Housing in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (EN ED.)

IMPSOL 2015-2024
Metropolitan Institute of Land Development and Property Management (IMPSOL) 

The Institut Metropolità de Promoció de Sòl i Gestió Patrimonial (Metropolitan Institute of Land Development and Property Management, IMPSOL) develops innovative, high-quality, affordable social housing that meets gender requirements. To carry out this task, it promotes architecture competitions with the aim of achieving the highest architectural quality of the proposals by recruiting the best professional talent, and encourages close collaboration with the teams responsible throughout the process. 

This publication brings together the projects and works developed by IMPSOL between 2015 and 2024 that represent the new criteria: architectural quality, energy efficiency, typological innovation and inclusivity. This is an important shift in social housing proposals in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, where there has not been as much architectural innovation in this sector in the last half century. The housing projects presented here represent a radical break with models and layouts that have been accepted for decades. 

With Contributions of
Maria Amat, Mariona Benedito, Josep Maria Borrell, Iñigo Bujedo, Rafael Gómez-Moriana, and Marta Peris.