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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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51 Social Housing Units for Young People Ali Bei
Conxita Balcells Associats, Conxita Balcells i Blesa
The proposal aims to follow the model of other interventions in the Eixample, where equipment buildings are configured as an exception to the regularity of the Cerdà plot. Responding to the uniqueness, evidenced by the size, the fundamental objectives have been the topographic variations of the block and the density of the built environment, and respecting the Cerdà plot. The proposal consists of two pieces, one arranged following the plot in the direction of Ali Bei Street and the other turned 90 degrees, with the main façade facing the football field. -
Prosperitat Social Services Centre
Conxita Balcells Associats, Conxita Balcells i Blesa
The essential elements for the definition of the proposal arise from the careful study of the program and the activity, which require a high degree of privacy, despite facing a public space. The volume built occupies the entire site. The building has a variable height: in Enric Casanovas Street the maximum height is 14.30 m and in Pablo Iglesias Street it is 14.15 m. The proposal consists of a volume covered with a ventilated and microperforated skin, which offers a good climatic behavior, while guaranteeing privacy from the outside. All openings are protected and appear as Chinese shadows from the street, creating a comfortable light gradient inside. The double skin adapts and shapes the different façades. -
Mostres d'Arquitectura (Barcelona)
Shortlisted. Category: Edificis d’Ús No Residencial de Promoció PúblicaProsperitat Social Services CentreMostres d'Arquitectura (Barcelona)
Shortlisted. Category: Edificis d’Ús Residencial de Promoció Pública51 Social Housing Units for Young People Ali BeiCentre de Serveis Socials, Casal de Barri i Ludocteca de Can Travi
Conxita Balcells Associats, Conxita Balcells i Blesa
Dwellings on a site Adjacent to the Estació de França Railway Station
Conxita Balcells Associats, Conxita Balcells i Blesa
The object of the project is the construction of 150 officially protected homes, with a commercial establishment and two underground floors for parking, located on Doctor Aiguader Street in Barcelona. The proposal responds to the high density of the functional program, while adapting and shrinking its volume in height, understanding its immediate environment and its uniqueness (confluence of the Ronda Litoral with the Born district, the França station and the Barceloneta on the other side of the Ronda). The houses are arranged according to the best orientation, recognising the shadow caused by the large volume of the neighbouring building. It is a single volume built with 2 central courtyards where the North, South and East façades follow the perimeter of the site while the West façade takes the direction of the Barceloneta blocks. The building is organised from two nuclei with a type of housing where the day and night part is different, as well as a strip of services that is arranged parallel to the access corridor.Mostres d'Arquitectura (Barcelona)
Shortlisted. Category: Edificis amb Ús Residencial. Inclou Edificis d'Habitatges Plurifamiliars de Promoció Pública o PrivadaDwellings on a site Adjacent to the Estació de França Railway StationAuthors
