Cohousing in Barcelona maps the cooperative housing movement reshaping one of Europe's most studied cities, tracing how Barcelonans are reclaiming architecture as a social asset defined by use value rather than speculation.
About This Book
Barcelona has become a reference point for the cooperative housing model — a city where residents, designers, and legal frameworks have converged to produce an alternative to market-driven development. This compilation brings together completed and in-progress co-housing projects, examining each through the lenses of architecture, urban planning, financing, legality, and taxation. What distinguishes it from a simple catalogue is its insistence on lived experience: cooperative members, sustainability experts, and designers speak directly to the realities of community life, construction, and co-living. For architects, planners, and housing researchers navigating questions of collective dwelling and urban sustainability, this is a grounded, multidisciplinary resource.
Key Features
- 240 pages of project documentation, critical analysis, and first-person accounts from cooperative members and designers
- Edited by David Lorente, Tomoko Sakamoto, Ricardo Devesa, and Marta Bugés
- Case studies spanning both completed, inhabited projects and those currently under construction in Barcelona
- Published by Actar D, ISBN 9781638400905
What You'll Discover
- How Barcelona's co-housing model prioritises use value over investment, and the legal and financial structures that make this possible
- The architectural and urban planning decisions that shape cooperative housing design, from site to communal space
- First-hand perspectives from cooperative members on what community life within these projects actually looks like
- The role of sustainability and construction practice in delivering co-housing that is viable at both a social and material level
About the Author
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Specifications
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- Dimensions: 23.6 x 19.3 x 1.78 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781638400905
- Publisher: Actar D
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and urban planners engaged with collective housing typologies, housing researchers and policy advocates, and design students studying community-driven models of urban development.