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1842 - 1844
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1892
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Casa Provincial de Maternitat Hospital (Former Breastfeeding Pavilion)
Located in the district of Les Corts, the complex known as Casa Provincial de Maternitat is located on the block of houses bounded by Travessera de Les Corts and Maternitat, Doctor Salvador Cardenal and Mejía Lequerica Streets. The main access to the complex is from Travessera de Les Corts. The complex is made up of a large group of pavilions built in different phases and distributed within a large, enclosed area. The original core of buildings, located at the southern end of the plot, is composed of five pavilions arranged around a large rectangular courtyard. These buildings have a height development consisting of a semi-basement, two floors and attics. They show a clear compositional unity and general arrangement, with a unique treatment of façades and the interplay of textures achieved by mixing exposed brick with stone walls. While on the plinths of the buildings the device is made of regular stone blocks placed at break joints, on the other levels the work is of common masonry. These textures are separated at the level of the slabs by rows of work with a slight overhang, where polychrome ceramic friezes stand out along the entire perimeter of the building. The crowning consists of a barbican that goes around the entire perimeter simulating a defensive enclosure. The constructions started during the period of the Mancomunitat; so, the Pink and Blue Pavilions, were designed by Josep Goday and Casals in a style closer to Noucentisme. The Pink Pavilion recovers the characteristic motifs of the Catalan Baroque, with the inclusion of sgraffitos (geometrising borders and baskets) and terracottas. The putti and the shield of the main door solved in the form of a shell were done by Canyellas, while the crowning is based on balusters and vases. The Blue Pavilion has earth-coloured sgraffito coverings on its façades; it got its name from the name of the glazed ceramic dome that crowns the central body. The Pavilion of Helios represents a turning point, bringing to the whole a building within the rationalist trend of the GATCPAC. Founded in 1853, the Provincial Maternity and Exhibition Centre was originally located in the Casa de Misericordia (Carrer Montalegre), in the old town. With the hygienist currents of the moment, the city council decided to improve the conditions of the institution by promoting the construction of buildings suitable for its sanitary function. For this purpose, in 1878 it acquired the farmhouse of Can Cavaller, in Les Corts. The architect of the Provincial Council, Camil Oliveras i Gensana, together with the architects General Guitart i Lostaló and Josep Bru, designed between 1885 and 1889 the Lactation Pavilion, the Weanling Pavilion, the two Infectious Pavilions and the Laundry. In 1920, the transfer of powers of the charity services between the Provincial Council and the Mancomunitat took place. The construction plans, which until then had been carried out by the institution, basically concerned the exhibition section, so Josep Bori drew up an ambitious project for the maternity section that should be developed on the land located to the north of the site. In 1915, the construction of the Pink Pavilion began, started by Rubí i Bellver and completed in 1924 by Josep Goday, intended to accommodate secret pregnancies or unmarried mothers. Between 1928 and 1942, the same architect built the Blue Pavilion, destined for the Maternity Clinic. Between 1933 and 1936, Goday built the Helios Pavilion, intended for tuberculosis children, following the structural and aesthetic guidelines of GATCPAC's own rationalism. After the Civil War, the institution lost the progressive and renewing attitude of the previous dynamic period and returned to being governed by the traditional concept of Christian charity, abandoning the concept of modern public service. In this context, the economy of the institution was very precarious and the construction of a new pavilion for children aged 2 to 3 could only be carried out thanks to the legacy of two million pesetas by Francesc Cambó i Batlle. The architect Manuel Baldrich i Tibau oversaw its construction between 1953 and 1957. With the start of work on the Mundet Apartments in 1954 and seeing that the buildings of the Maternity Hospital were no longer suitable for the social needs of the moment, the Council began to reconsider the uses of the site. Finally, in 1985, the Action and Planning Plan for the Maternity Home was approved, drawn up by the architects Josep Lluís Canosa and Carles Ferrater. This document laid the foundations for converting the existing buildings