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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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Casa del Director de la Fàbrica Asland
Eduard Ferrés i Puig, Lluís Homs i Moncusí
Edifici aïllat destinat a habitatge temporal dels successius directors de la fàbrica de ciment del clot del moro. És d'estil modernista d'arrel gaudiniana, sobretot visible en el tractament de la pedra, elements decoratius i disseny constructiu. La modulació de l'edifici és a partir d'un mòdul central rematat per uns elements decoratius a manera de merlets que sobresurten en tres cossos perpendiculars. A llevant l'entrada del xalet es fa a través de tres arcs parabòlics. El parament és de carreus de pedra combinant els colors blanc i verd de la ceràmica i la rajola de les teulades i també la fusta en alguns elements. Construcció del 1905 feta un cop acabada la fàbrica de ciment del Clot del moro, en aquell moment, la primera d'Espanya dedicada a l'obtenció de ciment Portland. EL Clot del Moro fou iniciativa d'E. Güell, primer comte de Güell, exponent clar de la iniciativa industrial de finals del s. XIX i principis del s. XX. El conjunt de la fàbrica és obre de l'arquitecte valencià Guastavino i el xalet, de l'arquitecte Eduard Ferrers Puig, sota la iniciativa d'E. Güell. La fàbrica fou tancada a mitjan dels setanta del s. XX. A finals de la mateixa dècada el xalet patí un incendi força devastador. -
Concurs Anual d'Edificis i Establiments Urbans
Award-Winner / Winner. Category: Arquitectura - Millor Establiment ConstruïtDamians HousePont d'en Gómez
Aquest és un dels ponts que, de mitjan s. XIX a primers del XX , substituïren les passeres i els guals sobre arenys de la ciutat vella al Mercadal. La tradició dels aiguats féu buscar sempre el mínim destorb a la llera. A l’hora de reemplaçar un pont del 1852, el municipi abandonà la tecnologia de l’acer per arriscar-se amb un incipient formigó armat que, malgrat l’època, esgota les capacitats de la secció, d’una gran lleugeresa. Mentre el clima gironí ha estat boirós i carolingi, caminar-hi ha estat una experiència quasi evanescent.Vallcarca Viaduct
Eduard Ferrés i Puig, Lluís Homs i Moncusí, Miquel Pascual i Tintorer
Bridge with a slab deck that spans the difference in level of the old Vallcarca stream, now the Avinguda del Hospital Militar, which ran between the Coll and Putxet hills. Since 1923, it has been the main access road to the Coll neighbourhood via Plaça de Mons and Avinguda Argentina, both for road and pedestrian traffic. For the time, it was a fairly advanced engineering work, as the structure was made of concrete reinforced with iron, a technique that made it possible to cement a complex work set in the banks of a stream. The supporting elements are covered with stone and exposed brick, forming semicircular balconies at the top, like a belvedere. In the space between the dividing walls there are relief decorations representing the coat of arms of Catalonia and Sant Jordi flanked by winged lions; above the railing decorated with geometric coffered ceilings there are also pinnacles in the Sezession style.
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Rutes 7
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