Through the Municipal Institute of Housing (IMHAB), the City Council has granted the use of the plot at Passeig de l’Exposició, 38, where the experimental block of four flats of 50 square metres and a spacious collaborative area will  be located. The building consists of four prefabricated modules made from light wood, to be assembled on-site. This innovative system allows for a faster and more eco-friendly construction process, cutting building time by more than half compared to conventional projects.

WikiHousing is an initiative launched by the studio Straddle3, Societat Orgànica and the Barcelona Institute of Urban Research (IDRA), to offer a standardised and replicable solution to cut construct costs and maximise social and environmental benefits.

The project started in 2021 after being selected in the call “The Proactive City” by the  Fundació BIT Habitat. Since then, over a hundred young people from Barcelona have taken part in a collaborative co-design and self-construction process (DIWO), creating a prototype on a real scale. The City Council gave continuity to the project with the goal of enlarging the city’s public housing stock.