues (the premises seemed inappropriate the cornerstone of which was a daily rough music protest The terrorist attack on the Rambla on 17 August and the far-right groups that joined in the demonstrations served to increase the tension including among residents on the street themselves and there were repeated incidents of graffiti and vandalism of the shutters of the prayer room The prayer room finally opened its doors in February 2018 amid the din of pots and pans and whistles Situations like that on Carrer del Japó are not simply a conflict between that specific Islamic community and local residents who object to their presence in particular but instead show us the difficulties and challenges in making cultural and religious diversity work at the overall city level is not a question of appeasing one side or another or offering one-off responses to specific situations particularly on the part of local authorities must be adopted within a broader framework policy to uphold fundamental rights and promote diversity the basic criterion for the intervention by the various municipal services involved with the Prosperity Neighbourhood Association to the fore was the right of the Islamic community to open their place of worship provided that they fulfilled all the technical and urban planning requirements imposed by the regulations a long process of outreach and dialogue began with the local residents and the area around the prayer room including those who objected to its opening with the aim of providing information and assuaging fears and prejudices and great mistrust shown towards the City Council and organisations The decision was therefore taken to adopt a medium-term strategy to facilitate communication with those objecting to the prayer room being opened and who were involved in the protests taking place out on the street every evening the City Council's Conflict Management Service was out there on the street listening to the local residents and conducting door-to-door interviews to gather as broad as possible a spectrum of concerns and sensibilities A series of meetings was held for the same purpose with all the local residents' associations on the street and representatives of the Nou Barris district and the Religious Affairs Office local organisations in Prosperitat gave a very clear commitment to support cultural and religious diversity as one of the neighbourhood's values This involved efforts to report offences and raise awareness through the publication of manifestos and the staging of public events to celebrate intercultural and interfaith coexistence The Islamic community was given very specific support assisting them in reporting attacks on the premises or providing them with spaces for their activities while the prayer room was being refurbished with the whole process being monitored alongside the City Council as a venture in mutual trust and demands that there was also a need to cultivate an awareness that the Islamic community had to step forward and take responsibility for the project and for its actions while at the same time establishing alliances and partnerships with other local organisations that make use of the resources offered by the City Council the community was able to explain their project to the local residents and involve them in the process of opening their place of worship The people living on Carrer del Japó were given the chance to visit the premises during the building work and the community organised open days before and after the prayer room was inaugurated as a gesture of transparency and openness towards the immediate neighbourhood and the city as well as the availability of resources long before there is even a whiff of conflict Barcelona has for some time now opted to pay particular attention to religious diversity from a lay perspective understood as the guarantee of a neutral public space where there is room for every option while also guaranteeing fundamental rights The recognition of the religious reality and its inclusion within the management of the city are vital in order to create a truly open and diverse public space Subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date with Barcelona Metròpolis' new developments Mosaic by Joan Miró in Pla de l'Os © Barcelona City Council / Vicente Zambrano Barcelona’s population amounts to 1,666,530 inhabitants According to Barcelona City Council’s Department of Statistics and Data Dissemination at the beginning of 1900 the city had just over 500,000 inhabitants the city has suffered a sharp decline and a gradual recovery If we refer strictly to the number of inhabitants today’s Barcelona is the same as the one in 1990 The Eixample has been the most populated neighbourhood for at least forty years It is closely followed by Sant Martí and then by Sants-Montjuïc the Ciutat Vella district best exemplifies one of the problems facing the city This neighbourhood has lost 42% of its population since 1970 The elderly population is growing within the metropolis One in five people living in the city is age 60 or over and that 66% of people over the age of 80 will be women according to the Open Data BCN statistical portal the percentage of the population aged 