spain tarragona-buildings 
Archinect
JULY 11, 2022
Adaptive reuse continues to be a powerful tool used to save, preserve, and reform older buildings. In Tarragona, Spain, Josep Ferrando Architecture collaborated with Gallego Arquitectura to transform the former Reus prison into the El Roser Social Centre. This newly-completed project in Tarragona follows a similar sentiment.
The Spaces
JANUARY 24, 2024
In 2003, its original plan was expanded with a pyramidal aluminium structure, which changed the ‘the initial conception of the building’, explains the Madrid-based firm. Inside, the firm has embraced these striking concrete structures, setting them as ‘the protagonist of the restaurant’s interior ’.
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Deezen
MAY 5, 2024
Find out more about Portal House › Photo by José Hevia Mediona 13, Spain, by Nua Arquitectures Nua Arquitectures revamped this house in the historic centre of Tarragona, Spain , using pastel-coloured steel to reinforce its structure.
Deezen
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
Barcelona architecture studio Josep Ferrando Architecture has converted a former prison in Tarragona, Spain , into the El Roser Social Centre. The centre now serves as a homeless shelter , soup kitchen and community space, and according to the studio is the first of its kind in Spain to combine these social services within one space.
Deezen
JANUARY 20, 2024
However, the architects in this list embrace the past by stitching domestic spaces with the remains of former buildings, creating inventive encounters with preserved architectural remains. According to the studio, the steel insertions add another layer to the home's visible "memory" and draw attention to the historic building fabric.
The Spaces
JULY 5, 2022
Josep Farrando Architecture has converted Tarragona’s Reus prison into a light-filled social centre, stripping back almost 100 years of history in the process. Built in 1929 and used as a school in the 70s, the building is now a soup kitchen, homeless shelter and community space, as it takes on a new life as the El Roser Social Centre.
ArchiDiaries
APRIL 7, 2022
Excerpt: Casa MB is a residential architecture project by Guillem Carrera located in Tarragona, Spain. Located in Sant Pere i Sant Pau neighbourhood, in Tarragona, the building sits on a plot with a slope. Project Description. Text as submitted by the Architect”). A different activity is set for each space.
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