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Deposit of King Martí in Barcelona
El Depósito del Rei Martí, Spain – Architectural Photography Simon Garcia ? design by ARCHIKUBIK
19 Jun 2017
Deposit of King Martí in Barcelona
Design: ARCHIKUBIK
Location: Barcelona, Spain
El Depósito del Rei Martí

This space emerged as a lucky and unexpected find. When discovering a unique space, the need arises to give it a use and a social dimension with new activities. A space with great potential that, when redeveloped, becomes a part of our local area and creates an energy. This energy bonds local communities when the space is able to host a program.
The idea was to find out what happened with the deposit of the King Martí, an old deposit of water retention in the original property of the tower and viaduct of Bellesguard, designed by Antoni Gaudí. The deposit of the King Martí is a buried deposit larger than 600 sqm and dates back to the end of the 19th century that had been forgotten under a pine forest until 20 years ago when it was was rediscovered accidentally.

Serendipity demands humility, it needs the ability to fine-tune mechanisms to listen. Serendipity can connect spaces and people, often far from our known environment. That was our first strategy, to maintain the mysterious condition of the deposit and to invite the community to reappropriate it and to share the emotion cr...