About
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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.
About us
Project by: 
Created by: 
Directors:
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.
Suggestion box
Request the image
We kindly invite you to help us improve the dissemination of Catalan architecture through this space. Here you can propose works and provide or amend information on authors, photographers and their work, along with adding comments. The Documentary Commission will analyze all data. Please do only fill in the fields you deem necessary to add or amend the information.
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.
close
-
Perspectiva del conjunts del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic.
-
- Date:
- 1985 - 1992
-
- Type:
- Drawing
-
- Fonds / Held by:
- Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
-
- Rights:
- © Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
close
Works (9)
On the Map
Awarded
Cataloged
Disappeared
All works
Constellation
Chronology (14)
-
Pla d'Ordenació Sector Migdia
MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
Sobre les 13 hectàrees que prèviament havien ocupat les casernes (1943-93), opaques als plans que —de manera intensiva i canviant (1955, 1971 i 1980)— havien densificat la trama gasiva de l’eixample, s’obrí la primera oportunitat contemporània de concebre ex novo tot un gran fragment de la nova ciutat. El procés comportà negociacions intenses amb l’Administració militar, en les quals també es veieren implicades peces de la ciutat antiga, i de seguida fou situat per l’alcaldia sota la batuta d’un «indiscutible» Bohigas, a fi de superar-hi les limitacions que el planejament havia demostrat i per tal d’entendre aquella oportunitat des d’una lògica de projecte. L’ordenament executat conservà algunes peces militars (finalment abatudes), establí una envoltant definida a les cares nord i est, ubicà aparcaments soterrats i un ampli parc públic i treballà les relacions amb latrama urbana per dilatar-la i donar-hi continuïtats matisades, sense perdre, però, una certa autonomia del conjunt per si mateix. S’hi havien d’encabir 60.000 m2 de sostre, sobretot residencial. Per sort, la gestió peça per peça fracassà i calgué la formació d’una empresa ad hoc, que executaria tot el procés. El projecte defineix una «U» de sis nivells, amb ordenances tan precises com un metaprojecte, que encara amb una gran concavitat al nord la relació amb l’eix principal i penetra al parc amb dues torres de 16 nivells, presidint-lo i inserint-se en una làmina d’aigua que el centra. El parc s’hi desenvolupa amb recursos tradicionals d’arbrat, jardineria i tanques al carrer i desplega un gran espai central polaritzat per l’estany, una illa i una gran pèrgola que donen la rèplica, com a buit, al ple marcat pels edificis. Malgrat els matisos ben contemporanis del llenguatge i alguns jocs volumètrics, com les torres dissociades, l’actitud general importa d’un neoclassicisme centreeuropeu la matriu d’una bellesa basada en l’ordre, l’homogeneïtat i la repetició. -
Olympic Port
MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
It is a port that must meet three objectives: to be a good base for maritime sports and leisure, to accommodate the complex demands of maritime competitions and, above all, to be a good setting for a new centre of citizen activity; an active focus that includes some of the revitalising aspects of the new Nova Icària neighbourhood. The port’s water table is divided into two docks: the interior of 255 m. x 193 m. and the exterior of 360 m. x 75 m, with a total capacity of 670 moorings. Between the two docks, the 52 m wide service pier includes a car park (180 spaces), a boat repair area and the services of reception, control and fuel supply. A large perimeter space is organised around these two docks, which must be used for the ports’ needs, but which must also be a new centre of urban activities. This perimeter space is subdivided into two levels: the docks, between elevations 1.70 m. and 22.50 m., and the walk, elevated to a height of 7 m., approximately. -
Veïnat School
MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