into public buildings intended for equipment and services, concentrating all hospital services in the Blue Pavilion and turning the outdoor spaces into a park. Currently, the Lactation pavilion is occupied by the Consortium of Resources for the Integration of Diversity (CRID), the Tourism Delegation, the Area of Economic Promotion and Employment and the Tax Management Organization (ORGT); the Weanling Pavilion is now the seat of the Ministry of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia; in the former infectious disease pavilions there is the Directorate of Urban Planning and Housing Services, the Institute of Urban Management and Local Activities (IGUAL) and the Institute of Local Housing (INHAL); the Historical Archive of the Barcelona City Council was installed in the Laundry; the headquarters of the Distance Education University (UNED) was installed in the Pavilion of the Kitchens; the Pink Pavilion would cease to fulfill its function in 1974 and, fifteen years later, would host the offices of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. The Blue Pavilion has hosted, since 1993, the Hospital Clínic Health Consortium; the Pavilion Cambó has been home to the Jordi Rubió i Balaguer University School of Library Science since 1991; and since 1989, the Prat de la Riba Pavilion has been home to the Les Corts Secondary School.1883 - 1898
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Provincial Maternity Home (Avemaria Pavilion)
Located in the district of Les Corts, the complex known as Casa Provincial de Maternitat is located on the block of houses bounded by Travessera de Les Corts and Carrer de la Maternitat, Doctor Salvador Cardenal and Mejía Lequerica Streets. The main access to the complex is from Travessera de Les Corts. The complex is made up of a large group of pavilions built in different phases and distributed within a large, enclosed area. The original core of buildings, located at the southern end of the plot, is composed of five pavilions arranged around a large rectangular courtyard. These buildings have a height development consisting of a semi-basement, two floors and attics. They show a clear compositional unity and general arrangement, with a unique treatment of façades and a game of textures achieved by mixing exposed brick with stone walls. While the plinths of the buildings are made of regular stone blocks placed at break-joints, on the other levels the work is of common masonry. These textures are separated at the level of the slabs by rows of work with a slight overhang, where polychrome ceramic friezes stand out along the entire perimeter of the building. The crowning consists of a barbican that goes around the entire perimeter simulating a defensive enclosure. The constructions started during the period of the Mancomunitat, meaning that the Pink and Blue Pavilions were designed by Josep Goday i Casals in a style closer to Noucentisme. The Pink Pavilion recovers the characteristic motifs of the Catalan Baroque, with the inclusion of sgraffitos (geometrising borders and baskets) and terracottas. The putti and the shield of the main door solved in the form of a shell were done by Canyellas, and the crowning is based on balusters and vases. The Blue Pavilion has earth-coloured sgraffito coverings on its façades; it received its name from the name of the glazed ceramic dome that crowns the central body. The Pavilion of Helios represents a turning point, bringing to the whole a building within the rationalist current of the GATCPAC. Founded in 1853, the Casa Provincial de Maternitat i Expòsits was originally located in the Casa de Misericordia (Carrer Montalegre), in the old town. With the hygienist currents of the moment, the City Council decided to improve the conditions of the institution by promoting the construction of buildings suitable for its sanitary function. For this purpose, in 1878 they acquired the Can Cavaller country house, in Les Corts. The architect of the City Council, Camil Oliveras i Gensana, together with the architects General Guitart i Lostaló and Josep Bru, designed the Lactation Pavilion, the two Infectious Pavilions and the Laundry between 1885 and 1889. In 1920, the transfer of powers of the charity services between the City Council and the Mancomunitat took place. The construction plans, which until then had been carried out by the institution, basically concerned the orphanage section, so Josep Bori drew up an ambitious project for the maternity section that should be developed on the land located to the north of the site. In 1915, the construction of the Pink Pavilion began, started by Rubí i Bellver and completed in 1924 by Josep Goday, intended to accommodate secret pregnancies or unmarried mothers. Between 1928 and 1942, the same architect built the Blue Pavilion, destined for the