Picture: Durango Town Council The renovation of 130 homes and the reurbanisation of the neighbourhood have involved an investment of €10.8 million, of which €3.3 million (30%) comes from the Department of Housing and Agenda. The project integrates nature-based solutions
This year, Torreurizar, the iconic social housing building designed by Ricardo Bastida in 1919 and converted into the living lab of the BIRTUOSS-Opengela project, will be open to visitors as part of the Open House Bilbao 2025 programme. Visits will
The Basque Government has approved the second amendment to the agreement reached in 2022 with the local council of the town in Vizcaya, which will enable the renovation of 12 buildings comprising 126 homes. In addition, the Technical Office for
One of the 11 doorways in Vista Alegre that is being refurbished The historic neighbourhood of Vista Alegre, in Sestao, faces the final stretch of its transformation thanks to an ambitious comprehensive urban regeneration project that will be completed in
Bilbao City Council and the Basque Government are carrying out an ambitious urban regeneration plan in Uretamendi, one of the 25 neighbourhoods belonging to the Opengela programme. This initiative seeks to improve the living conditions of its inhabitants by rehabilitating
ManagEnergy, the European Commission’s initiative for regional and local energy agencies, has published an article on its website exploring how the Basque Country is transforming its older neighbourhoods into models of inclusive and climate-resilient living through the Opengela programme. As
Opengela Roadmap and Opengela Communities are two tools created by Cíclica and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), with funding from the Basque Government. With this method it is possible to work on a hypothesis of what will happen to
The authorities in the Aldakoenea building Two years ago, the transformation of part of Beraun (Errenteria), one of the 21 neighbourhoods belonging to the Opengela programme, began. As a result, 63 homes have been completely refurbished and the public space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3LpIHkGP3k Since September 2023, the European BIRTUOSS project develops the Opengela model, created in a previous project (HIROSS4all, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme), and explores social, economic and environmental aspects. It also explores ways to scale up the rehabilitation
Works in Olasogain Berritzen (Elgoibar) Neighbourhoods in the Basque Country that are undergoing urban regeneration through the Opengela model (including a neighbourhood office) can already see how investments and works are making progress in their buildings. In Alava, for example,
