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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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Arquitecte per l’ETSAV (2001). Amb estudis complementaris a la Universita degli Studi Roma III. Diploma de Tècnic Urbanista. Màster d’estudis territorials i urbanístics per l’Escola d’Administració de Catalunya, la UPC i la UPF. Amb pràctica professional a Mèxic i Brasil, dins el marc de les beques IAESTE, on treballa en projectes urbans i d’edificació per a habitatge social i temes de paisatge. Participació en nombroses conferències, tallers i cursos sobre temes de sostenibilitat i ciutat.
Membre del COAC i de la Societat Catalana d’Ordenació del Territori (SCOT), sòcia de l’associació RehabiMed per a la Rehabilitació de l’arquitectura tradicional Mediterrània. Ha realitzat docència com a professora convidada en diverses universitats catalanes.
El 2003 funda taller 9s arquitectes amb O. Cusidó, amb atenció especial a la intervenció sobre l’existent i l’arquitectura pública. Ha redactat i dirigit nombrosos projectes per a diversos organismes públics, on ha obtingut diversos reconeixements: finalista i seleccionat FAD, selecció en el premi internacional DOMUS, Menció i finalista Premi Catalunya Construcció, Mencions i seleccions en les Mostres d’arquitectura COAC, seleccions a la Biennal espanyola, Arquia/ Próxima, Biennal Europea del Paisatge i Biennal Alejandro de la Sota. Amb obra publicada en desenes de revistes i publicacions.
Ha combinat la pràctica professional amb la divulgació. Com a activitat destacada, del 2003 al 2007 va col·laborar en l’Agenda de la Construcció Sostenible del CAATB, com a experta en temes de sostenibilitat i urbanisme. Amb nombrosa obra publicada sobre rehabilitació i sostenibilitat.
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Ciutat Vella Educational Resource Centre
Taller 9s Arquitectes, Oriol Cusidó i Garí, Irene Marzo Llovet
The main goal of the intervention was to recover a ‘corner’ of the Gothic Quarter, a sensitive place from an urban and heritage point of view, transforming the existing disused building into a container for public use. As a result of the operation, the tower of Santa Maria del Pi, hidden for centuries, is set free. The first passage of the building is rehabilitated to maintain the historical character of the square and a new body is built behind it that dialogues with it. The new metal container gestures and dematerialises when it meets the tower, and the ashlars of the tower thus become the fourth enclosure of the space in all its floors. Between the new and the old, a crack of light and air visually connects all the plants and extends the outside inside. The façade of the new body facing the tower becomes a contemporary reinterpretation of the old Gothic. The stony, massive matter is transmuted into a semi-transparent slat skin, the shutters are now metallic UPE... -
Renovation of Mill Cal Xerta
Taller 9s Arquitectes, Oriol Cusidó i Garí, Irene Marzo Llovet
The intervention in the Cal Xerta aims to prevent the loss of an old paper mill, which was in disuse and in an advanced state of ruin, with the future intention of locating a paper interpretation center, a traditional activity of Bitlles river valley. The first phases have been focused to consolidate the building, rehabilitate the facades and adapt the ground floor and the old workshops. On the outside, the different treatment of the facades explains the growth of the building throughout its history. A dual approach that is repeated inside. In the workshop area, the interventions are more punctual and specific and seek to ensure the safety of the visit without damaging the expression of the memory of the place. A new square covers the old roof of the workshops, an unresolved space, resulting from a previous demolition, to become a privileged viewpoint over the river and the landscape, and final point of the future museum tour. -
Mostres d'Arquitectura (Barcelona)
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Intervencions de Rehabilitació, tant de Promoció Pública com PrivadaCiutat Vella Educational Resource CentreEuropean Quality Leather Centre in Igualada
Taller 9s Arquitectes, Oriol Cusidó i Garí, Irene Marzo Llovet
Rehabilitació de 2 adoberies en el barri del Rec. L’objectiu del projecte, en el marc d’una operació estratègica de ciutat, és crear un espai de difusió del curtit en el s.XXI, per completar el programa del Museu de la Pell. Es projecta un edifici-porta, permeable, que s’obre al Rec per a potenciar la seva recuperació com a eix cívic. S’aposta per vestir l’edifici per fora, recuperant les dimensions i el ritme del buits, i els cromatismes locals; per conservar a l’interior els elements constructius existents, la seqüència d’espais, i el conjunt de paraments, tal i com es van trobar, amb les seves ferides, expressió de la història de l’edifici, evitant enmascarar, rascar, pulir... Pels nous espais servidors es dissenyen unes ‘caixes’ de fusta prefabricades, reciclables, que s’inserten en l’estructura actual, sense tocar-la ni fagocitar-la, reproduïnt el sistema constructiu dels antics estenedors. Els reforços també se superposen als antics.Mostres d'Arquitectura (Comarques Centrals)
ShortlistedEuropean Quality Leather Centre in IgualadaMostres d'Arquitectura (Alt Penedès i Garraf)
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Intervencions de Rehabilitació, tant de Promoció Pública com PrivadaRenovation of Mill Cal XertaSocieties