Maternity Clinic. Between 1933 and 1936, Goday built the Helios Pavilion, intended for children with tuberculosis, following the structural and aesthetic guidelines of GATCPAC's rationalism. After the Spanish Civil War, the institution lost the progressive and renewing attitude of the previous dynamic period and returned to being governed by the traditional concept of Christian charity, abandoning the concept of modern public service. In this context, the economy of the institution was very precarious and the construction of a new pavilion for children aged 2 to 3 could only be carried out thanks to the legacy of two million pesetas by Francesc Cambó i Batlle. The architect Manuel Baldrich i Tibau oversaw its construction between 1953 and 1957. With the start of work on the Llars Mundet in 1954 and seeing that the buildings of the Maternity Hospital were no longer suitable for the social needs of the moment, the Council began to reconsider the uses of the site. Finally, in 1985, the Action and Planning Plan for the Maternity Home was approved, drawn up by the architects Josep Lluís Canosa and Carles Ferrater. This document laid the foundations for converting the existing buildings into public buildings intended for equipment and services, concentrating all hospital services in the Blue Pavilion and turning the outdoor spaces into a park. Currently, the Lactation pavilion is occupied by the Consortium of Resources for the Integration of Diversity (CRID), the Tourism Delegation, the Area of Economic Promotion and Employment and the Tax Management Organization (ORGT); the Pavelló de Desmamats is the seat of the Ministry of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia; in the old infectious disease pavilions there is the Directorate of Urban Planning and Housing Services, the Institute of Urban Management and Local Activities (IGUAL) and the Institute of Local Housing (INHAL); the Historical Archive of the Barcelona City Council was installed in the Laundry; the headquarters of the Distance Education University (UNED) was installed in the Pavilion of the Kitchens; the Pink Pavilion would cease to fulfill its function in 1974 and, fifteen years later, would host the offices of COOB'92. The Blue Pavilion has hosted, since 1993, the Hospital Clínic Health Consortium; the Cambó Pavilion has been home to the Jordi Rubió i Balaguer University School of Library Science since 1991; and since 1989, the Prat de la Riba Pavilion has been home to Les Corts Secondary School. -
Sant Josep and Sant Pere Hospital and Asylum
The complex takes up the entire block between the streets of Jacas, Marañón, Maragall and Claret. It is an isolated building, with a complex organisation, formed by two bodies arranged perpendicular to another central body. It includes several outbuildings, including a chapel and a battlemented tower. The roofs are generally two-sided tiles. The construction has openings of various typologies that are framed in brick. There are several entrances to the building, which is surrounded by a garden. At the back, the shelter of Sant Josep has been the subject of several expansion works. The Sant Josep and Sant Pere asylum was built in 1901, according to a project by the architect Josep Font i Gumà. In the Historical Archive of Ribes, there is a document dated 1947, the request to the City Council for works to expand the building, in accordance with the plans signed by the architect Josep Brugal i Fortuny.1901
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1898 - 1902
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Charity House
Religious building made up of two parts. On the one hand, the front part, where the entrance is located, in the form of a square tower crowned by a four-sided dome covered with ceramics. On the other hand, the back part, has a rectangular plan covered by a gable roof and with large side windows. All the ornamental elements that make up the ensemble are located in a neo-Gothic and eclectic tradition: bipartite windows with a column and Gothic tracery, trefoils and mouldings that serve as ogival-shaped dust guards, semicircular arches and attached columns with Corinthian capitals. The facings are of red bricks with white stuccoed recesses in the corners and framing the openings in the fashion of false arches. Access is via a staircase presided over by an ogival portal where you can read Casa Benèfica, on top of the year 1901 and a double window. There are many subsequent annexes suitable for the specific needs of the moment. Despite the construction dates given by Gaietà Buigas, 1901 is written on the façade.1901 - 1902
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1903 - 1905
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1905
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1910
