The Barcelona City Council has granted a license to build the new Mortuary of Sants a Proxima Serveis Funeraris, commercial name of Funeraria San Ricardo SL, as reported by the third funeral operator in the city of Barcelona and confirmed by the consistory. In a statement, Proxima Serveis Funeraris has announced that the start of work on this private funeral home, located very close to Sants station, It is scheduled for next month, and as explained by the company they expect “a start of activity at the end of the same year.” Municipal sources have confirmed that they have granted the license this December and have 12 months to start the works from the concession.
The new funeral home will be located in the former Germans Climent factory, that for years housed the first Happy Parc children’s play center with balls and inflatables that was installed in Barcelona, which had to close in 2020 when it could not cope with the increase in rent that the owner of the premises demanded. The neighborhood opposition to the funeral home joined the Stop Tanatori platform, however, in July of last year the Barcelona City Council approved an urban plan that allows the location of a funeral home in this area of the Sants neighborhood.
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As reported by the funeral home in the statement, the new funeral home “will have four wake rooms, a large double-height chapel, and a warm and homely design, using elements of wood, vegetation and natural light.” In addition, the architectural project developed by the MIRAG Arquitectura office includes the recovery and rehabilitation of a historic building of the old Germans Climent factory that is listed as the city’s cultural heritage.
The intervention, in coordination with the Department of Historical Heritage of the City of Barcelona, seeks to return to give life to this modernist industrial warehouse, designed by the architect Modest Feu i Estrada, making its most unique elements visible and once again protagonists. As part of the process, Proxima has provided the financial resources for the redevelopment of the square located in the area and which will be carried out by the town hall, as reported by this funeral home.
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