In an event held on the morning of Thursday, July 6, technicians from the Municipal Institute of Housing and Rehabilitation of Barcelona (IMHAB) led the official visit to the new public housing development located at 70 Palamós Street, in the neighborhood of Trinitat Nova, in the district of Nou Barris.
The development, consisting of 67 housing units, will soon be delivered to its recipients under the surface rights sales format, in which the recipient acquires ownership for 75 years at a significantly below-market price, with the land ownership held by the Administration.
The visit also involved representatives from the responsible architecture team of Data Arquitectura i Enginyeria s.l.p + Joan Ramon Pascuets Iglesias and Maria Trullàs (UTE), as well as various housing cooperatives and other entities.
All of them are integrated within the Association of Social Housing Policy Managers of Catalonia (GHS), an organization that brings together public companies, municipal urban planning services, municipal offices, and social promoters in the housing sector, among others. Precisely, a collaboration agreement signed in November 2020 between the Barcelona City Council, the GHS, and various representative entities in the sector laid the foundations for jointly and more efficiently addressing the housing needs of the population of Barcelona.
Among the central objectives of the GHS are to enhance social housing policies, seek new formulas that guarantee the right to housing; establish a framework for collaboration where all social housing managers can share knowledge and experiences; and promote activities aimed at providing dignified housing for all individuals.
The site visit has also included a technical explanation of the development, which consists of a ground floor designated for commercial use, a two-story underground parking with 72 spaces, and five floors for the residential units, except for the southern end where there will be four floors. Among them, five units will be adapted for people with reduced mobility.
The building, which will also feature a walkable roof, takes into consideration passive energy-saving measures, environmental sustainability, and increased comfort to achieve the goal of nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB).