CASA BLOC
Film poster for "CASA BLOC". A man in glasses sits in a car and looks out the window.
CASA BLOC
Film poster for "CASA BLOC". A man in glasses sits in a car and looks out the window.
Casa Bloc, a landmark of Spanish rationalist architecture, repurposed as Civil Guard residence, now being rehabilitated for social housing

CASA BLOC

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BARQ INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL BARCELONA

Social Housing • Rationalist Architecture • Social Inclusion • Rehabilitation


Date of Completion: 2023 | Run Time: 80 minutes​​ | Language: Spanish & Catalan with English subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Directors: Albert Badia & Patricia Tamayo | Executive ProducerCarlota Coloma | Director Of Photography: Albert Badia | Head Of Production: Adrià Lahuerta | Sound: Diego Pedragosa

CASA BLOC, an international reference of rationalist architecture designed by GATCPAC (Sert, Torres Clavé and Subirana), was the first social housing built in Spain in the 1930s. But the CASA BLOC project was interrupted by the Civil War and ended up as a residence for widows and orphans of the Civil Guard, which remained active until 2015. Currently, Hàbitat3, a foundation that manages social housing is carrying out the rehabilitation of part of the building to recover the original spirit and turn it into a shelter for people at risk of social exclusion.

Arquitectura y diseño
Patricia Tamayo y Albert Badia, cineastas que han llegado al mundo del documental desde la psicología y el pensamiento, recuperan uno de los proyectos más innovadores que Josep Lluís Sert firmó, junto a Josep Torres Clavé y Joan Baptista Subirana, como miembro del GATCPAC. Casa Bloc, el conjunto residencial construido en el popular barrio de Sant Andreu entre 1932 y 1936, cobra nueva vida en un arco temporal que va de los testimonios de su inicial, y revolucionaria, apuesta por dignificar las viviendas de las clases obreras a la rehabilitación, proyectada entre 2020 y 2021 por la Fundació Hàbitat3, con la que se impulsó la transformación de 17 viviendas para alojar a personas en situación de emergencia social.