Article source: Jaime J. Ferrer Forés Architects studio

Neighborhood revitalization and preserving the elements of industrial heritage are the aims of this urban project being undertaken in the La Soledat area of Palma, Majorca. Proposal is being developed in several stages after winning the open competition in 2005 and consisting in urban general development, public spaces and main square, industrial heritage restoration and future social housing

Image Courtesy © José Hevia

• Architects: Jaime J. Ferrer Forés Architects studio
• Project: Can Ribas
• Location: palma majorca, Spain
• Photography: José Hevia, Estop, Mazmen (Aerial photo)
• Client: Ajuntament de Palma, Consorci Riba, Patronat Municipal de l’Habitatge
• Industrial Heritage consultant: Toni Vilanova
• Collaborators: Yolanda Ortega Sanz (project architect); María Alemany Perelló (student); Jaime J. Ferrer Forés (site supervision); Yolanda Ortega Sanz, Talleres Cortada (models)
• Consultants: Antoni Ramis Arrom, Esteban Pisano Porada (urban services); Jaime Ferrari (mechanical engineering), Inés Batle Eriksson, (engineering); Eduard Simó (heritage structure); María Antonia Palmer Poncell, Bartomeu Bonet Palmer (heritage quantity surveyor)
• Contractors: Melchor Mascaró (urban spaces) and Bartolomé Ramón (industrial heritage restoration)
• Area intervention: 5.257,42 m2 (urban spaces) 287,50 m2, (industrial heritage restoration)
• Competition: 2005
• Project: 2005-2010
• Building: 2010-2011