Apr 12, 2020 · Walden 7 is a project implementing some of Ricardo Bofill's earliest ambitions and addressing most of the problems of modern city life. It is located on the...

Walden 7 is an apartment building designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura and located in Sant Just Desvern near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. It was built in 1975. [1]

Walden 7 is an urban, architectonic complex located in the former Sanson cement factory. It comprises three gigantic buildings, of which only one is finished, that form the sides of a hypothetical triangle, inside which there still remain a few installations from the former factory.

To honor the life and work of Ricardo Bofill (1939–2022), Design Stories is remembering the renowned Spanish architect through one of his most utopian, and controversial, works: Walden 7, a surreal housing complex located close to Barcelona.

May 23, 2018 · Designed by famous Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, Walden 7 is located on the same lot as Bofill's firm, La Fabrica, which he built inside an abandoned cement factory. The...

Dec 11, 2018 · Experimental Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill’s Walden 7, built in 1975 in Sant Just Desvern, near Barcelona, consists of 446 apartments grouped around five interior courtyards.

Working to a budget appreciably lower than the norm for subsidized housing at the time, with unusual funding, Walden-7 rose up as a monument and point of reference in this area to the west of Barcelona.

Working to a budget appreciably lower than the norm for subsidized housing at the time, with unusual funding, Walden-7 rose up as a monument and point of reference in this area to the west of Barcelona.

With a significantly lower budget than the social housing of the time, Walden-7 stands as a monument and a point of reference in the road network that surrounds it. The building is a vertical labyrinth made up of seven interior courtyards that communicate on all levels through horizontal and vertical circulations.

Walden-7 is a true, hidden gem of 1970s utopian design by architect Ricardo Bofill. Built into the suburbs of Barcelona, in a town called Sant Just Desvern, is an apartment block that looks like it came from a science fiction movie.