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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 7

Sant Just Desvern, Catalonia, Spain · Exact work coordinates

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Walden 7Walden 7

1975 · Sant Just Desvern, Catalonia, Spain

Utzon ArkitekterUtzon Arkitekter

1950 · Hellebaek, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19751950
PlaceSant Just Desvern, Catalonia, SpainHellebaek, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Place contextSant Just Desvern, Catalonia, SpainRepresentative site: Bornholm regional municipality, Bornholm regional municipality, Denmark
ClimateClimate unavailableClimate unavailable · via Svaneke water tower
FocusHousing complex14 works in corpus
Architects
  • Ricardo Bofill
  • Jorn Utzon
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Notable works

  • Svaneke water tower
  • Utzon's House in Hellebæk
  • Kingo Houses
  • Melli Bank, University of Tehran Branch
Typologies
  • housing
  • residential complex
  • collective housing
  • house
  • performance venue
  • tower
  • housing
  • civic building
  • education
  • campus building
  • cultural
Materials
  • concrete
  • ceramic
  • painted stucco
  • wood
  • steel
  • concrete
  • stone
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 Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Stone
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.
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Track sourcing, certification, and assembly logic rather than assuming timber is automatically low impact.
AccessibilityPrivate or restricted9 of 9 recorded works are publicly accessible
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