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Children’s library of the GATCPAC

Download date: 10/04/2024

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This library used to offer children free reading during the Republic. It gave the working class access to education but was taken down during the Franco regime.

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In 1934, a movable children’s library was set up in Plaça de les Palmeres, urbanised in 1895, which was designed by the Group of Catalan Architects and Technicians for the Development of Contemporary Architecture (GATCPAC). This group was responsible for implementing the Pla Macià, a very innovative urban plan initiated during the Second Spanish Republic. As a result of this plan, GATCPAC built homes, libraries, hospitals, etc. The children’s library of Sant Andreu was Rationalist in style, just like Casa Bloc. The close proximity of the Ateneu Obrer de Sant Andreu de Palomar influenced its location on the square. Carles Pi i Sunyer, the Mayor of Barcelona, unveiled the new public facility on 16 April 1934, which was in operation until 1944. Unfortunately, the Francoist authorities dismantled the library.

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Location and contact

Children’s library of the GATCPAC

Address:
Pl Palmeres, 2
Districte:
Sant Andreu
Neighborhood:
Sant Andreu
City:
Barcelona
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Biblioteca desmuntable situada a la plaça de les Palmeres construïda durant la República. Va funcionar des de 1934 i durant deu anys com a biblioteca infantil.Dissenyada pel GATCPAC, el Grup d'Arquitectes i Tècnics Catalans per al Progrés de l'Arquitectura Contemporània.

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