Casa Bloc

Workers' architecture

Address:

Passeig Torres i Bages, 91-105 - Sarria, Sant Gervasi & Tibidabo
08030 - Sant Andreu
Barcelona

Nearest Bus or Train:

Torres i Bages

Open Hours:

Not available

This building was designed by Catalan architect Josep Lluís Sert, from Vic (the town with the reputation for being the most Catalan of all towns). Sert belonged to a group called GATEPAC (Spanish Group of Architects and Technicians for the Architectural Revolution), which, as the name implies, was quite radical. The building is a good example of their principles, as it attempts to open up in such as way that it seems to search out the sun and fresh air, providing a wide horizon for workers' dwellings.

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