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In April 2023, we were awarded the tender called by the Granollers City Council to build and manage the first cooperative housing project in the municipality of VallèsIt is a municipal plot of 800 m² at Carrer Rosselló 97, in the Lledoner neighborhood.
The jury's report gave a very positive assessment of the protocols and mechanisms for awarding homes and managing defaults, and highlighted the mobility plan proposed shared, based on shared bicycles and electric cars. "Sostre Cívic allots the ground floor to community and activity uses, thus strengthening the project's urban vocation", states the municipal report, which also mentions the proposed architectural design that takes into account minimizing maintenance and improving its state of conservation.
The winning project is rated with one total of 5,2 million euros, and has funding of €900.000 from the Next Generation Fund. In addition, in order to facilitate inclusion, the management of one of the 29 homes will be transferred to the City Council so that it can allocate to vulnerable groups.
WIDE COURSE AND LOCAL SUPPORT
The project, called El Cairó, will consist of 29 homes on the ground floor and 3 floors, with large shared communal spaces. From a terrace with collective laundry to a multipurpose room located on the ground floor, open to the outside, designed to be shared for neighborhood uses.
The project is driven by a dozen members of Sostre Cívic residents of Granollers. Since 2019 they have been developing actions in the municipality to publicize the housing cooperative model, participating in fairs and giving different informative talks.
El Cairó also collects support from different local entities, from theAteneo Cooperative of Vallès Oriental I la Solidarity Economy Fair of Granollers, Until The Vallesana Pomegranate (association of organic producers and consumers of Granollers which groups 400 family units) i Granollers Pedal. These last two entities contemplate the possibility of being able to install the headquarters of their local projects in the commercial premises of the building.
A SUSTAINABLE BUILDING WITH SHARED MOBILITY
The architectural project has been drawn up jointly by the offices of Ravetllat and Zaga. Both have extensive experience in social and cooperative housing projects. ravished will design the municipal rental housing in Font Verda de Granollers, and Back has been responsible for the pioneering cooperative housing project Clau Mestra in Sant Cugat, also managed by Sostre Cívic.
The construction will be done with materials with a low ecological footprint such as wood, which will be used for the structure. The building will be equipped with photovoltaic panels, aerothermia, recycling of gray water and rainwater the facilities will be centralized, in coherence with the model of collective property and for the advantages it entails in terms of cost and energy efficiency. El Cairó, in addition, is committed to sustainable mobility with ten car spaces and collective electric bicycles, breaking the norm of one parking space per home. These vehicles will be managed in collaboration with We are Mobility, in a pioneering inter-cooperation agreement between a housing cooperative and another shared mobility cooperative.
DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF CAIRO?
The last registration period for this project was open until April 21, 2025Currently registrations for El Cairó are closed. Fill out the form below if you want us to notify you if we reopen the process.
For more information, you can consult the information file of the project or you can write to us at incorporacionsprojectes@sostrecivic.cat.
