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Can Ricart

Download date: 13/03/2024

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Leasing the old Can Ricart factory to the University of Barcelona will enable the knowledge district to expand.

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Present and future

Older people who have lived in Poblenou all their lives remember Can Ricart as one of the first factories in Catalonia for producing mechanically printed cotton fabrics, a historical reference point for Barcelona’s industrialisation.

As part of the urban transformation and regeneration Poblenou is experiencing, Can Ricart has recently been turned into a space that can be used by the Universitat de Barcelona (UB), which can now expand its facilities in this unique building.

Pole of innovation

The acquisition of Can Ricart means the UB, the oldest university in the city and one of the most important, will be able to expand its audiovisual communication, library and information science campus, for masters and postgraduate studies, by 10,000 square metres.

This future university centre in 22@, an area which acts as a pole of innovation, will give a new, modern, contemporary face to university education in Barcelona. And the technological character of this district will encourage the development of new applied technologies.

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Location and contact

Location and contact

Can Ricart

Address:
C Emília Coranty, 33*37
Districte:
Sant Martí
Neighborhood:
Provençals del Poblenou
City:
Barcelona

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Observacions

Des del seu origen a mitjans del segle XIX, Can Ricart en origen es va especialitzar en la producció tèxtil, al igual que la resta de complexes industrials del Poblenou, ha crescut i s'ha anat transformant per tal d'adaptar-se a l'evolució dels diferents processos industrials que ha acollit al seu interior pràcticament fins avui dia.Actualment s'accedeix mitjançant un carrer interior, que estructura una sèrie de placetes i petits passatges que permeten l'entrada als diferents volums edificats.Les construccions són molt variades i de gran senzillesa formal, presenten diverses alçades que van des d'una sola planta fins a planta baixa i dues plantes pis i estan realitzades a base de maó revestit d'estuc. Destaquen dos elements: la torre del rellotge de secció quadrada amb reminiscències neoromàniques, i la xemeneia d'obra vista

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