Barcelona: Housing crisis and urban activism
(2020) p.74-93- Abstract
- Co-housing is an emerging housing form in Spain, where many pioneering initiatives are found in Catalonia and the Barcelona area. Using the La Borda project as a recurring illustration, but also drawing on other examples and developments, the chapter seeks to contextualize this nascent but noticeable interest in co-housing in and around Barcelona. Starting at the scale of the crisis-ridden Spanish housing system, the chapter gradually zooms in on co-housing at the scale of Catalonia, Barcelona, neighbourhoods and, eventually, the La Borda project. While still embryonic, co-housing activism in the Barcelona area is generally characterized by a high degree of urban-political commitment and organization, and the chapter suggests that emerging... (More)
- Co-housing is an emerging housing form in Spain, where many pioneering initiatives are found in Catalonia and the Barcelona area. Using the La Borda project as a recurring illustration, but also drawing on other examples and developments, the chapter seeks to contextualize this nascent but noticeable interest in co-housing in and around Barcelona. Starting at the scale of the crisis-ridden Spanish housing system, the chapter gradually zooms in on co-housing at the scale of Catalonia, Barcelona, neighbourhoods and, eventually, the La Borda project. While still embryonic, co-housing activism in the Barcelona area is generally characterized by a high degree of urban-political commitment and organization, and the chapter suggests that emerging experiences in Barcelona can serve as inspiration for those who want co-housing to evolve into a more sustainable housing form. (Less)
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- author
- Larsen, Henrik Gutzon LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Contemporary Co-housing in Europe : Towards Sustainable Cities? - Towards Sustainable Cities?
- editor
- Hagbert, Pernilla ; Larsen, Henrik Gutzon ; Thörn, Håkan and Wasshede, Cathrin
- pages
- 74 - 93
- publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 978-0-429-45017-4
- 978-1-138-32591-3
- DOI
- 10.4324/9780429450174-5
- project
- Cohousing and sustainable urban development: cases from Denmark, Germany, Spain and Sweden
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 5e478ecc-b0f6-4162-a244-557f43f1d746
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- 2019-11-19 23:08:56
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- 2020-03-26 09:31:02
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