15 and under is less than 14% so does the presence of the female population compared to the male population the city hit an all-time high of 863 residents aged 100 and over 85% were women (736) and 15% were men (127) One of the major distinguishing features of foreign inhabitants is Data from the BCN Open Data statistics portal indicate that the largest age group in Barcelona is 40 to 44 years old it would be severely unbalanced if it were not for the significant size of the young immigrant population which is increasing the population in the 20 to 30 age group the largest age group would be 45 to 49 years old almost 30% of the city’s inhabitants were foreign nationals more than half of Barcelona’s inhabitants were not born in the city The foreign population is unevenly distributed the Raval and one in particular in the Provençals neighbourhood of Poblenou have a percentage of foreigners of 45% or above The predominant foreign nationality is Italian distributed homogeneously throughout the city’s central area Chinese is the third and is located at the ends of the Llobregat and Besòs rivers where other South American nationalities also come together Also noteworthy is the grouping of the French population in the northwest of the city corresponding to the neighbourhoods of Les Corts women live an average of six years longer (86.7) than men (80.7) the neighbourhood of residence is taken into account although they have narrowed in recent years The lowest life expectancy corresponds to the neighbourhood of Trinitat Nova The highest life expectancy is in the Maternitat i Sant Ramon neighbourhood where women live to be 90 and men live to 84 For years the city’s vegetative or natural growth (the difference between the birth rate and mortality rate) has been negative and has shown a downward trend This means that more inhabitants die than are born deaths in Barcelona have remained between 15,000 and 16,000 a year Whereas early 2010 was marked by 338 more deaths than births The pandemic will undoubtedly leave its mark on the people of Barcelona there were 4,217 more deaths than expected most of them between the months of March and April 200 deaths per day above the usual values were recorded Young people have difficulty in leaving home Homes in Barcelona have an average surface area of 61 to 75 m2 and the most common is for a single person (29%) or a couple with children (25.8%) to live there Couples without children correspond to 22.4% and single-parent households account for 9.8% Thirty-six per cent of people living alone are women over 65 Leaving home is a pipe dream for many young people The figures reveal that 64.5% of the population between the ages of 18 and 24 live with their father and/or mother; in contrast the percentage drops to 24% among young people aged 25 to 34 The main form of cohabitation between young people aged 25 to 34 is in a couple and 22.1% share a flat The majority of marriages in Barcelona are civil (85.4%) the number of marriages dropped and remained stable but the ratio between Catholic and civil marriages has changed and now Catholic marriages are in the minority There has also been a slight fall in divorces and separations since 2007 when it reached one of its all-time highs (5,480) The reform of the 2005 legislation that facilitated break-ups without having to undergo a previous separation increased divorces by 56% between 2005 and 2006 almost all dissolutions have ended in divorce the general upward trend and the rise in marriages between women are notable the fact that 100% of the dry materials are recycled the mix is produced at 20ºC below the usual temperature representing savings in energy and CO2 emissions The work is being carried out in different stages with the following disruptions to mobility: As a consequence of the work, vehicles will be diverted as shown on this map The parking area will be out of operation while the work lasts All the necessary measures will be taken to minimise the inconvenience the work may cause to local residents will enable the neighbourhood to grow while adding vitality and maintaining the community spirit The boost for agriculture and subsequent economic promotion will focus on two main spaces: La Ponderosa and the Granja del Ritz Preservation of popular and natural heritage Work is also in progress on a protection plan for the Rec Comtal with a green itinerary and rest areas along this former water channel Opening up the neighbourhood to the Besòs river will enable local people to enjoy the river and its surroundings where a biodiversity shelter will also be created The construction of new housing will be limited to 200 homes the idea being not to overdevelop a space where the intention is for greenery and agriculture to predominate Facilities will also be moved and reorganised To improve connectivity within the neighbourhood besides shifting part of the rail infrastructure below ground a new crossing will be added over the tracks in a section which will remain above ground AgroVallbona also strengthens the ties and connectivity with the adjacent neighbourhood of Can Sant Joan A demand from local people, the project has been coordinated with the municipal neighbourhood plan