Güell Colony

Client:
Barcelona Provincial Council Baix Llobregat County Council

Date:
2008-2009

Location:
Santa Coloma de Cervelló (Baix Llobregat)

 

  • Colònia Güell 0
  • Colònia Güell 1
  • Colònia Güell 2
  • Colònia Güell 3

Global plan - Güell Colony: much more than Gaudí's crypt

The Güell Colony is a top class heritage site with a crypt declared of Human Heritage by UNESCO. A living site, not only made up of the church and crypt designed by Gaudí but also an industrial area, residential area and the surrounding environment.

Transversal has designed an ambition feasibility plan that covers all the Colony's elements, be they economic activities, tourism or heritage resources, within the framework of economic developed based on enhancing the assets of the site and its services, making up a local cluster around culture (in all its senses) and tourism.