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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.

Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque
Directors arquitecturacatalana.cat

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Directors:

2019-2025 Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque

Documental Commission:

2019-2025 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 Ornaque

Collaborators:

2019-2025 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse Viu

External Collaborators:

2019-2025 Helena Cepeda Inès Martinel

With the support of:

Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura

Collaborating Entities:

ArquinFAD

 

Fundació 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.

Design & Development:

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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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Memory

Arquitecte català nascut a Manresa el 1967.
Va estudiar arquitectura a l’Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB).
Ha treballat principalment en projectes d’escala urbana, en projectes d’espai públic i en propostes territorials i de paisatge per a diferents administracions públiques. Del 2004 al 2011 va ser cap del Servei de Projectes Urbans de l’Ajuntament de Manresa.

D'entre molts altres, ha desenvolupat els treballs professionals següents: Escola pública Montbou a Santa Margarida de Montbui (premi Joves arquitectes 1999); Pla director per a l’estructuració de l’espai públic de la ciutat, per a l’Ajuntament de Manresa el 1998; per a l’Ajuntament de Barcelona, la proposta de reordenació urbana de les vores de l’àrea olímpica de la Vall d’Hebron en l’àmbit de la Teixonera (2001) i, també, l’ordenació de les vores del parc dels Tres Turons en l’àmbit de la vora nord del turó de la Rovira (2002); projectes de renovació de l’espai públic del centre històric de la ciutat de Manresa com la plaça Valldaura (2005), la plaça del Carme (2009) o la plaça Montserrat (2009); Parc Vila Closes de Manresa (2007); auditori a l'església del convent de Sant Francesc de Santpedor (2003-2011, projecte seleccionat per al pavelló català de la Biennal de Venècia de 2014); renovació de l'espai públic del nucli antic de Sant Per e de Riudebitlles (2018, primer premi al concurs d'idees).

A banda de la publicació dels seus projectes en diverses revistes i llibres d'arquitectura, és autor o coautor dels llibres següents:
- D. Closes, X. Domènech, J. Rieradevall, L. Reales, S. Rueda. 1998. "La ciutat sostenible". Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona/Institut d'Edicions de la Diputació de Barcelona, Barcelona.
- C. Botifoll, D. Closes, J. Illa, J. Ludevid, M. Ludevid, S. Rueda, F. Vila. 1998. "Arquitectura territorial, medi natural i desenvolupament urbà al Pla de Bages". Fundació Caixa de Manresa.
- D. Closes. 2007. "Territori: espais d’identificació; espais públics?". Article inclòs al llibre "Art, experiències i territoris en procés". Idensitat / Actar D, 2007.
- D. Closes. 2009. "Plan director para la estructuración del espacio público de Manresa". Capítol inclòs al llibre "Gestión del paisaje. Manual de protección, gestión y ordenación del paisaje" (J. Busquets/A. Cortina, coordinadors). Editorial Ariel, Barcelona.

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  1. Urbanització de la Carretera de Santpedor. 1a Fase: Accés al Camí de les Aigües

    David Closes i Núñez

  2. Montbou School

    David Closes i Núñez

    Montbou School

    The project involved developing a school on a very small plot of land: a plot of about 630m2 on which a roof of about 700m2 had to be built. This plot was located at the end of an existing sports court that was to be used as the school playground. The school's surroundings were made up, to the west, of the facilities of a football field and, to the east, a sector of single-family houses separated from the school space by a passageway only three metres wide. Virtually all the openings have been located on the south and north sides. Thus, the main visual axes through the building follow the longitudinal axis of the site, in the direction where there is no interference from buildings (those of the football field or the single-family houses). In this way, the longest views are prioritised: some towards the forests and hills to the south of the village and others towards the stream and fields to the north. Both the layout of the main routes through the building (those leading to and from the school grounds and those of the staircase and interior hallways) and the design of the porch (set at different heights and where all the circulation routes converge) also aim to emphasise the views to the south and north. The main access to the school is via a ramp that runs tangent to the passageway. This ramp manages to cross the east façade without hardly altering it - just like a child who climbs under someone's skirt without lifting them. In this way, the façade maintains its appearance of a blank wall that embraces and closes off the access porch. The ramp, the blind volumes and the fence of the site of the east façade are intended to widen and enrich the public space of the passage and to provide access to both the school and the different playgrounds through the proposed porch. The formalisation of the east façade, with hardly any reference to stairs, is intended to give the building the public character it deserves.

  3. Auditorium in the Convent of Sant Francesc

    David Closes i Núñez

    Auditorium in the Convent of Sant Francesc

    The convent of Sant Francesc, located in the town of Santpedor, was built at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1835, when the convent was sacked, the building began to deteriorate progressively, culminating in the demolition of the complex in the year 2000. Only the church remained standing, in a completely ruinous state. The project aimed to convert the church into an auditorium and cultural centre. The work has consolidated the church without erasing the process of deterioration and collapse that the building had suffered. The project has made it possible to maintain the spatial values of the church's interior, with the unusual light entering through the partial collapses of the roofs, clearly differentiating the original construction from the new elements. The final result allows the building's most important historical wounds and spatial values to be read without renouncing the use of a contemporary language in the new elements proposed in the intervention. The new volumes necessary for the functioning of the equipment (installation rooms or vertical accesses) have been placed between the interior and exterior of the building with the aim of preserving the unitary space of the nave of the church. The new accesses have been designed in such a way as to allow a complete circular route through the building, generating unique and diverse views. The intervention has sought to preserve the historical legacy of the building while adding new features that enhance and distinguish the church of the former convent of Sant Francesc in a contemporary way. In the future, a final phase is planned to complete the project by locating the municipality's historical archive on the upper floors on the south side of the church.

  4. Mostres d'Arquitectura (Comarques Centrals)

    Shortlisted. Category: Intervencions de Rehabilitació
    Auditorium in the Convent of Sant Francesc

  5. Museu del Barroc de Catalunya

    David Closes i Núñez

    Museu del Barroc de Catalunya

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