In Residence: Ricardo Bofill
Synopsis
There are houses, and then thereâs Ricardo Bofillâs house: a brutalist former cement factory of epic proportions on the outskirts of Barcelona, Spain. A grandiose monument to industrial architecture in the Catalonian town of Sant Just Desvern, La Fabrica is a poetic and personal space that redefines the notion of the conventional home. âNowadays we want everyone who comes through our door to feel comfortable, but that's not Bofillâs idea here,â says filmmaker Albert Moya, who directed latest installment of In Residence. âIt goes much further, you connect with the space in a more spiritual way.â Rising above lush gardens that mask the groundsâ unglamorous roots, the eight remaining silos that once hosted an endless stream of workmen and heavy machinery now house both Bofillâs private life, and his award-winning architecture and urban design practice.
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