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1910 - 1912
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1914
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Casa Llorca
Al barri de Ferreries, amb façana al riu i a la rambla, el Dr. Antonio Llorca Biguer es va fer construir aquest edifici, de caire historicista. Presenta una composició molt ordenada en la que ressalten els elements en voladís -tribuna i balconades- tots ells de pedra treballada amb motius vegetals. L'abigarrament decoratiu general contrasta amb la contenció i senzillesa del remat superior aconseguint, però, un resultat de gran eficàcia urbana. Mes amunt, a la mateixa Rambla i, també, en posició aixamfranada hi trobem la modernista Casa Camós (1903), de l'arquitecte Pau Monguió i Segura.1919
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1918 - 1920
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Nous Pavellons de l'Hospital Psiquiàtric de Salt
El 1888, la compra provincial d’unes 3,5 hectàrees al mas Cardell enceta l’equipament en un remot paratge rural. La saturació constant d’orats i un règim controlat per religiosos marquen un conspicu panorama vuitcentista, voltat de fossat i filat i amb algun intent mèdic regeneracionista. La Mancomunitat catalana (1914), l’adveniment d’un poder modernitzador, l’assumeix, el repensa (Dr. Martí i Julià, Dr. Vives) i basteix els edificis de Rubió. Els dos pavellons evoquen trets de la masia, filtrats pel noucentisme que impregna porxos i detalls i encara amb alguns residus del gaudinisme passat, com ara els sòcols «baldufa» dels pilars. El cop reaccionari del 1923 ho atura tot, i els plans republicans del 1933, amb llur renovació de la psiquiatria, moren arran de la convulsió del 1936 i la victòria feixista. L’allau de demències i la penalitat econòmica posteriors marquen una evolució que arriba, vers el 1980, a un canvi radical de mètodes per fer-los més oberts. Cap al 1993, el planteig del trasllat de l’hospital provincial i les necessitats de la psiquiatria clínica susciten un pla que abat edificis i en preveu de nous, sempre en un mosaic extensiu que interactua amb l’arbrat i l’espai obert i que es relaciona amb les traces urbanes veïnes. N’és fill el conjunt del 2003, de tres unitats amb 50 llits cadascuna, que desplega braços des d’un eix principal.1921
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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
The project is the result of the merger of the Hospital de Sant Pau and the old Gothic complex of the Hospital de la Santa Creu, which created one of the elements with the greatest urban impact on the city. The hospital occupies nine blocks of houses in the Eixample Cerdà, at one end of Gaudí Avenue, with the Sagrada Família at the other end. Domènech i Montaner opts for the same organisation in pavilions rehearsed at the Institut Pere Mata, although creating an underground concentrated structure that prevents the functional dispersion of the pavilions, much criticised by some experts of the time in hospital facilities. It is a set of 46 pavilions located around an axis that crosses the large block of houses diagonally. Domènech thus operates an open and innovative reading of the island of typical houses in the Cerdà plan. The structure of the pavilions is modulated in elements that support brick vaults, favouring the adaptation of the wall system with the functionality of each pavilion. The axis formed by Gaudí Avenue represents a unique monumental ensemble, at the ends of which stand two almost antithetical conceptions of the meaning of the new architecture and its functionality in the social needs of the time.1902 - 1923
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Granollers Nursing Home
Group of buildings around a large U-shaped courtyard, oriented south. The central body stands out for the access reinforced by two observation towers that protrude from the rest of the buildings; these have a ground floor, main floor and attic. The cover is composite. The formal and decorative elements are representative of the modernist language. It was built on the site of the old and disappeared Capuchin convent, founded in 1584 and destroyed during the Napoleonic war. After being redone, the burning of convents of 1835 took place. In 1844, the state ceded these lands to move the hospital that was previously in the current Tarafa Library. In 1913, the "Junta de Reforma de Granollers y Construcción del Nuevo Hospital - Asilo" was established, chaired by Francisco Ribes Serre. In 1914 the foundation stone was laid. Part of the funds to construct this building were taken from the sale of the Sant Esteve altarpiece (a work by Vergós from the 15th century) for 150,000 pesetas.1914 - 1923
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1915 - 1924
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1908 - 1928
