Barcelona Architecture
Architecture, interiors and material research in Barcelona, from renovation and social housing to experimental museum concepts.
Barcelona has long been a testing ground for architecture that mixes local craft traditions with contemporary building techniques. Its dense urban fabric, historic building stock and strong public housing debates make it a useful context for designers working on both new construction and renovation. This topic gathers projects and concepts that respond to that setting.Community work here spans sustainable social housing, such as the Illa Glòries scheme, and domestic renovations that reuse existing structures with plywood, ceramic and other locally sourced materials. A recurring thread is material-led thinking, including several speculative museum proposals that treat materials and sensory experience as the organising subject.
