ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/1012831/31-social-housing-units-in-torre-baro-aldayjover-arquitectura-y-paisaje-plus-burgos-and-garrido-arquitectos Fri, 02 Feb 2024 03:00:00 +0000 Andreas Luco https://www.archdaily.com/1012831/31-social-housing-units-in-torre-baro-aldayjover-arquitectura-y-paisaje-plus-burgos-and-garrido-arquitectos In the neighborhood of Torre Baró in Barcelona, at the lower part of the Collserola mountain range allowing the geographical exit from the north of the city, two very different urban fabrics converge as a result of the intersection between landscape and infrastructure: On one hand, a suburban area with largely "self-constructed" houses that climb the slope, seeking places with gentler topography and allowing the continuity of nature through their interstices. On the other hand, a new urban fabric consisting of mostly affordable housing blocks and facilities that, in contact with the city's exit routes, penetrate the neighborhood by taking advantage of the more accessible paths built over small watercourses.

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