CASA BLOC
BARQ INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE FILM FESTIVAL BARCELONA Social Housing • Rationalist Architecture • Social Inclusion • Rehabilitation Date of Completion: 2023 | Run Time: 80 minutes | Language: Spanish & Catalan with English subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Directors: Albert Badia & Patricia Tamayo | Executive Producer: Carlota Coloma | Director Of Photography: Albert Badia | Head Of Production: Adrià Lahuerta | Sound: Diego PedragosaCASA BLOC, an international reference of rationalist architecture designed by GATCPAC (Sert, Torres Clavé and Subirana), was the first social housing built in Spain in the 1930s. But the CASA BLOC project was interrupted by the Civil War and ended up as a residence for widows and orphans of the Civil Guard, which remained active until 2015. Currently, Hàbitat3, a foundation that manages social housing is carrying out the rehabilitation of part of the building to recover the original spirit and turn it into a shelter for peop