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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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
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2019-2024 Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque

Documental 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 Ornaque

Collaborators:

2019-2024 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse Viu

External Collaborators:

2019-2024 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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  • Sinera Cemetry

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    Sinera Cemetry

    Structured in three sectors. The one corresponding to the north wing is formed by a block of niches attached to the fences of the cemetery. The remaining spaces are occupied by avenues and graves. In the central sector there is the chapel and most of the graves with the most relevant sculptural elements, while respecting a symmetrical composition in which the central corridor and the chapel are the axis of the main access. The southern sector is configured by sections of attached niches on the side walls of the east and west facades. Attached to the main façade, where the access is located, are the attached and service outbuildings. The central space is soberly landscaped with cypress trees and a symmetrical composition of avenues. The ornamental wealth of some tombs and graves made by prominent artistic personalities of the time is worth noting, among whom we must point out the sculptors Venanci Vallmitjana, Josep Llimona and Josep Carcassó -disciple of Vallmitjana-. The works stand out for their chromatic austerity in contrast to the white of the walls and the green of the cypress trees. Modernist chapel (Enric Sagnier, 1918): built by Enric Sagnier, it is a large pantheon of Iu Bosch's family. Sculpture of a woman from the Mundet Pantheon (Josep Llimona, 1900): sculpture representing a seated woman with a thinker's attitude, resting her head on one hand. She wears a dress with long skirts that cover her feet. The head is almost the same as the other statue of the same Lemon that is very close, both have the same hairstyle, long hair with a clip in the middle and pulled back towards the corner where the hand that supports it is. Also, like the other, he keeps a distant look. This one, however, has a stronger sensitivity than the other. Its state of conservation would be good if it weren't for the holes it has, which were produced by bullet shots. Woman sculpture from the Massaguer Pantheon (Josep Llimona, 1925): sculpture that represents a woman sitting on some steps, rehung in the tomb of which it is a part. It is of great beauty and refinement. When you look at it from the side, it looks a little out of proportion. Built with white marble, it gives off an air of mysticism accentuated by the lost and distant gaze of the figure represented. Holy Trinity or Eternal Father (Venanci Vallmitjana Barbany, 1909): Sculptural ensemble in white marble representing the Holy Trinity. It is made to life size and its presence impresses the visitor. The figure of the Father is represented by a welcoming image of an old, bearded man with a dove on his chest with outstretched wings representing the Holy Spirit. The son is leaning on the father, with his head at an angle, and he has, at his feet, an angel. The whole group is held in a stony mass that gives the feeling of clouds, an element which makes the whole not feel heavy and increases the feeling of magnificence. Sculpture of a woman (Josep Carcassó i Font, 19th century): Stone sculpture representing a seated girl with a bouquet of flowers in her hands. Her head is down and is looking at the ground. This attitude, together with all the movement that the dress provides, thanks to its long skirts with pleats, gives her a romantic and reserved look. It is of small height and is located behind a sculptural group by V. Vallmitjana. Virgin Mary with Jesus Christ or Piety (Venanci Vallmitjana Barbany, 1905): Sculptural group formed by the Virgin and Jesus Christ. The son is sitting on the Virgin's lap, representing the theme of Piety, inspired by Michelangelo. Built with white marble, a temple was later added to protect it from inclement weather. Tomb of the Fontcuberta i Jubany consorts (Cèsar Martinell Brunet, 1941): Tomb built in granite, with a raised base on which rests a body in the form of a sarcophagus and as background, a funerary stele with the cross in relief and the image of Christ in bronze, work of Frederic Marès. Fence vault with corner pillars finished in lantern and joined with metal chain. The Arenys de Mar cemetery is the result of three successive construction phases - from the middle of the 19th century to the second decade of the 20th century - which have formed individual sectors with different character and composition, but which maintain a harmonious and environmental balance, one of the most relevant values of this place. Located on the Pietat hill, the cemetery is the second erected in this place. Around 1813 the construction of the first cemetery began. Around 1860, it was decided to build a new one, whose works were almost finished in 1864. The chapel was not completed until December 31, 1867. The author of the project and director of the work was done by the master builder Domènec Casacuberta. The disappearance of the old cemetery was considered in the seventies of the 19th century. Twenty years later, population growth advised an extension of the site. In 1895, the reform of the path to the cemetery was inaugurated, allowing the passage of carriages, which avoids the driving of dead bodies by the weight of arms. At the end of 1917 the cemetery takes on its current configuration, when the last block of niches is built in the center of the wide area, which is decorated on the face corresponding to the ascending axis of the cemetery with the construction of ten niches luxury framed by artificial stone columns. Since then, the cemetery has not changed its layout. Its environment has, however, suffered serious attacks.

