
© Milena Villalba
Cooperative Housing La Balma in Barcelona
- Architect
- Lacol + Laboqueri
- Project Manager
- Carles Baiges
- Ricard Grau
- Construction Management
- Lacol + Laboqueria
- Structural Engineer
- Miguel Nevado
- Quantity Surveyor
- Arrevolt
- Sustainability concept
- Societat orgànica
- PAuS Arquitectura Coque Claret
- Dani Calatayud
- Acoustics
- Àurea acústica
- Building Services
- Arkenova
- General contractor
- La Constructiva
- Facade
- SAATE
- Source
- DETAIL 3/2022















La Balma is the first cooperative housing project in Barcelona based on a competition. Due to the participative planning process, the omission of parking spaces and a solid timber load bearing structure optimised by use of BIM, the corner lot building is considered a textbook case of sustainable and affordable housing for inner cities.