Another step forward in the project that plans to convert the old Godó i Trias de l'Hospitalet factory into a visual arts center with new formats and with the aim of acting as a cultural revulsion in the metropolitan area.
The Stoneweg Places Fund
Since the proposal was presented in the autumn of last year, the promoters have been contacting people and institutions that work in the field of digital or technological art and in the field of art and science. Among his ideas is combining exhibition and leisure uses with creation and training workshops.
Stoneweg, who was behind the unborn project of the Barcelona Hermitage, is preparing other projects in the Barcelona cultural sphere. “We think in the long term –says the CEO of Stoneweg Spain, Xavier Pujol–; We know that, from the design and construction of new spaces, we can add value to cities. And we are convinced that this value, which begins by being cultural and intangible, will end up returning the investment in spades”.
Regarding the new facilities in l'Hospitalet, it will be conceived –adds Pujol– as “a cultural, artistic and technological dynamizer; an open space that connects its modules with the rest of the city”.
The works are expected to last for about three years, although the promoters of the initiative want to start generating activity around the project as soon as possible, positioning itself as a cultural benchmark in l'Hospitalet.
The old Godó i Trias factory is a modernist architecture building protected as a cultural asset of local interest, with a constructed area of 7,257 square meters. It is located in the area that symbolizes the most contemporary Hospitalet, next to Fira Granvia and Plaza de Europa.
In a way, the equipment promoted by Stoneweg will extend the cultural district of l'Hospitalet to the axis of Gran Via. This municipality has spent years practicing an active policy of attracting artists that –with the help of the unsustainable prices of neighboring Barcelona– has contributed not only to attracting some art galleries, but also to the proliferation of creative spaces in old factory complexes. . Hundreds of creators thus occupy large, open-plan studios in buildings such as Freixa, Tonal'H, Espai Salamina, FASE or Cobalt.
The Stoneweg real estate fund, whose headquarters are in Switzerland, is also present in another major Barcelona project: it is collaborating in the conversion of the old Imax cinema in Port Vell into the America's Cup Experience, the showcase for the sailing competition that will be held in 2024 and that will serve to explain the event to the people of Barcelona. In the coming months, it plans to make new announcements of involvement in the cultural field.
