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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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’institut d’Ensenyament Secundari de Castelló d’Empúries està situat en un solar de forma trapezoïdal i pràcticament pla, en el límit entre el poble i la carretera vella de Roses, de manera que l’edifici configura aquesta part de la façana del casc urbà. Els volums que integren el centre es disposen al llarg de dues cares del solar (NE i NW), formant un angle obert al sud que abraça tot el solar i recull la zona de jocs i les pistes esportives. El cos situat al llarg del costat NE és d’una sola planta (ocupada pel gimnàs i el menjador). També es resol en un nivell el cos que limita el costat NW (biblioteca i tallers), mentre que té 2 plantes el cos d’aules paral·lel a l’anterior que constitueix la façana interior al pati. Pròxim a l’accés i finalitzant el cos de les aules es troba l’únic element vertical del conjunt (torre de laboratoris).
Un nou carrer que comunica l’antiga carretera de Roses amb el casc urbà, presidit per la visió de l’església i el seu campanar sobre el perfil del poble situa l’entrada principal de l’edifici. La disposició dels volums sobre aquest carrer busca estendre’s al llarg de tot el solar per emmarcar i potenciar aquesta visió. El punt s’articula en la coincidència del tres cossos de l’edifici (aules/laboratoris, biblioteca/tallers, gimnàs/menjador) Els diversos elements construïts s’estiren amb la interposició de patis i porxos fins a l’altre extrem on es situa el gimnàs que, amb el seu volum mes alt i contundent, ajuda a tensor la imatge de l’edifici i resol el límit del solar en aquesta part.
Josep Benedito i Rovira, Santi Orteu Palou