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Exterior view of Walden 7 in Sant Just Desvern, showing the red modular housing mass and stacked terraces.

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Walden 7

1975 · Sant Just Desvern, Catalonia, Spain

Walden 7 exterior view

Exterior view of Walden 7 in Sant Just Desvern.

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Walden 7Walden 7

1975 · Sant Just Desvern, Catalonia, Spain

Tadao Ando Architect & AssociatesTadao Ando Architect & Associates

1969 · Osaka, Japan

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19751969
PlaceSant Just Desvern, Catalonia, SpainOsaka, Japan
Place contextSant Just Desvern, Catalonia, SpainRepresentative site: Kai, Kai, Japan
Climate22°C · 13.5h daylight · 15 km/h wind14°C · 13.3h daylight · 5 km/h wind · via Ryūō Station
FocusHousing complex27 works in corpus
Architects
  • Ricardo Bofill
  • Tadao Ando
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Notable works

  • Ryūō Station
  • Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan
  • Row House in Sumiyoshi
  • Onomichi City Museum of Art
Typologies
  • housing
  • residential complex
  • collective housing
  • building
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • residence
  • urban house
  • landscape
  • church
Materials
  • concrete
  • ceramic
  • painted stucco
  • concrete
  • glass
  • steel
Carbon signals

Concrete, Ceramic, and Painted Stucco look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Ceramic
  • Painted Stucco

Concrete, Steel, and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPrivate or restricted21 of 22 recorded works are publicly accessible
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