Walden 7, Spain, 1975
Walden 7 is an emblematic building on Avenida de la Industria, San Justo Desvern (Barcelona). It is a work of the Taller de Arquitectura studio directed by Ricardo Bofill.
This building is an example of brutalist architecture in Spain.
This building is a community with shared spaces and gardens
To contrast the warm red exterior, the interior surfaces are painted blue, purple, and yellow.
The exterior windows have a semicircular shape and are distributed irregularly along the façades , although the maintain a certain symmetry.
It is made up of eighteen towers that form a curve with the towers , giving the impression of a vertical labyrinth of courtyards connected by bridges and both horizontal and vertical stairs .
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The front façade is shaped like an “M” , while the rear façade looks like a double “O”. The houses are formed by joining square modules of 30m² .
