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In this first stage, the catalogue focuses on the modern and contemporary architecture designed and built between 1832 –year of construction of the first industrial chimney in Barcelona that we establish as the beginning of modernity– until today.
The project is born to make the architecture more accessible both to professionals and to the citizens through a website that is going to be updated and extended. Contemporary works of greater general interest will be incorporated, always with a necessary historical perspective, while gradually adding works from our past, with the ambitious objective of understanding a greater documented period.
The collection feeds from multiple sources, mainly from the generosity of architectural and photographic studios, as well as the large amount of excellent historical and reference editorial projects, such as architectural guides, magazines, monographs and other publications. It also takes into consideration all the reference sources from the various branches and associated entities with the COAC and other collaborating entities related to the architectural and design fields, in its maximum spectrum.
Special mention should be made of the incorporation of vast documentation from the COAC Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.
The rigour and criteria for selection of the works has been stablished by a Documental Commission, formed by the COAC’s Culture Spokesperson, the director of the COAC Historical Archive, the directors of the COAC Digital Archive, and professionals and other external experts from all the territorial sections that look after to offer a transversal view of the current and past architectural landscape around the territory.
The determination of this project is to become the largest digital collection about Catalan architecture; a key tool of exemplar information and documentation about architecture, which turns into a local and international referent, for the way to explain and show the architectural heritage of a territory.
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2019-2024 Aureli Mora i Omar OrnaqueDocumental Commission:
2019-2024 Ramon Faura Carolina B. Garcia Eduard Callís Francesc Rafat Pau Albert Antoni López Daufí Joan Falgueras Mercè Bosch Jaume Farreny Anton Pàmies Juan Manuel Zaguirre Josep Ferrando Fernando Marzá Moisés Puente Aureli Mora Omar OrnaqueCollaborators:
2019-2024 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse ViuExternal Collaborators:
2019-2024 Helena Cepeda Inès MartinelWith the support of:
Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de CulturaCollaborating Entities:
ArquinFADFundació Mies van der Rohe
Fundación DOCOMOMO Ibérico
Basílica de la Sagrada Família
Museu del Disseny de Barcelona
Fomento
AMB
EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona
IEFC
Fundació Domènench Montaner.
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The Arxiu Històric del Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya is one of the most important documentation centers in Europe, which houses the professional collections of more than 180 architects whose work is fundamental to understanding the history of Catalan architecture. By filling this form, you can request digital copies of the documents for which the Arxiu Històric del Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya manages the exploitation of the author's rights, as well as those in the public domain. Once the application has been made, the Arxiu Històric del Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya will send you an approximate budget, which varies in terms of each use and purpose.
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700 m2 Apartment for a Bachelor
Arquitectura G, Jonathan Arnabat Vila, Jordi Ayala-Bril, Aitor Fuentes Mendizabal, Albert Guerra Romera, Igor Urdampilleta Placencia
The first time we visited this space, the sewing machines were still in place. It was a single open space of approximately 10x70m intended for a tailoring workshop that had closed its doors. The task was to transform the workshop into a single-person home. In addition, the program also included a study area and an art creation workshop. Two main objectives were pursued. On the one hand, to define spaces of an accessible, human scale, in the context of a large industrial unit. On the other hand, as a counterpoint, the perception of being in a space of a singular character is never lost. As a result of these two objectives, the partitioning of the open space by means of partitions was ruled out. Thus, the project proposes a series of dividers of different character that articulate the space according to the program’s needs. These independent objects never meet the perimeter walls or the ceiling, preserving the visual continuity of the original open space. In addition, the perimeter of the nave has been manipulated in the areas of contact with the outside, creating two large dividing elements that introduce air, light and vegetation: the terrace and the garden. With this compartmentalisation strategy we get a sequence of spaces whose privacy increases as you move into the interior of the home. The artistic creation workshop area is located at the entrance. Then there is the living room and the kitchen, and finally the most private area of the house. It was important to achieve a gathering atmosphere in the latter area, without the bedroom and bathroom becoming boxes isolated from the rest. The raised platform brings the user closer to the ceiling, giving him the feeling of being in a space of a smaller scale, which in turn dominates the rest. The project is very simple on a material level. A two-color palette is used, applying each colour in two textures. -
Descuadra House
Something that characterises this intervention is that it finds itself between party walls. A gift to a good friend starts an intervention that develops over 7 years. The project serves as a guide to the refurbishment that its owner, others and I have been developing without specialists on the matter. At first, we understood that the house adjoined the garage as a "main space". The rest of the spaces on this floor respond in an intuitive way to the needs of a house for one person. The dining room and the living room take up existing spaces and overturn the block’s patio. In the background, the office becomes a voyeur of the home. The staircase surrounding the kitchen provides access to the first floor. The interior façade is the result of the interior spaces’ needs. A staircase above it provides access to the deck, now the largest space in the house and its future living room. This change will give continuity to the current intervention. -
FAD Award
Finalist. Category: Interior Design700 m2 Apartment for a BachelorPratt's Flat
P-M-A-A, Magdalena Barceló, Jaime Fernández, Albert Guerra Romera, Adrián Jurado
What is the role of structure in interior design? This is the project of how a structural reinforcement organises a refurbishment, or how a refurbishment is structural. The owners of a pre-1900 estate, from which Ibáñez could have drawn inspiration, commissioned us to carry out a structural intervention on one of the flats. With only two points of support, given the poor state of the building, a pratt beam appeared to be the best solution to solve the "mess". The reinforcement marks the height of a central piece and in turn serves to organise two bedrooms, a living-dining room-kitchen and a bathroom. As we had to join the façade with the core and due to the proportion of the house, the diagonal seemed to be the best option to give hierarchy to the different uses. The resulting space between the central piece and the floor slab allows natural lighting and ventilation between the rooms.Mostres d'Arquitectura (Barcelona)
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Intervencions Parcials. Inclou Intervencions Interiors i Exteriors, Efímeres o PermanentsDescuadra HousePremi AJAC (Associació de Joves Arquitectes de Catalunya)
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Reforma Interior / RetailPratt's FlatFAD Award
Finalist. Category: Interior DesignSpace ECHFAD Award
Award-Winner / Winner (ex aequo). Category: Interior DesignGimaguas BarcelonaSocieties