    1868

  • Sepulcre de Josep Arnau i Preses

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    Sepulcre de Josep Arnau i Preses

    1907

  • Sepulcre de la Família Sagrera

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  • Mundet Pantheon

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    Mundet Pantheon

    Sculpture depicting a woman sitting on a tomb with a thinker's attitude, resting her head on one hand. She wears a long dress that covers her feet. The head is very similar to the other statue, elaborated by the same artist, Llimona. It is very near and both wear the same hairstyle – long hair with a clip in the middle and pulled back towards the corner where the hand that supports it is. Also, like the other, she keeps a distant and thoughtful look. This one, however, shows a stronger emotivity than the other. Its state of conservation would be good if it weren't for the holes it has, which were produced by bullet shots.
  • 1908

  • 1915

  • Massaguer Pantheon

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    Massaguer Pantheon

    Statue depicting a woman sitting on some steps, leaning on the tomb of which it is part. It is of great beauty and refinement. When you look at it from the side, it looks a little out of proportion. Built with white marble, it gives off an air of mysticism accentuated by the lost and distant gaze of the figure represented.

    1922

  • Arenys Market

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    Arenys Market

    Large exposed brick and stone construction, with a staircase and a curved entrance porch. Deck with iron horses. Interior of a single nave divided into three streets - as many as entrance doors - to facilitate the compartmentalisation of the stops. In the centre, where Carrer de les Margarides would cross the premises, the fish stalls are set up in a roundabout. The side windows provide lighting. Large central window on the façade at floor level, above the porch. Ornamentation with tiles and mouldings on the stone elements located on the plinth, at the beginning of the entrance arches and on the pinnacles. Postmodernist work. It is located in a central place in La Riera, near the church square, it stands out from the whole because of its size and the empty porch, despite following the same façade alignment of the neighbouring houses. In recent years, the municipal broadcasting station was installed on the empty porch, on the first floor.

    1929

  • Can Xifré Segell Preventive Pro-Child School

    GATCPAC, Josep Lluís Sert

    This school was built as an annex to the old Can Xifré hospital for children with tuberculosis, but it never functioned due to the Spanish Civil War. It is currently the headquarters of the Salvador Espriu Documentation and Studies Centre. The building is made up of two educational modules, separated by an access bay, with a distributor and services. Five corridors in total - each one is covered by a Catalan vault that no longer rests on load-bearing walls, but on girders, which increases the width of the space. It is a white building, with abstract and forceful volumetry, typical of the CIAM, which rests on a stone plinth. The classrooms open onto a terrace facing south, which is used for outdoor classes and is protected by a concrete slab that follows the aesthetics of machinery, like the wing of an airplane. The commission was carried out by the Segell Proinfància, an organisation created during the Second Republic, in 1933, which had the mission of raising money for the construction and maintenance of buildings dedicated to the prevention of tuberculosis. The money raised came from the sale of stamps during Christmas.

    1935 - 1937

  • Extension of the Hispania Restaurant

    Espinet/Ubach, Arquitectes i Associats, Miquel Espinet i Mestre, Antoni Ubach i Nuet

    Extension of the Hispania Restaurant

    Since Hispania opened its doors as a restaurant in 1957 - it had been a garage in previous years - 52 years have passed. The Reixach family has run this historic establishment with unprecedented success and its notability has transcended state borders. Today's Hispania is cataloged by the country's main guides as one of the best restaurants in Spain, and the Reixach sisters, the current owners, have been awarded countless prizes and recognitions. Hispania is therefore a monument to gastronomy and as such it is difficult to propose to modify or expand it without losing the magic that half a century of history has conferred on it. For this reason, the task we received to design a deep reform of the premises filled us with concern, for the complexity of the place and for its significance in the history of Catalan cuisine, but also with enthusiasm for what it represented a challenge to intervene profitably and skillfully in a space so full of memories. Surprisingly, the owners let the architects suggest where and how to act, a responsibility that has weighed on the authors until the results have finally been seen and verified. Therefore, we chose a solution that seemed the most neutral to us, which interfered less with the history of the house. And, in an adjoining garden, attached to the façade of the main building, we projected a glass pavilion, light, transparent and aerial, supported by only two points on the base of the garden. The metal structure building is covered by means of a prestressing central truss allowing it to be built in just 3 and a half months thanks to the systems manufactured in the workshop and the use of self-supporting thermochip panels. With total exterior measurements of 16.45 x 5.00 x 3.50m high, the space is configured as a single room connected to the old dining room through a body-belly that acts as a pre-hallway and separates the two spaces, the new and the old. A demanding performance in terms of acoustic behaviour, with the base of ecofont panels and perimeter walls of scratched wood, ensures surprising environmental comfort, which is complemented by other materials such as oak parquet on the floor, fabric roll-up curtains on the perimeter glass and the chairs covered in quality upholstery give the space a sense of well-being that the Hispania customer appreciates. The modular distribution based on mobile auxiliary furniture allows the configuration of the new dining room to be easily varied, while the lighting, programmed by computer, nuances and precisely matches the desired scenarios. The dining room has already come into use and its relationship with the historic room has proven not only compatible but extraordinarily complementary. In fact, it is gaining importance given its round shapes, its bright and comfortable space and its cozy and versatile furniture. The history of Hispania will be able to continue its path without setbacks. Its new dining room will become another chapter that will be written, with admirable vocation, by its owners and masterful cooks, Paquita and Lolita Reixach.

    2008

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