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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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 building was built during the GATCPAC era, although the architect preferred to follow other models of the Modern Movement, such as the German expressionism led by Erich Mendelsohn. Originally it was made up of a ground floor, two floors and an attic that contained Dr. Barraquer's home. The first phase was completed in 1941, with the same layout as it currently has. In the 1950s, the second phase was built on Laforja Street and in 1971 an extension with three floors (including the existing attic) was carried out, with a mimetic conception that did not alter the general configuration of the building.
The floor plan is organised around two central patios that illuminate the meeting rooms from above, and the façades have a markedly rationalist character defined by the overlapping of continuous windows. When making the extension, the structure had to be reinforced with exterior metal pillars that introduce a vertical counterpoint in the façade. The corner is resolved with a curve that was originally topped by a circular volume tangent to the plane of the façade and that disappeared when the extension was made, which has diminished the expressionist character of the building. The interiors are art déco.
Building located on the chamfer of Muntaner and Laforja streets, designed as an ophthalmology clinic and private residence of Dr. Barraquer. The construction was carried out by the architect Joaquim Lloret i Homs during the GATPAC era, from which movement he takes his conception of the interior distribution and the formalisation of the façades, but the architect followed other models of the Modern movement such as the German expressionism led by Erich Mendelsohn.
The distribution of the building is structured in a ground floor and five floors that are organised around two central courtyards that illuminate the meeting rooms from above. However, it initially consisted of a ground floor, two floors and an attic with Dr. Barraquer’s home.
The façades show a clear rationalist character evidenced by the overlap of curved windows. When the extension was carried out, the structure was reinforced with external metal pillars that introduce a vertical counterpoint to the façade. The corner is resolved with a curved floor plan that was initially completed with a cylindrical volume tangent to the façade plane that was lost with the extension, which has left the façade with part of its initial expressionist character. The interiors have a strong relationship with decorative styles close to Art Déco.
The first phase of the building was completed in 1941, with the same layout that remains today. In the 1950s, the second phase was built on Laforja Street, and in 1971, a three-storey extension was carried out (incorporating the currently existing attic), with a mimetic idea that does not alter the overall structure of the building.
The singularity of the work lies above all in the interior decoration, as Dr. Barraquer himself collaborated, fusing his passion for the iconography of ancient Egypt with Art Déco.
Among all the currents of rationalism in Catalonia, a line of continuity and parallelism can be drawn between local architecture and German expressionism, some of which was directly inspired by the architect Erich Mendelshon.
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Ophtalmology Clinic Barraquer
The building was built during the GATCPAC era, although the architect preferred to follow other models of the Modern Movement, such as the German expressionism led by Erich Mendelsohn. Originally it was made up of a ground floor, two floors and an attic that contained Dr. Barraquer's home. The first phase was completed in 1941, with the same layout as it currently has. In the 1950s, the second phase was built on Laforja Street and in 1971 an extension with three floors (including the existing attic) was carried out, with a mimetic conception that did not alter the general configuration of the building. The floor plan is organised around two central patios that illuminate the meeting rooms from above, and the façades have a markedly rationalist character defined by the overlapping of continuous windows. When making the extension, the structure had to be reinforced with exterior metal pillars that introduce a vertical counterpoint in the façade. The corner is resolved with a curve that was originally topped by a circular volume tangent to the plane of the façade and that disappeared when the extension was made, which has diminished the expressionist character of the building. The interiors are art déco. -
Expansion of the Barraquer Ophthalmological Clinic
The building was built during the GATCPAC era, although the architect preferred to follow other models of the Modern Movement, such as German expressionism, led by Erich Mendelsohn. Originally, it was made up of a ground floor, two floors and an attic that contained Dr. Barraquer's home. The first phase was completed in 1941, with the same layout as it currently has. In the 1950s, the second phase was built on Laforja Street, and in 1971 an extension with three floors (including the existing attic) was carried out, with a mimetic conception that did not alter the general configuration of the building. The floor plan is organised around two central patios that illuminate the meeting rooms from above, and the façades have a markedly rationalist character defined by the overlapping of continuous windows. When making the extension, the structure had to be reinforced with exterior metal pillars that introduce a vertical counterpoint in the façade. The corner is resolved with a curve that was originally topped by a circular volume tangent to the plane of the façade and that disappeared when the extension was made, which has diminished the expressionist character of the building. The interiors are Art Déco. -
Refursbishment of the Barraquer Ophthalmological Clinic
The building was carried out during the GATCPAC era, although the architect preferred to follow other models of the Modern Movement, such as German expressionism led by Erich Mendelsohn. It originally consisted of a ground floor, two floors and an attic that contained the home of Dr. Barraquer. The first phase was completed in 1941, with the same distribution as it currently has. In the 1950s the second phase was built on Laforja Street and in 1971 an extension of three floors (including the existing attic) was carried out, with a mimetic conception that does not alter the general configuration of the building. The plan is organised around two central courtyards that illuminate the meeting rooms from above, and the façades have a markedly rationalist character defined by the overlapping of continuous windows. When making the extension, the structure had to be reinforced with exterior metal pillars that introduce a vertical counterpoint to the façade. The corner is resolved with a curve that was originally topped by a circular volume tangent to the plane of the façade and which disappeared when the extension was made, which has diminished the expressionist character of the building. The interiors are Art Deco.
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