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Vacant lotActiveSince 2011

Hort Indignat de Poblenou (Barcelona)

Barcelona, Spain · Operator: ポブレノウ社会アセンブリ(Assemblea Social del Poblenou)の住民集団

Overview

A self-managed community garden born from the 2011 15-M (Indignados) movement by reclaiming a vacant lot — seen as a symbol of resistance to speculative development and the 'right to the city'.

Citizen participation

Neighbours fully self-manage cultivation and make decisions in assembly; alongside open-air and greenhouse growing it hosts exhibitions, recitals and communal meals as a social space.

Operating model

Non-market and self-managed, running on resident labour and mutual aid, deliberately outside municipal agreements and market logic.

Impact

Documented in scholarship and media as an emblematic case of Barcelona's post-15-M urban gardening movement.

Crops

  • vegetables
  • assorted plants

Scale

近隣の空き地を再占有した小規模区画と小さな温室。隣接地に拡張し計3区画で約65世帯が関わるとされる。面積は出典に明記なし。

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Hort Indignat de Poblenou (Barcelona) — Urban Farm DB