Barcelona & Bofill

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From 260€ (1-5 people) /  3hours  / max 20 people

Get amazed by Ricardo’s utopian cities!

Who was Ricardo Bofill and how does his famous project, Walden 7, continue to influence the city of Barcelona nowadays?

Spain underwent an extreme political shift with the death of Francisco Franco in 1975. Anything seemed possible in the period between regimes, especially in Barcelona and Catalonia.

Bofill began his more than 60-year career in the 1960´s in Barcelona.  A self-described nomad, he was also Catalonia´s most international architect, with projects in many different countries designed within the canons of many different stylistic approaches.

This tour will explore his work by visiting early residential projects, including a one hour tour inside Bofill´s Walden 7 in Sant Just Desvern, that address the overall concept of housing in an urban context that makes his work unique.

We will look at Barcelona in the 70´s and see how the city grew up with Bofill through the changes in government, the Olympics of 1992, and the current trends in urbanism. How has Bofill built in a city that is home to the architecture of Gaudi and the urban grid of Cerdá? How does his combination of programmatic concerns create iconic public and private spaces that are so popular 40 to 50 years after their construction?

-The MEETING POINT will be at Carrer Calvet with Carrer Joan Sebastian Bach, down an octogonal building, close to “Muntaner” Underground FGC Station.  Link to Google Maps

– Maximum 20 people per Private Tours.
– Kids under 12 can come along for free.
– Languages: English, Spanish and Catalan.
– The weather in Barcelona is usually very nice, but we recommend you bring along suitable protective gear in case we have some inclement weather during the walk.

*The cost of the TRAM tickets (12.15€ for 10 tickets card) between Barcelona and Sant Just Desvern are not include in this price*

*The Walden7 neighbours are open to a free and voluntary donation to help the community*