© Adrià Goula
- Architects: Ravetllat-Ribas
- Location: Parc de La Remunta, 3, 08901 L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- Architects In Charge: Pere Joan Ravetllat, Carme Ribas
- Area: 3042.0 m2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Adrià Goula
- Other Participants: Toledo-Villareal AT, STATIC Ingeniería, César Díaz
© Adrià Goula
Text description provided by the architects. The project saw the restoration of part of the former army barracks, dedicated to breeding horses, at La Remunta in Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona.
Before
© Adrià Goula
In agreement with the City Council, part of the enclosure has been converted to a public park and sites earmarked for the development of housing blocks. All remaining buildings on the site are protected.
Before
© Adrià Goula
The old barracks consist of six building, four of which were the subject of this project. Building 1 included stables and a soldier’s mess on the ground floor, and a dormitory for soldiers and officers on the first floor.
Axonometric
Axonometric
Buildings 3 and 4 are single storey, used only for horses. Building 5 was an infirmary and laboratory. The two other buildings that were not part of this project, an old farmhouse and Building 2, will be separately developed as a nursery.
© Adrià Goula
The future use of the buildings is as yet unknown. The aim of project was to ensure the buildings were restored and protected from further dilapidation while a use compatible with the public park is found.
© Adrià Goula
Section
© Adrià Goula
Non-protected buildings have been demolished and removed from the site, new roadworks have been completed and the park is already open to the public.
© Adrià Goula