Neighbourhoods
ARABA / ÁLAVA

In Goikolarra, renovation works are being carried out on:

12 house numbers / 72 homes 

The Goikolarra Plaza neighbourhood was built in 1954 to provide shelter for people who, attracted by the variety of industrial factories, came to the Basque Country in search of a better future. Due to the time that has elapsed since its construction, it is intended to carry out a renovation from an integral perspective, promoting the refurbishment of the buildings and the urban regeneration of the neighbourhood and its surroundings.

In Zaramaga, renovation works are being carried out on:

24 house numbers / 358 homes 

The Zaramaga neighbourhood is home to the largest intervention in the Basque Country in terms of the number of homes to be rehabilitated. The office is located between buildings 1 and 2 of the Iparralde civic centre.

BISCAY

In Peñucas, renovation works are being carried out on:

15 house numbers / 150 homes 

The integral intervention in Peñucas will consist of energy rehabilitation, accessibility, habitability, security and digitalisation of buildings and homes; the redevelopment of the area paying attention to accessibility; energy rehabilitation of the municipal euskaltegi (centre for learning the Basque language); employment plans, as well as financing and studies of the neighbourhood.

In Txibitxiaga and Iparragirre, renovation works are being carried out on:

8 house numbers / 90 homes / 8 commercial premises

In addition to the rehabilitation of the 90 homes, the aim is to recover the degraded area of the Kurtzio, Zarragoitxi and Itxasbegi neighbourhood in Bermeo.

In Otxarkoaga, renovation works are being carried out on:

16 house numbers / 240 homes 

The Otxar Opengela office is located in the former BBK kindergarten. Other actions for the neighbourhood are also carried out from there. Otxarkoaga, together with Txonta (Eibar), was the first in the Basque Country to implement the Opengela model of proximity offices.

In Párroco Unceta, renovation works are being carried out on:

13 house numbers / 135 homes 

The Párroco Unceta housing complex in Santutxu was built by the architects Ricardo Bastida and Emiliano Amann between 1952 and 1956. It is composed of 8 buildings, 52 house numbers, 528 homes and 96 commercial premises. 62% of the buildings are owned by Bilbao Municipal Housing.

In the Torreurizar housing complex, renovation works are being carried out on:

25 house numbers / 264 homes 

The Torreurizar housing complex, based in the Irala neighbourhood and built by the municipal architect Ricardo Bastida, was a pioneer in Bilbao in the field of social housing and is over 100 years old. This Opengela also serves as a pilot project for the European BIRTUOSS project in the period 2023-26.

In the Uretamendi Betolaza neighbourhood, there is a local office that attends the entire neighbourhood, where there are 201 buildings and 1,207 homes.

For two years, it will provide residents with advice and guidance on refurbishment-related grants.

In Aramotz, renovation works are being carried out on:

16 house numbers / 130 homes 

The integral urban regeneration of the Aramotz neighbourhood includes, in addition to the rehabilitation of the buildings, urban development works in the surrounding area, the diversion of the Larrinagatxu stream and the setting of the neighbourhood office (Opengela).

In Orduña, renovation works are being carried out in two different neighbourhoods:

10 house numbers / 130 homes 

The neighbourhoods of Landatas and María Dolores Madaria were built in the 1960s and have not undergone any improvements since then. In total, 158 families live there (90 in María Dolores Madaria and 68 in Landatas).

In Santurtzi, renovation works are being carried out on:

13 house numbers / 104 homes 

The Aurora Vildósola housing complex up was built in the mid 1950s to house the workers of the factories and workshops of industrialisation in Biscay. The regeneration of the neighbourhood will be accompanied, in addition to the refurbishment of the buildings, by the exterior urban development and its green areas.

In the Vista Alegre housing complex, renovation works are being carried out on:

11 house numbers / 93 homes 

The Vista Alegre housing complex was designed and built under the direction of the architect Santos Zunzunegui in 1914. It consists of 93 homes with a worker’s housing programme, distributed in 11 double-fronted doorways. It is a building listed by Gogoan Sestao Elkartea, an association for historical memory, as it is the only one that maintains the marks of shrapnel impacts after being bombed during the Spanish Civil War.

