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House museums in 20th century collective housing: the cases of Casa Bloc and Unità Residenziale Ovest

  • Rocío Gómez Llopis

Despite a growing number of studies on house museums (and, more recently, 20th century house museums), there is still a notable gap regarding house museums in collective housing. A framework is proposed to document house museums that take up a unit within a residential complex and analyze their functioning as a museum, their social impact, and their potential as a tool to promote further heritage preservation. To do so, it examines two case studies: Dwelling 1/11, in Casa Bloc (Sert, Subirana, Torres-Clavé); and Casa Museo Olivettiana, in Unità Residenziale Ovest (Gabetti e Isola with Luciano Re). The research showcases the strengths and weaknesses of the case studies and proves the potential of the evaluation tool as an initial framework for the analysis of other house museums.

  • Keywords:
  • Unità residenziale ovest,
  • Casa Bloc,
  • House museum,
  • 20th century architecture,
  • Collective housing,
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Rocío Gómez Llopis

University of the Basque Country, Spain - ORCID: 0009-0004-1591-9041

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House museums in 20th century collective housing: the cases of Casa Bloc and Unità Residenziale Ovest

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Rocío Gómez Llopis

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