La Borda Housing Cooperative, Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain, Europe

Completed · Residential · CLT Cooperative Housing · Mediterranean · 2019

A 28-unit cooperative housing block built on publicly-ceded land under a 75-year surface rights agreement, using CLT structure and a collective ownership model that removes units from the speculative market permanently. It demonstrated a replicable affordable housing model outside standard developer finance.

Innovation highlights

• CLT superstructure in dense urban context in Mediterranean climate
• surface rights (cessió d'ús) model permanently decommodifies housing units
• collective ownership with no individual unit resale rights
• passive solar design and natural cross-ventilation for Mediterranean climate
• replicated as policy model across Catalonia and other European cities

Client / Developer

La Borda Cooperative

Architect

Lacol Arquitectura Cooperativa

Engineer

Societat Orgànica

Type

CLT Cooperative Housing

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