The Godó i Trias industrial complex has several sections, which were enlarged in 1960-64 according to a project by the architects Milà and Correa. The original structure consisted of a large central nave with two bays, one of which had its one of its ends cut off due to the location of the boilers and the steam chimney. At the end of the aisles there is a small tower with a crenellated square base. On the western boundary of the plot, and separated from the main buildings by a corridor, there are several isolated pavilions that housed production and administrative buildings. All of these buildings have been designed in a style dominated by exposed brickwork, with highly successful trimmings and borders. The roofs are tiled in the old building, except where they have been replaced, and fibre cement in the 1960-64 warehouses.
It is part of the industrialist architectural trend which takes modernist aesthetic references, but basically focuses on the expressive resources of the exposed brick technique.
The Godó factory was set up in 1903 and at that time was dedicated to jute textiles.
Around 1920, they began to manufacture hemp yarns and fabrics and, to a lesser extent, cotton.
The factory was located in this area as a result of the discovery of the deep aquifer in the delta, taking advantage of the abundant, clean water. Its well was the first industrial well in the Delta, built in 1903.
As time went by, many of the most important factories disappeared from the city.
As an anecdotal note we can say that it was chosen as the setting for the TV series ‘La Saga de los Rius’.
The building is made of exposed brick with some tiles covering parts of the façades. Gable roofs cover the different modules. The building is decorated in a modernist style, taking advantage of the qualities of brick to create geometric designs on the façades and chimneys. The extensions are of a more rationalist nature, also in exposed brick, but with saw-tooth roofs.
Although the textile industry emerged in Santa Eulàlia around 1826, most of the factories were set up in the first quarter of the 20th century. Following the tradition that began in the area of La Marina and the current suburb of La Aprestadora (Santa Eulàlia) with the ‘prats d'indianes’, the Godó factory was set up in 1903 and at that time was dedicated to jute textiles. As time went by, many of the most important factories disappeared from the city, but not the Godó factory, nowadays Godó i Tries, which has been adding new buildings and extensions, the last and most important of them in 1964, the work of Frederic Correa and Alfons Milà. The author of the first building was the architect Ferran Junoy.
