Architects: Lacol Photography: Adrià Goula Construction Period: 2025 Location: Manresa, Spain
La Raval is a housing cooperative based on a right-to-use model, located on municipal land in the historic center of Manresa. It represents an alternative model characterized by collective ownership and a non-speculative nature. The project is self-promoted by its future residents, who share a desire for a more communal and shared way of life. These core concepts, along with the cooperative’s commitment to activating and regenerating its surroundings, are central to the architectural design.
The building is organized around a small central courtyard, which serves as the core of communal life and around which circulation is arranged. From the entrance, one can observe how the courtyard connects to the ground floor and ascends, accompanied by an open staircase and generous circulation paths, all the way to the roof. An exterior evacuation staircase provides double circulation, allowing the interior staircase to remain open and to illuminate the courtyard laterally along its entire height.
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