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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.

Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque
Directors arquitecturacatalana.cat

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2019-2025 Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque

Documental Commission:

2019-2025 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 Ornaque

Collaborators:

2019-2025 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse Viu

External Collaborators:

2019-2025 Helena Cepeda Inès Martinel

With the support of:

Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura

Collaborating Entities:

ArquinFAD

 

Fundació Mies van der Rohe

 

Fundación DOCOMOMO Ibérico

 

Basílica de la Sagrada Família

 

Museu del Disseny de Barcelona

 

Fomento

 

AMB

 

EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona

 

IEFC

 

Fundació Domènench Montaner.

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  • Cal Belga

    autoria desconeguda

    Building in two main bodies at an angle, with auxiliary constructions attached. These main bodies are used for housing and have irregular masonry walls reinforced with brick. The roof has one and two slopes. An inscription above the door says the date ‘1852’. In the 1860 census it appears as a two-storey building and in the 1877 census as an inhabited country house, also with two storeys. Its owners took care of the old hermitage of Sant Salvador del Quer, which is why there is a path leading to it.

    1852

  • Cal Sorribes

    autoria desconeguda

    In the group of buildings located at the foot of Sant Salvador del Quer, forming part of the Vallseca complex, there is a quadrangular building with two interesting constructions attached to it. To the south, one construction has a gallery with three semicircular arches and, to the north, a circular construction. The walls are of irregular masonry. Its external appearance suggests different construction phases, and it seems the arcades are not part of the oldest structure of the complex. The main building has three floors with a gable roof. It has undergone renovations, especially in the auxiliary constructions, which show a composition of sober materials and modern workmanship. It appears in the 1860 census with two buildings of one and two storeys. In the 1868 census it appears as the property of Salvador Sorribes.

    1860

  • Garges

    autoria desconeguda

    Conjunt de dues edificacions unides per un arc que les connecta. El cos principal, de planta rectangular i amb coberta a doble vessant, compta amb tres altures. Es pot apreciar a les façanes sud i oest que hi ha dues fases d'edificació, una antiga, que formaria una casa de planta aproximadament quadrangular de dos pisos, i una segona, més moderna (datada el 1918, segons inscripció a la façana sud) en que es va allargar l'edifici i es va aixecar una tercera planta. En un cens de 1877 apareix com a "Gárjas", casa de dos pisos habitada. Segons informació oral havia estat propietat de la torre Gallifa.

    1877

  • Cal Virat

    autoria desconeguda

    Building located in the Minas de Potassa area, near the B-423 road, at kilometre 1.4 (turn off to the north-west). A rectangular country house with a shed at the back. It has a ground floor, first floor, attic and a gable roof. There is a horseshoe over the door. The structure itself and the annexes have been remodelled. There is an inscription on the lintel of a window with the date 1884.

    1884

  • Les Cases Noves

    autoria desconeguda

    Construcció aïllada ubicada en la zona de les Cases Noves i Vallflorida, envoltada per la Riera del Tordell. Es tracta d'un edifici de planta quadrangular amb coberta a dues vessant que forma part d'un conjunt en el que s'adscriuen diferents construccions més modernes i de diferents usos. L'edifici principal ha estat molt reformat. El més interessant del conjunt és una petita construcció de planta quadrangular, amb porta coronada amb timpà llis, sobre la que hi ha un respirall circular calat. Està coberta amb teulada a quatre aigües. La funcionalitat és la de pou per a donar aigua als safareigs construïts al seu costat (avui piscina) i el conjunt de cases. La data és de 1906

    1906

  • Director de Mines Chalet

    Josep Firmat i Serramalera

    Set of two semi-detached houses located in the middle of a garden with two floors and an attic. The ground plan is made up of three rectangles – a more elongated one to which two more are attached perpendicularly, forming a U-shape. The openings with lintels have a flush arch above them. In any case, there are many arched openings, such as the triforated windows in the gables of the attic or in the porch on the ground floor. Under the eaves, the decorative motif is a strip of white and blue glazed ceramic. The gabled roof is very pointed and has geometric decorative motifs on the ridge tiles, with a differentiation in colour. The chalets that were the homes of the mine managers began to be built in 1918. They form part of the Solvay workers' town concept. This was the headquarters of the CNT - FAI in 1936, and in June 1938 the permanent court of the eastern army was set up here.

