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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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
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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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Renovation of a mezzanine in Barcelona. The height of the buildings and the leaves of the trees let through a light that is too pale and cold, very similar to that of the Nordic countries. In these countries, the use of wood and candles seek to build a warmer domestic space.
Wood on the floor and ceiling. Like a slice of ice cream. We use the natural warmth of light wood to modify the perception of light by bouncing, in the same way that lamp shades make the light of a light bulb much warmer and more pleasant. Villa Mairea by Alvar Aalto showed us the way.
We stay a step behind. The conviction that this type of intervention must give prominence to its inhabitants, the furniture and their possessions, which will grow over time, advises us to work with the minimum possible resources.
That is why the project is built with only two materials: maple wood and the colour white.
In some places, the doors or the wooden paneling of the walls connect with the flooring and the wooden covering of the ceiling, thus enveloping the interior with a gesture that aims to be an affectionate and protective embrace.
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BAAS Arquitectura, Jordi Badia i Rodríguez, Marcos Catalán Alucha
Renovation of a mezzanine in Barcelona. The height of the buildings and the leaves of the trees let through a light that is too pale and cold, very similar to that of the Nordic countries. In these countries, the use of wood and candles seek to build a warmer domestic space. Wood on the floor and ceiling. Like a slice of ice cream. We use the natural warmth of light wood to modify the perception of light by bouncing, in the same way that lamp shades make the light of a light bulb much warmer and more pleasant. Villa Mairea by Alvar Aalto showed us the way. We stay a step behind. The conviction that this type of intervention must give prominence to its inhabitants, the furniture and their possessions, which will grow over time, advises us to work with the minimum possible resources. That is why the project is built with only two materials: maple wood and the colour white. In some places, the doors or the wooden paneling of the walls connect with the flooring and the wooden covering of the ceiling, thus enveloping the interior with a gesture that aims to be an affectionate and protective embrace. -
FAD Award
Finalist. Category: Interior DesignFAD Award
Award-Winner / Winner (opinion). Category: Interior Design