E18 Portrait - RECYCLING ENCOUNTERS

Barcelona-La Verneda (ES) - Special mention

RECYCLING ENCOUNTERS

Associates: Teodor-Cristian Dascălu (RO), Cristian-Marian Stoian (RO), Andreea Rădulescu (RO) – architects

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"Our project interprets re-sourcing as a material, ecological, and social process. We work with the resources already present on the site: construction waste, existing soil, neighbourhood networks, and local ecological conditions. Instead of importing new material or social structures, we recover and transform what is already there. Ecologically, the project reduces embodied carbon by reusing bricks, brick dust, soil, and prefabricated components. It restores permeability, creates a green-blue corridor, and promotes biodiversity through native planting and water-retention systems. Socially, it regenerates local dynamics by providing workshops, collective gardens, and a multifunctional pavilion that support skills exchange and community life. The project is regenerative because it not only limits impact- it actively repairs: it restores soils, redirects water, extends ecological networks, and strengthens neighbourhood interaction. It gives new value to what was considered residual."