In Trapagaran, renovation works are being carried out on:

Collective housing: 6 house numbers, a total of 55 homes  

Single-family housing: 15 homes

The case of the neighbourhood of San Andrés, in Trapagaran, is unique because, in addition to rehabilitating blocks of flats, works are also being carried out on single-family homes.

GIPUZKOA

In Arrasate/Mondragón renovation works are being carried out on:

9 house numbers / 91 homes 

The Santa Teresa-Doneztebe neighbourhood is a housing estate developed in the 1970s. In the first phase, 9 of the 31 house numbers will be rehabilitated. The aim is for the actions to be easily replicable until the entire neighbourhood is refurbished.

The Hijos de Gabilondo building will be turned into a facility to offer different types of services to the neighbourhood.

The Txonta Opengela will be used to inform the public about the project.

In Txonta, renovation works are being carried out on:

14 house numbers / 171 homes 

Txonta, together with the Otxarkoaga neighbourhood (Bilbao), was the first in the Basque Country to implement the Opengela model of neighbourhood offices. It has already achieved important advances in energy efficiency and accessibility, prioritising the participation of the people living in the neighbourhood.

In Olasogain, renovation works are being carried out on:

7 house numbers / 56 homes 

‘Olasogain berritzen’ is an integral rehabilitation project in the Olasogain neighbourhood that includes the rehabilitation of residential buildings through the neighbourhood office model and the reurbanisation of the area. In addition, a training, employment and inclusion programme called ‘Debabarrena Berritzen’ will be carried out.

In Beraun, renovation works are being carried out on:

2 house numbers / 63 homes 

The neighbourhood of Beraun currently faces two problems. One is the urbanisation of the streets, which is generally poor, with bad areas and only a few points (public squares) in good conditions, and the other is the accessibility of the homes, with deficient access to the doorway and the lift itself. In fact, 57.83% of residential buildings are in one of the following apparent states: fair, in need of work or in poor conditions.

The Opengela project in Irun is a special case, and is made up of two parts:

On the one hand, the Old Customs House of Irun will be the centre of the strategy to generate the Innovative Urban District («iHub») of ‘Via Irun‘. It will be designed under the principles of innovation, economic and social cohesion, as well as digital and ecological transformation. It will be the public facility that physically enables spaces of confluence between citizens, public institutions, knowledge and technological based agents, and private industries.

On the other hand, a neighbourhood office will be created as the headquarters of the employment project, an R+D+I space (Commercial Innovation Pole) for Irun’s urban commerce. It will be located in municipally-owned premises in the commercial area of Pío XII – Serapio Mujika.

In Basaundi Bailara, renovation works are being carried out on:

12 house numbers / 119 homes 

In the Basaundi Baila neighbourhood, in addition to homes (with 10 homeownersassociations), works are being carried out on 18 premises.

In Txarama, renovation works are being carried out on:

3 house numbers / 40 homes 

The neighbourhood of Txarama is an area that borders the urban area of Tolosa, although it belongs to the municipality of Leaburu. The neighbourhood is immersed in a progressive process of decline. Opengela is currently located in the building of the former ‘Escuelas unitarias’. It was built in 1954 by the Ministry of Public Works in collaboration with the Town Council.

In Trintxerpe-Andonaegi, renovation works are being carried out on:

19 house numbers / 190 homes 

Andonaegi has its Opengela located in the former house of the guardian of the Palace of Andonaegi, which was built by the shipowner Francisco Andonaegui Garmendia. There, 19 house numbers and 190 homes are being restored, improving the quality of life of around 200 families.

In Altza, renovation works are being carried out on:

12 house numbers / 124 homes 

The local office that provides assistance to the Altza neighbourhood is located in the old nursery in Roteta Goikoa street.

In Zaramaga, renovation works are being carried out on:

5 house numbers / 72 homes 

The Zaramaga neighbourhood is home to the largest intervention in the Basque Country in terms of the number of dwellings to be rehabilitated. The office is located between buildings 1 and 2 of the Iparralde civic centre.

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