    1918

  • Semi-detached Houses in Colònia Santa Maria

    autoria desconeguda

    A group of houses arranged around a street. There are 12 blocks, each of which houses two families, and they all have the same characteristics: they are made of brick, gabled with tiles, and they have a date in glazed ceramic at the top: 1918. Their main characteristic is that the block is divided in half vertically, not by floors. Rectangular in shape, they have an annex on each side, also with a rectangular structure. Each block is surrounded by a small garden that clearly defines the houses, which are on the ground floor and have two access doors: one on the façade and the other on the side, which leads to the kitchen. Villas A group of five buildings or towers surrounded and separated at the same time by a large garden. These are houses for executives. The five blocks have the same floor plan, with a few small exceptions. The main feature is that each block is split vertically in half and houses two families. The five blocks have the same floor plan with a few minor exceptions. The main feature is that each block is split vertically down the middle and houses two families. Looking at the side and front façades, the differentiation of the three floors can be seen, marked by a border that delimits the floors on the outside. The border of the first floor runs along the whole house, while that of the second floor only runs along the long sides. At the foot of the walls there is a kind of padding half a metre high. The third floor is lower than the other two. The whole building is made of exposed brick, as are the decorative elements. The gable roof is tiled, some of it glazed in green. There are also white and green tiles on part of the façade, combined rhythmically. Until 1982 they were owned by the company, and this year they were put up for sale and bought by their inhabitants.
  • El Campet

    Jeroni Martorell Terrats

    Property located at the crossroads of Pius Macià and Ignasi Abadal streets. It is a construction with a ground floor and three landings. The façade of the first three floors is made of stone masonry with the openings highlighted by exposed brick jambs. The work has been carried out in exposed brickwork. Of particular note is the black and white glazed ceramic decoration that is located in the frame of some of the openings. The name comes from the place name of the site. In 1905 and 1906 the place was known as the ‘Campet de l'Ermenter’. The house ‘Villa Carmen’ was built around 1920 by Lluís Fàbrega i Planas.

    1920

  • Sant Cristòfol de Súria Church

    autoria desconeguda

    The church, located in the centre of the town, has three naves, a structure that can be seen in the three-part façade, the middle section of which is extended by the bell tower. It is accessed by a large double staircase on either side. The central nave ends with a painted apse, and the right-hand side has an annexed section that partially respects the structure of its apse, used as a sacristy. The construction system is modern, and the material used was ashlar, reinforced concrete and brick. It is difficult to categorise it in a specific style, nor can we consider it eclectic. In 1930 the land belonging to the parish church, some 100 metres from the current site and also far from the parish school, was sold and the decision was made to buy the land adjacent to the schools (current location). In 1935 construction began and due to the war only the load-bearing structures remain. In 1939-40 the church was roofed, forgetting the sumptuous initial project. In 1941 the bell tower was finished and in 1965 the main altar was made.

    1935 - 1941

  • Torre Blanca de Súria

    autoria desconeguda

    Group of buildings located on the north side of the Balsareny road, BP-4313. The main building, used as a dwelling, has a rectangular floor plan with three bodies differentiated according to their roofs: both ends are higher and have a gable roof and the central body has a flat roof. The openings are topped by semicircular or segmental arches. The façade has the inscription ‘AÑO 1948 PG’ (1948 PG) in the tiles. Next to the main house there is a second building with three storeys, the ground floor of which housed the stables of the house. The whole complex is organised as if it were an urbanised complex with street signs all around, with ceramic tiles bearing the following names: ‘Plaça dels Ametllers’, ‘Carrer del Gall’, ‘Carrer dels Arcs’ and ‘Carrer de la Serp’.