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Torribera Precinct
Rafael Masó i Valentí, Josep Maria Pericas i Morros
A health complex built in various phases from 1927 to 1936, based on the winning project of the competition organised in 1917 by the Mancomunitat de Catalunya. This project, drawn up by Rafael Masó and Josep Maria Pericas, was executed nine years later when Masó, affected by a political sanction, cannot be listed as the architect of the works, although it is recorded that he was working at least in 1926 and 1927.1917 - 1936
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Torribera Mental Health Clinic
Rafael Masó i Valentí, Josep Maria Pericas i Morros
These are detached pavilions with a rectangular ground floor and a geometric garden. The façades are dominated by plastered and painted surfaces on natural and rustic stone plinths. The openings are horizontal. The porches on the south façade are supported by concrete pillars with neoclassical ornamental elements. The roofs are pitched with four slopes of Arabic tile with a perpendicular body with two slopes. These buildings form part of the set of pavilions of the mental clinic which won the competition promoted by the Mancomunitat de Catalunya. Both the layout inside the complex and the formal and ornamental language of the pavilions are faithful to the original project of 1917. These pavilions housed psychiatric patients. The Montserrat pavilion is to be adapted as an Environmental Interpretation Centre. The Canigó pavilion was formerly known as the Inmaculada pavilion. -
Gaudí and Verdaguer Pavilions of the Torribera Complex
Rafael Masó i Valentí, Josep Maria Pericas i Morros
These are two isolated pavilions with a ground floor and basement floor, with the geometric garden surrounded by hedges and a sloping roof of flat, glazed tiles and wrought iron elements. The façades are dominated by plastered and painted surfaces on low plinths of natural and rustic stone. The openings have English-style joinery with profusion of partitions and formal sandstone decorative elements, while the porches on the south façade are formed by concrete arches on round pillars. The Gaudí and Verdaguer pavilions are part of the set of pavilions of the mental clinic that won the competition promoted by the Mancomunitat of Catalonia in 1917. They are the only pavilions that were built according to the original project both in terms of the situation and the formal language employed. They were designed to treat psychiatric patients and have undergone several refurbishments over time. It is planned that they will be used to house the laboratories and offices of the Clinical Research Centre and Food Science and Technology Centre of the University of Barcelona. The Gaudí pavilion used to be called Sant Pau and the Verdaguer pavilion was dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes. -
Hospital i Església de Sant Andreu
Ignasi Oms i Ponsa, Miquel Puig
Hospital: Construcció d'estil renaixentista amb ampliacions posteriors historicistes. Està format per un conjunt d'edificis, resultat de les ampliacions efectuades en les diverses èpoques (s.XVI-XX). La part més antiga, mitgera amb l'església, correspon a l'actual residencia de monges. A la planta baixa resta un arc gòtic original i d'altres reconstruïts. A la planta del pis apareixen finestrals renaixentistes. A principis del s.XX s'afegí un pis seguint la mateixa composició de la façana. També en aquesta època s'amplia l'hospital en d'altres cossos d'edificis de gust modernista-historicista. Finestres renaixentistes: obertura amb predomini de l'eix vertical, de doble fulla, emmarcada en els laterals per dues columnes primes d'ordre complert i coronades amb petits capitells treballats d'on arranca la resta de decoració que cobreix la part superior del vano, amb ondulacions creixents en el centre i que conclouen en una motllura. El material utilitzat és pedra sorrenca. Ocupen tot el primer pis de la façana que dóna a la Plaça de l'Hospital i una part de la façana del carrer de Sant Andreu. Església: obeeix a un ordre barroc classicista molt senzill. Està formada per una nau, amb volta de canó i arcs torals sobre pilastres, resultat d'una ampliació en longitud i alçada. La façana principal té un portal clàssic format per columnes i frontó corb, amb un rosetó al damunt. Dues torres simètriques de planta quadrada al cim la flanquegen. Hospital: Origen: des del s.XIII existia una "Domus Infirmorum" s.XVI: ampliacions i reformes renaixentistes. s.XX: 1ª dècada ampliació en un pis, estil historicista. Església: Origen del 1300. Construïda adossada a l'hospital, sota el patrocini del Mercader manresà Pere Salvatge. 1792: Construcció de la nova església sota protecció de la família Amigan. 1975: Benedicció de l'església.20th century