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A PROJECT RESULT OF THE COLLECTIVE STRUGGLE
The Casetes dels Mestres, which had been abandoned years before, have been the protagonists of the neighborhood struggle for the right to housing in La Floresta. After a series of occupations, in June 2014, given the property's general state of deterioration, they were occupied again by the 6 Claus Collective as a means of pressure to force the City Council to to use the building as social housing. The action had the support of different social and political groups.
During the following year, a process of negotiation took place Sostre Cívic acted as mediating agent between the group and the City Council. The occupation ends in March 2015, when an agreement was reached between the parties and the conditions for the constitution of a surface right of the building in favor of the cooperative to promote HPO housing under a right of use regime. To this end, on July 10, 2015, Promusa opened the registration process for the possible awardees of Les Casetes dels Mestres homes and the project began to move, we now have a group!! That's how he was born Clau Mestra.
WORKS AND REHABILITATION
The existing building, which historically housed the teachers assigned to the area, consists of a ground floor and a first floor, with a typological organization similar to that of terraced houses. Aside from the abandoned situation, the construction was very basic with deficiencies in insulation and waterproofing, while the supporting structure was in good condition.
The design of the new homes is of Zaga architecture i Som Hàbitat, and the works have been carried out by La Constructiva SCCL: the first cooperative and non-profit construction manager in the country, the que has already built cooperative buildings like La Balma i Cirerers in Barcelona. The comprehensive rehabilitation of the building and its extension has allowed access to all the homes and increased the living area, achieving 11 cooperative homes of between 60 and 38 m², plus a collective space, under the sheltered housing regime (HPO) at an affordable price.
Bio-construction systems and materials, such as wood, as well as highly efficient passive and active installations were used during the works. The end result is a building that serves as an example to demonstrate that a construction system allows for more sustainable consumption than conventional methods.
Type of housing
Through the participatory co-design process, the distribution of the homes was improved, increasing flexibility and simplifying the distribution.
The homes are all walk-throughs, and are organized around a central bathroom and hall, which allow different distributions and uses on each side of this central nucleus.
Self-construction, key in rehabilitation
The group of partners and from today neighbors of Clau Mestra participated in some of the rehabilitation tasks in the form ofassisted self-construction. This innovative model in the construction of cooperative housing pursues the dual objective of reducing costs but also serving as a powerful tool for empowering our group.
El March 2023 we started coexistence in our project with one opening party which was attended by the Sant Cugat del Vallès Town Council, the Catalan Housing Agency and the Catalan Institute of Finance.
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE IN CLAU MESTRA?
Clau Mestra it is currently full and has no vacancies. If the project is canceled at any time, all members of the cooperative will be notified. We remind you that the main criterion when transferring the right to assign the use of a home is theseniority order a Sostre Cívic, as contained in article 14 of our statutes. If you are not yet a member, you can do so fromthis page!
And if you want to contact us with any questions or comments, you can write to us at info@claumestra.sostrecivic.cat
