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.
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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.
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The new headquarters of the El Prat Royal Golf Club is located on slightly sloping land surrounded by linear areas of pine forest and terraces. The project of the club headquarters and the annexed buildings is conceived according to the criteria of respect and integration into the landscape, accessibility, communication and centrality with respect to the playing field.
The programme of the central building of the Casa-Club is based on a meticulous study of the topography and is developed on two levels; the service area (depot and storage area) is buried and the technical area and facilities not visible from the outside are concentrated in the centre. With this criterion, the view over the landscape can be enjoyed from the entire façade.
The building is accessed from the upper floor - at the end of the wooded area intended for parking - through a large hall where the longitudinal distribution axis of the building begins and, on its sides, the most representative functions of the social club are distributed. On one side, the games room, bar with large terrace with pergola, party rooms and restaurant and, on the other, the spaces intended for offices and administration.
You can access a double-height space and the hall on the lower floor from the main hall, through an open staircase. The hall on the lower floor is oriented transversely with respect to the building so that it opens to the two opposite orientations to the landscape. This allows access to the members' changing room area, which has been designed with great generosity and which functions as a living and meeting area. Each one has a sitting area, sauna, massage and a small indoor pool. This level houses the parking lot for electric cars and golf clubs, a small bar and a gym.
The annex building is made up of a changing area for visitors, the summer bar and a building for children and is attached to a wall - which starts from the central building - adapting to the terrain and assuming a staggered configuration in plan to soften the impact on the landscape. It also acts as a filter towards the parking area and the outdoor pool area.
The whole is organised in three levels that correspond to different functional areas; the main swimming pool area - with an adjacent green area - includes kitchens connected to the central building, an outdoor bar and changing rooms for partners with a symmetrical layout with respect to access with men's and women's areas. Between the two there is a bathing area, another resting area and the cabins at the bottom.
By means of a height jump, the swimming pool for children under the age of fifteen becomes independent and an outdoor play area is integrated with a wooden pergola where parents can meet with their children to eat together.
The last area houses the building for children where the service areas (bathrooms, kitchen, changing rooms and facilities) are distributed on the part adjacent to the wall; while the games room, separated from the TV room, is opens to forest views. There is also a small pool in the children's area.
The materials used are white brick and green quartzite and the integration of the building into the context is accentuated with the horizontality of the whole.