L’escola adopta una crugia circular d’una sola planta que gira al voltant d’un petit pati d’esbarjo, que serveix el parvulari. Cada aula té comunicació amb aquest pati, d’una banda, i amb el recinte arbrat de l’exterior, de l’altra. Les aules es cobreixen amb dos vessants que permeten incorporar una tarja elevada de ventilació creuada. La crugia circular es trenca en dues parts ben diferenciades, la de l’escola de primària i la del parvulari. Les escletxes que queden entre totes dues parts canalitzen l’accés des del carrer i el pas a la pista esportiva, situada en un recinte annex. Dos elements sobresurten en alçària: la torre circular de la biblioteca, situada al costat de l’entrada, i el cos de la sala polivalent, amb una coberta prismàtica més alta que la resta, de planxa ondulada pintada de color fosc, com la resta de cobertes. L’estructura combina pilastres de maó amb bigues i suports de formigó, i a cada lloc s’adapta a les peculiaritats del programa, i no a l’inrevés. -
FAD Award
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Architecture - Urban SpacesOlympic PortOlympic Village and Olympic Port Development Plan
MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
Urban planning of an area of 79 Ha. for the Olympic Village of Barcelona 1992 with 2,500 homes. Transformation of the seafront including 107,200 m2 of parks and 130,000 m2 for the Olympic Port’s facilities (739 moorings). MBM's work on this project consisted mainly of the urban design of the entire sector, as well as the authorship of some apartment buildings, the Litoral Park and the Olympic Port, which includes the Port's reception building (Port Authority) and the Municipal Sailing School. MBM was also in charge of supervising the 32 projects of the other architects' housing buildings and of coordinating all the architectural, landscaping and engineering work, including the expressways, the railway line, the metro and the infrastructure.Nou de La Rambla Palace
MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, Carles Buxadé i Ribot, Jordi Frontons, David Mackay, Joan Margarit i Consarnau, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso
New building of 7,043 m2 and 54 metres facing the Rambla, one of the most important and active streets, located in the heart of Barcelona's Ciutat Vella district. In the planning approach, the relationship of the building with the architectural environment and the design of façades that integrate correctly into the complex, but which determine a new level of quality, have been taken into account. The building is intended for tertiary uses: commercial premises, offices and parking for 800 cars, one of the first examples of robotic parking of this size in the whole world.FAD Award
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Espais Efímers - Muntatges Ambientals Corresponents a Accions de Curta DuradaCerimònia del Premis Laus 92FAD Award
Finalist. Category: Arquitectura - Edificis de Nova Planta, Obres de Reforma o Rehabilitació d'Edificis ExistentsNou de La Rambla PalaceFAD Award
Finalist. Category: Arquitectura - Edificis de Nova Planta, Obres de Reforma o Rehabilitació d'Edificis ExistentsNew Façades of El Corte InglésNew Façades of El Corte Inglés
Martínez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, MBM Arquitectes, Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola, David Mackay, José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Josep Maria Martorell i Codina, Albert Puigdomènech i Alonso, Elías Torres Tur
Department stores are growing and the city asks for a new façade. We spent several months trying to find a civil palatine façade, with a tower or bell tower, like those in the other buildings in Catalunya Square; incorporating memories of New York buildings (Wollworth, Rockefeller Center)..., Rome’s Rinascente, or some of F. Gehry in Boston, or even quieter ones… The façade is made of salmon beige granite, like the letters with the logo at the top of the corner. The plinth that covers the ground floor and the continuous eaves that protect it are made of brass. At the same corner the eaves rise like the wing of a hat. The south corner of the extension is a project of the MBM architecture studio, with horizontal rings on the last three floors. However, after a couple of hours of work, the façade of the interior of the block came easily. It is the façade that covers the evacuation stairs and the installation ducts and is covered with die-cast aluminum plates such as the radiator shutter of the Seat 600 car. Something similar happens in the Eixample’s courtyards: they are elementary and useful, as little in need of representation and ostentation as is the case on street façades. The slabs and granite of the street façades are the same size to fit together when they meet.Premio Década
Award-Winner / WinnerOlympic Village and Olympic Port Development PlanArchive
-
Drawing
Perspectiva del conjunts del Pla d'Ordenació de la Vila Olímpica i del Port Olímpic.
© Fons MBM / Arxiu Històric del COAC
Bibliography
Routes & Notes (4)
-
Apunts 5
-
Rutes 48
