INERVENTION AT THE EL GUIXARÓ THEATRE IN CASSERRES

Comprehensive renovation of the Guixaró Theatre as a climate shelter and cultural space, enhancing energy efficiency, heritage, and surroundings to support new uses for the community.

  • Commenced in:
    • 2024
  • Promoter:
    • Casserres Town Council

In 1989, the textile factory of Guixaró closed its doors and ceased activity, marking the beginning of the decline of this colony, like so many others. About 15 years ago, the Casserres Town Council and the new company that had acquired the colony’s estate (including the factory, the canal, the turbine, the roads and green spaces, the facilities...) reached an agreement to redevelop the colony. As part of this agreement, the Town Council obtained the transfer of two previously private facilities: the School and the Theatre.

Before its renovation, the Theatre functioned as an open-plan space, like a dance hall, with a levelled floor. As for the theatre's original features, all the seats on the ground floor had been removed, leaving only the seats in the gallery and the stage box with its stage machinery. In the area of the former stalls, the original decoration was still preserved, such as ornamental pilasters with Ionic capitals.

The purpose of the Guixaró Theatre project was the comprehensive energy refurbishment of the building to adapt it as a climate shelter, including replacing the flooring with thermal insulation, and installing wall insulation on the interior side using a lining system. It also included improvements to the electrical systems and the integration of equipment control and energy management systems, in order to meet the latest requirements in energy efficiency and environmental sustainability as established by current regulations.

The intervention on the building known as the Guixaró Theatre aimed to functionally adapt the existing structure. The opportunity to renovate and adapt the building to new needs represented a significant improvement for the town and the Guixaró colony area, as it has greatly enhanced the uses and activities currently carried out in this cultural facility.

To implement all the project’s objectives, the team proposed three phases:

  • Phase 1 – Energy Rehabilitation as a Climate Shelter

  • Phase 2 – Heritage enhancement. Structural diagnosis of the building, musealisation of the stage box and refurbishment of the orchestra pit.

  • Phase 3 – Improvement of the building's outdoor surroundings (access via the south and east façades).