Eskalera Karakola

[1] Staying in Lavapiés, several female participants decided to make a women-only occupation in a former bakery at Calle Embajadores 40.

The project was eventually legalised in 2005, when it moved to its present location at Calle de Embajadores 52.

[3] Eskalera Karakola works on the principles of autogestion and organizes activities focusing on domestic violence and women's precarity in post-industrial capitalism.

Eskalera Karakola also took part in the organization of the LGBT Pride and the forum "Women and Architecture".

[6] The research collective Precarias a la Deriva formed out of discussions at the social centre.

exterior of building
Eskalera Karakola at Calle de Embajadores 40