    1948

  • Cal Sanyes

    Jeroni Martorell Terrats

    Building located on the corner of González Solesio and Vilanova streets. It is a four-storey building with a roof. The symmetrical composition of the openings in the form of a depressed concave arch, the continuous balustrades on the first and second floors, the façade cladding in the form of sgraffitied ashlars and the work of the metal railings with their curved forms stand out. The grandstand on the corner of the first floor is also worth noting. The entire building is crowned by an eave with a jagged decoration and a rooftop enclosed by a metal railing and small masonry pilasters. The building originally belonged to the Sañes family, a lineage of local tailors.

    first half of the 20th century

  • Azorín Cake Shop

    autoria desconeguda

    The bakery was located on the ground floor of a four-storey building with an attic in Plaça d’Anselm Clavé. The woodwork, floral decorations on the ceiling, glass and bronze display cases under the counter and Catalan Art Nouveau electric lights in the interior are all worth mentioning. The building has undergone renovations, and the shop is now closed, with the entrance bricked up. The Azorín Cake Shop was the successor to the former Biadiu, owned by Jaume Biadiu Morera, before Ventureta, also known as ‘La Palma’. By 1915, it was already Biadiu, which also had an industrial plant at Carrer Born 1 in Manresa, where chocolate and other sweets were produced.
  • Mas Vilella

    autoria desconeguda

    A two-storey rectangular brick building with a gable roof. The façade has been extensively renovated and at the top there is a plaque that reads ‘MAS VILELLA year 1913’. According to oral information, this construction is probably built on top of an earlier one of which no remains can be seen. Inside there are two quadrangular tubs, but it has been completely renovated. In a census from 1877 it appears as ‘La Vilella Country House, consisting of a two-storey building that was constantly inhabited.
  • Súria City Council and Schools

    Jeroni Martorell Terrats

    An isolated building, located in the central district of the town, on a 3480 square metre plot of land, with the building occupying only 382.70 square metres (17.20 metres wide by 22.25 metres deep). It has a ground floor and two upper floors with a central courtyard for light and ventilation, where the staircase leading to the first floor is located. It has a regular and symmetrical façade composition with vertical axes of openings, in slightly trefoil arches, with alternating balconies with iron railings and windows. The central axis of the main façade contains the lintelled doorway and the representative balcony, with a voussoired arch and the coat of arms of the town council in relief on the keystone. Above the cornice, a mixtilinear pediment. The doorway leads to a courtyard with a grand staircase around which the rooms are organised. The courtyard and staircase are designed in the tradition of the Catalan Gothic house, a Noucentista feature which, together with the rationality and simplification of the forms, gives character to the building. The roof is made of wood and tiles. The material used is brick. The work was promoted by the mayor of the time, Jaume Biadiu Morera, because the premises occupied by the Town Hall were needed for housing. The awarding of the works to Jeroni Martorell without a prior tender was motivated by his acquaintance with the town hall secretary Mario Arnal Duran. The building was born as a Town Hall and Public Schools, which were two separate buildings attached to both sides of the town hall. Of the two annexes, one no longer exists today and the other was never even built.
  • Colònia de Santa Maria neighborhood

    autoria desconeguda

    A neighbourhood located on a hill, now integrated with the rest of the town. It was born as a working-class neighbourhood at the beginning of the century, linked to the mining company that until now was its owner. Of a regular typology, it is made up of a transversal street on both sides of which a series of streets open up where the buildings are aligned - the plans for its construction came from Belgium, the place of origin of the owners of the mines. The houses are of different construction types and are also intended for different people: at the top are the rectangular blocks of the miners' families, which are of exposed brick, with two flats per floor. A little further down there are some towers with gardens, also made of exposed brick, for the higher-ranking workers; further down still, other (more sumptuous) towers, also made of exposed brick, are for the executives. Despite the difference in the constructions, the complex has an air of unity achieved with the material. However, the complex differs quite a lot from the rest of the typology and the constructions of the town. The buildings were constructed in the second decade of the 20th century. In 1982 the company put all the houses up for sale, and they have been bought at low prices by their inhabitants. Until now the buildings and the land were owned by the company that ran the potash mines in the village.
  • Ca la Xica Xacó

    autoria desconeguda

    Construcció situada al costat nord de la carretera BP-4313 en direcció a Balsareny. Es tracta d'una edificació de planta quadrangular amb annexos, al costat del cos principal .Té dos pisos i golfes amb coberta a doble vessant. Els paraments es troben arrebossats i destaca a la façana lateral una doble finestra coberta amb arcs de mig punt al lloc més alt de les golfes.

    20th century

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