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Landscape Staircase in the Vall del Pardís / Comas-Pont arquitectes

Valentina Díaz — Mon, 11 May 2026 03:00:00 +0000

The Landscape Staircase in the Vall del Paradís is an intervention that recovers a lost section of the Camino de Ignacio de Loyola in Manresa. The project reconnects Pont Vell and Creu del Tort with the Pou de Llum, restoring part of the historic path where Ignatius of Loyola walked in 1522, during his stay in the city when he wrote the Spiritual Exercises. This path was also traditionally used by residents of the Les Escodines neighbourhood, especially women, to reach the Cardener River.

SCAPE and BIG Unveil Final Plans for Manresa Wilds on Former Power Plant Site in Norwalk, US

Reyyan Dogan — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Manresa Island Corp. has unveiled the final vision for Manresa Wilds, a 125-acre waterfront park planned on a former power plant peninsula along Long Island Sound in Norwalk, United States. Developed in collaboration with landscape architecture firm SCAPE and architecture studio BIG, the proposal outlines the transformation of a polluted and long-inaccessible industrial shoreline into a publicly accessible coastal landscape. Following the receipt of a stewardship permit from Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in December 2025, the project will move forward in phases, beginning with the opening of the 28-acre Northern Forest in spring 2027. Subsequent phases, extending into the early 2030s, will deliver the majority of the restored landscape and the adaptive reuse of the 1960s-era power plant as a year-round civic and educational hub, opening nearly two miles of coastline that have been closed to the public for decades.

BIG and SCAPE Reimagine Decommissioned Power Plant into a Public Destination in Connecticut, US

Maria-Cristina Florian — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Landscape architecture firm SCAPE together with Bjarke Ingels Group have announced plans to transform Connecticut's Manresa Island into a public-oriented development as a hub for learning, exploration, and community engagement. Originally slanted for private waterfront housing, the new scheme aims to open up the area as a public park with ample waterfront access, a project led by SCAPE. Additionally, the decommissioned coal-fired power plant is set to be converted by BIG into a community hub for multiple activities including swimming, small and large-scale events, research, and educational rooms. Supported by a private philanthropic investment from Austin McChord, the project is set to open in 2030 through a phased development.

Entrance Façade of the Baroque Museum of Catalonia / David Closes

Paula Pintos — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000

Sometimes surprising coincidences might occur. Between 2003 and 2011 we conducted an architectural intervention on Sant Francesc Convent, in Santpedor, to transform it into an auditorium. The project was carried out on a former convent built in the 18th century where only the church was remaining; the conventual wings and cloister had disappeared. Five years later, located in the Catalan city of Manresa, we were commissioned to develop an inverse assignment from the previous one: an intervention on the Old Saint Ignatius College, a former religious complex based on a convent structure whose baroque church was demolished; only the wings of the old Jesuit college placed around a cloister remained. In both cases, the architectonical intervention was done on buildings amputated of one of its two essential elements; in the present project, the old baroque church.

Recovery of the Old Manresa Slaughterhouse FUB3 / Manciñeiras/Parés arquitectes associats

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:00:00 +0000

The FUB3 University Complex is located inside the former Manresa’s Slaughterhouse, a modernist building built in 1906 based on a project by the architect Ignasi Oms i Ponsa, and which is currently listed with the BCIL (Cultural Asset of Local Interest) distinction in the Catalan Cultural Heritage catalog.

Active Therapy Center R3 / Gabriel Gomera Studio

Cristian Aguilar — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 14:00:00 +0000

The R3 centre is a unique place for recovery, maintenance and improvement of physical fitness intended for athletes.

Housing And Urban Development Project In Manresa / Pich-Aguilera Architects

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 12 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The proposal of the buildings and the open spaces has been structure from the consideration that the environment where the project is developed has got several point of view and confrontation with the existing city.

Camí Dels Corrals Urban Development / Santamaría Arquitectes

Fernanda Castro — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The "Cami dels Corrals" project in Manresa addresses the urban planning and development of a road located in the south side of Puigcardener, a small hill where the history of the city began and where the old town survives, in the southern area of the city. The area level to develop is at half level between the river and the top of the hill, where one of the most important monuments of Manresa stands, the "Basilica de Santa Maria de la Seu".

Multifamily Building / Lola Domenech + Antonio Montes

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 01:00:00 +0000

This building for 44 public dwellings, commercial premises and parking is part of the urban renewal plan of the old town of Manresa, which primarily aimed to regenerate and revitalize the historic downtown. The special plan drawn from the city of Manresa raised an important and ambitious idea, to revive an area of the city that was almost abandoned. With this intervention, the council has managed to revive this neighborhood creating an integrated set of public spaces, residential buildings, commercial premises and public parking.

20 Unit Multifamily Housing and Commercial Block / Narch

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The building contains 20 dwellings in six floors, the ground floor is intended for 3 commercial premises, and the underground level for 31 parking spaces and 20 storage rooms.

Extension and Remodeling of Hospital Sant Joan de Déu de Manresa / Estudi PSP Arquitectura

Javier Gaete — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

This is the first phase of the expansion executed of Hospital San Joan de Déu de Manresa (ALTHAIA). The basic project was drawn up for the entire expansion.

Parc Pintor Vila Closes

Nico Saieh — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000

This modestly-sized park is located in a dense neighborhood of the Catalan city of Manresa, lacking in greenery. With the proposed topographic configuration, and especially with the location of the most characteristic park structures (the umbracles and pergolas), the goal is to split the park and visually distinguish these elements. This fragmentation aims to turn the park into a rich and complex place, spatially-generating the perception that the park is larger than it actually is while maintaining the formal unity of the whole.

30 Dwellings in Manresa / nothing architecture

Andrew Rosenberg — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The dwellings are organized by a flexible and multifunctional form about a central core of baths that allows natural crossed ventilation while transverse views of the house. A second skin of translucent white laminated glass in south facade works as a solar filter generating qualified intermediate, luminous, ethereal spaces... agreeable and comfortable. His first totally glazed skin slips from being a limit to become an extension from the interior towards the exterior.

20 Dwellings in Manresa Barcelona / nothing architecture

Kelly Minner — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Designed by nothing architecture the 20 dwellings in Manresa Barcelona project is part of the partial plan for land subdivision in the sector "La Parada" of Manresa promoted by INCASOL who proposed the design of a main axis, av. dels Dolors, where dwelling units are located in isolation. The building consists of PB +5, for a 3 floor commercial premises and the basement with 31 parking spaces and 20 storage rooms.

Manresa City Hall / BAILORULL

Nico Saieh — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We'd like to thank the photographer Duccio Malagamba for shearing with us this great photo set. We invite you all to visit his website to see some other projects.