Design award for the Bloc4BCN
Located at Can Batlló, the Bloc4BCN has been recognised with the Edifici 18 award “for the values and relevance of the design project”, conceived from a social and environmentally sustainable perspective. The award was given as part of the 48H Open House Barcelona architecture festival, in collaboration with Barcelona Design Week.
Image of a corner of the Bloc4BCN building
The Bloc4BCN is managed by the Associació Bloc4, made up of the organisations Confederació de Cooperatives de Catalunya, the Federació de Cooperatives de Treball de Catalunya, the Ateneu Cooperatiu de Barcelona and the Associació Coòpolis. It also includes the services of Sants-Montjuïc Activa and Barcelona Activa services for launching cooperatives.
The building is home to 40 cooperatives, providing 136 jobs and representing a variety of sectors such as communication, technology, housing, energy transition and more. In the first half of 2025 the building hosted over 900 activities with more than 6,000 people taking part, consolidating it as a point of reference for cooperatives and the social and solidarity economy (ESS).
The Bloc4BCN is a public cooperative initiative funded by Barcelona City Council and the Government of Catalonia, with a municipal investment of 10.3 million euros. It has a built surface space of 4,500 square metre on two floors of an old industrial unit at Can Batlló, comprehensively renovated.
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La Bordeta Neighbourhood Meeting at the Bloc4BCN on 26/6/2024
Image of a corner of the Bloc4BCN building
Screen with the graphic image of the Bloc4BCN cooperative centre.
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