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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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Ha ocupat càrrecs tècnics de responsabilitat en diferents ajuntaments de la Regió Metropolitana de Barcelona. S’inicia al 1989 com arquitecte adscrit en la redacció de plans i projectes municipals de l’ajuntament de Barcelona. Entre 1991 i 1994 exerceix com arquitecte adscrit als serveis tècnics de l’Ajuntament de Viladecans i al 1995 obté el càrrec d’Arquitecte Municipal, Cap del servei d’Edificació i Espai públic del mateix ajuntament de Viladecans fins el 2000. Conclou entre el 2000 i 2004 com a Cap de servei d’obres de l’Ajuntament de Sabadell. 2007-2014 Membre de Patronat de la Ciutat Antiga de Vic.
1990 - 2019 Sòcia fundadora de Forgas Arquitectes
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Headquarters of the Osona Branch of the Architects' Association of Catalonia (COAC)
Joan Forgas i Coll, Dolors Ylla-Català i Puigrefagut
El projecte assumeix com a prioritat la configuració de la plaça per la seva cara nord, tot prenent com a referència els edificis que la tanquen per les tres cares restants: la catedral, el vell edifici del Museu Episcopal i un petit edifici d’habitatges. El solar fa cantonada amb un carrer lateral i estava ocupat per una edificació, la tanca del convent de les Sagramentàries i el cos dels dormitoris d’aquest convent. S’opta per enderrocar la vella edificació i construir un volum de nova planta que completi la plaça i assumeixi el caràcter representatiu propi del seu ús. El nou edifici prolonga el mur del carreró lateral i s’obre cap a la plaça, generant la nova façana. L’elecció dels materials garanteix l’estatut de la nova construcció enfront de l’entorn monumental: revestiments de pedra, estucats i gelosies de fusta, seguint procediments constructius propis de la tradició arquitectònica moderna. -
FAD Award
Finalist. Category: ArchitectureHeadquarters of the Osona Branch of the Architects' Association of Catalonia (COAC)FAD Award
Finalist. Category: City and LandscapeRehabilitació del Mirador de l'AlcaldeRehabilitació del Mirador de l'Alcalde
Forgas Arquitectes, Joan Forgas i Coll, Dolors Ylla-Català i Puigrefagut
Barcelona South Power Station
Forgas Arquitectes, Joan Forgas i Coll, Dolors Ylla-Català i Puigrefagut
Barcelona’s Zona Franca power plant is a pioneer in southern Europe in terms of sustainable energy production and use thanks to various high-efficiency technologies. It provides energy to a cold / heat distribution network from the use of the residual cold of the regasification plant of the port of Barcelona and the biomass from urban pruning. At the same time, it also allows self-generated electricity to be injected into the grid. The architectural proposal completes the industrial and office program with spaces designed to show the public the production processes through a tour of the facilities. This circuit is also used to configure the façades, treated as a double skin that can be traversed inside. In this way, the building envelope takes on an educational, training and dissemination character of the environmental and sustainability values on which the activity of the power plant is based.New Stone and Metal Working Shop in the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UB
Forgas Arquitectes, Joan Forgas i Coll, Dolors Ylla-Català i Puigrefagut
The new stone and metal workshop of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona is the first phase of the expansion and improvement of the current facilities located on the Diagonal Campus. This workshop is developed on the ground floor and has an almost industrial character, consistent with the activities and machinery it hosts (smelting and forging kilns, metal burnishing, stone cutting and polishing). These activities require the direct access of trucks inside, crane bridges and air extraction and filtration systems to prevent the emission of pollutants into the atmosphere. The building has been structured on two sides: a large industrial space on one side and small spaces on the other: classrooms, offices and services. The workshop has double height with light inlets in the upper strip. The structure is made of metal and both the roof and the façades are made of iron to simplify the construction system and favour the unitary reading of the interior space.Mostres d'Arquitectura (Barcelona)
Shortlisted. Category: Edificis amb Ús No Residencial. Inclou Edificis de Nova Planta de Promoció PúblicaNew Stone and Metal Working Shop in the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UBMostres d'Arquitectura (Barcelona)
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Edificis amb Ús No Residencial. Inclou Edificis de Nova Planta de Promoció PrivadaBarcelona South Power StationRehabilitació del Castell de Montjuïc
Forgas Arquitectes, Joan Forgas i Coll, Dolors Ylla-Català i Puigrefagut
FAD Award
Finalist. Category: City and LandscapeInstal·lació dels Orangutans al ZooBibliography (8)
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