Walden Gardens
With its organic, earth-toned brick facade and almost random arrangement of small balconies, the Walden 7 apartments in Barcelona, Spain echo a desert cliff-face.
The name of the building, Walden 7, is inspired by B. F. Skinner's novel, Walden Two, which depicts a utopian community and itself is a reference to Henry David Thoreau's novel Walden. It is noted for its use of modules to create apartments and many public community spaces. To connect them, there is a labyrinthian system of bridges and balconies – the best way to imagine it is to picture a practical version of the Dutch artist M. C. Escher’s Relativity (1953), a place that seems to defy the laws and conventions by which our usual world is ruled.
The building is composed of 18 towers which are displaced from their base, forming a curve and coming into contact with the neighboring towers, described as a "vertical labyrinth with seven interconnecting interior courtyards and 446 residences."
Neutral Density Awards: Honorable Mention, Architecture - 2024;
With its organic, earth-toned brick facade and almost random arrangement of small balconies, the Walden 7 apartments in Barcelona, Spain echo a desert cliff-face.
The name of the building, Walden 7, is inspired by B. F. Skinner's novel, Walden Two, which depicts a utopian community and itself is a reference to Henry David Thoreau's novel Walden. It is noted for its use of modules to create apartments and many public community spaces. To connect them, there is a labyrinthian system of bridges and balconies – the best way to imagine it is to picture a practical version of the Dutch artist M. C. Escher’s Relativity (1953), a place that seems to defy the laws and conventions by which our usual world is ruled.
The building is composed of 18 towers which are displaced from their base, forming a curve and coming into contact with the neighboring towers, described as a "vertical labyrinth with seven interconnecting interior courtyards and 446 residences."
Neutral Density Awards: Honorable Mention, Architecture - 2024;
With its organic, earth-toned brick facade and almost random arrangement of small balconies, the Walden 7 apartments in Barcelona, Spain echo a desert cliff-face.
The name of the building, Walden 7, is inspired by B. F. Skinner's novel, Walden Two, which depicts a utopian community and itself is a reference to Henry David Thoreau's novel Walden. It is noted for its use of modules to create apartments and many public community spaces. To connect them, there is a labyrinthian system of bridges and balconies – the best way to imagine it is to picture a practical version of the Dutch artist M. C. Escher’s Relativity (1953), a place that seems to defy the laws and conventions by which our usual world is ruled.
The building is composed of 18 towers which are displaced from their base, forming a curve and coming into contact with the neighboring towers, described as a "vertical labyrinth with seven interconnecting interior courtyards and 446 residences."
Neutral Density Awards: Honorable Mention, Architecture - 2024;