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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.
We kindly invite you to help us improve the dissemination of Catalan architecture through this space. Here you can propose works and provide or amend information on authors, photographers and their work, along with adding comments. The Documentary Commission will analyze all data. Please do only fill in the fields you deem necessary to add or amend the information.
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.
L’Hospital Comarcal del Pallars, amb 64 llits, substitueix les funcions assistencials d’un centre ja existent, destinat a l’atenció de malalts crònics i a residència geriàtrica. El nou edifici ocupa un solar destinat als horts de l’antic hospital, al qual es connecta.
Hi ha una divisió entre els espais urbanitzats i les zones enjardinades, amb l’edifici com a separació, tal com succeeix amb l’hospital primigeni. El diàleg entre dos materials, el maó vist de color groc i la pedra del país, reforça la identitat de cada peça i la seva integració en un entorn de muntanya.
La segona idea fonamental ha estat aconseguir que les unitats d’hospitalització tinguessin bones vistes, bona orientació i un contacte directe amb l’exterior.
El tercer aspecte, el defineix la voluntat d’adaptació a la forta inclinació del carrer. S’ha aprofitat aquest pendent pronunciat per donar accessos a diferents nivells mitjançant la creació de petites places i ajudar, d’aquesta manera, a la jerarquització de les circulacions interiors de l’hospital.