Equipamientos socioculturales y sistemas arquitectónicos resilientes: la Cable Factory y Can Batlló

In the field of spatial planning, resilience is key to the sustainable development of socio-spatial systems, especially in terms of dealing with the effects of climate change in urban areas. This article discusses resilient architecture by comparing two case studies: the former industrial complexes that have been transformed into sociocultural facilities, with the Cable Factory in Helsinki and Can Batll & oacute; in Barcelona being good examples.
The research combines three inductive methods to collect data: semi-structured interviews, observational research, and secondary research. The aim is to define properties and characteristics that promote the creation of a conceptual framework in resilient architecture from an evolutionary resilience approach, and thus contribute to the projection of resilient cities. Thanks to the planning of spatial indeterminacy, the resilient properties of persistence, adaptation and transformation are identified in the architectural systems of both cases. The results show 16 resilient characteristics that are integrated in the spatial, social and temporal dimensions. Two categories of indeterminate space are also distinguished: raw space at the Cable Factory and freespace at Can Batll & oacute;. It is concluded that indeterminate spaces offer freedom of appropriation and confront obsolescence and change of use through evolvability and flexibility.