Coscolín. Tudela city center revitalization.

By project InterRevita

Published on 23 December 2024

Spain

Comunidad Foral de Navarra

Tudela

About this good practice

This good practice consists of the integral renovation and urban regeneration of the area around the Coscolín Oven in Tudela. It recovers for the city one of the most degraded spaces of its old case, by integrating it into the urban fabric through a public space of 1,000 m2 and four new buildings totaling 24 housing units: 12 social housing units and 12 free market units. In addition, there will be commercial spaces on the first floor of the buildings that will be used to locate public services and facilities.
The new public space for meeting and neighborhood relations will have four pedestrian accesses from different streets, which will improve integration and connection with the rest of the urban fabric. There will also be an urban elevator to save the difference in level with one of the streets.
In this way, this action responds to several needs of the municipality. On the one hand, the demand for social housing units and the recovery of a degraded central space for the city.
It is also important to emphasize the Archeological importance of the urban space and the Intercultural and intergenerational mix that occurs in this environment.

Expert opinion

The initiative is an integrated urban regeneration project around Coscolín Oven in Tudela, Spain. It revitalises one of the city’s most degraded central areas, integrating it into the urban fabric with a 1,000 m² public space and 24 housing units (12 social and 12 free market). The project also includes commercial spaces for public services and improved pedestrian access, including an urban elevator for better connectivity. With a €9.7 million budget (96% from NASUVINSA, the public housing agency, and 4% from Tudela City Council), it addresses social housing demand while preserving the area’s identity and cultural heritage. This good practice serves as a model for small- and medium-sized European cities (5,000–50,000 inhabitants) seeking to revitalise urban centres, improve accessibility, and promote affordable housing through integrated renewal strategies.

Arnault Morisson

Works at Interreg Europe Policy Learning Platform

Resources needed

This project, which the Tudela City Council commissioned NASUVINSA to execute, requires a public investment of 9.7 million euros, 96% contributed by this public company (NASUVINSA) and the remaining 4% by the Tudela City Council.

Evidence of success

24 housing units (12 social housing units and 12 free market) are under construction in response to the demand for social housing of an important part of the society of Tudela. This project also contributes to improving the quality of urban spaces through the renovation of a public space of 1,000 m2. There have also been planned commercial spaces on the first floor of the buildings that will be used to locate public services and facilities (not yet defined which ones)

Potential for learning or transfer

European cities share the challenge of revitalizing their most central areas and making them more accessible at street level and as places to live. With a comprehensive action, this good practice responds to several challenges of the city ( regenerating the space and providing housing solutions to its citizens). Through social housing developments, it allows access to affordable housing to a part of the population to which the free market does not provide a solution.