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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.
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2019-2024 Aureli Mora i Omar OrnaqueDocumental Commission:
2019-2024 Ramon Faura Carolina B. Garcia Francesc Rafat Antoni López Daufí Joan Falgueras Anton Pàmies Mercè Bosch Josep Ferrando Fernando Marzá Aureli Mora Omar OrnaqueExternal Collaborators:
2019-2024 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Helena Cepeda Inès Martinel Maria Jesús QuinteroWith the support of:
Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de CulturaCollaborating Entities:
ArquinFADFundació Mies van der Rohe
Fundación DOCOMOMO Ibérico
Arxiu Mas
Basílica de la Sagrada Família
Museu del Disseny de Barcelona
EINA Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona
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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.
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The surface of action is 5 hectares.
The viaduct that floated over the public space has been demolished and vehicular traffic has been reorganised. Walking and playing spaces for citizens are now on the spotlight.
Lifts, escalators and ramps allow you to move comfortably despite having to overcome large topographical differences. In the steepest section of the Ronda de Dlat, the two directions of traffic were separated by five metres of height. The fact of demolishing the overhang that supported the upper circulation and moving the vehicles to the lower level has allowed this upper area to become a large promenade, with circulation restricted to services and access to the buildings' garages.
The wall on which the overhang rested, the support of this new promenade and next to which traffic now flows in two directions, has been covered with sound-absorbing bricks glazed in two shades of green. A longitudinal planter runs along the upper part of the wall, with hanging plants that help to make its inevitable presence more friendly. All the walls of the renovated area are faced with the same glazed bricks and are crowned by granite blocks.
A continuous salmon-coloured modified asphalt pavement covers all pedestrian areas. The lanterns are conventional, in the shape of a curved branch.
470 trees of different species have been planted, especially the tipuana species, to achieve a more unified image throughout the complex.
The result has been effortlessly assimilated by the citizens, as if the previous discordant elements about this space had never existed before.
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Reorganization of the Guinardó Ring Road and La Rovira Tunnel (South Entrance)
Martínez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres Tur
The surface of action is 5 hectares. The viaduct that floated over the public space has been demolished and vehicular traffic has been reorganised. Walking and playing spaces for citizens are now on the spotlight. Lifts, escalators and ramps allow you to move comfortably despite having to overcome large topographical differences. In the steepest section of the Ronda de Dlat, the two directions of traffic were separated by five metres of height. The fact of demolishing the overhang that supported the upper circulation and moving the vehicles to the lower level has allowed this upper area to become a large promenade, with circulation restricted to services and access to the buildings' garages. The wall on which the overhang rested, the support of this new promenade and next to which traffic now flows in two directions, has been covered with sound-absorbing bricks glazed in two shades of green. A longitudinal planter runs along the upper part of the wall, with hanging plants that help to make its inevitable presence more friendly. All the walls of the renovated area are faced with the same glazed bricks and are crowned by granite blocks. A continuous salmon-coloured modified asphalt pavement covers all pedestrian areas. The lanterns are conventional, in the shape of a curved branch. 470 trees of different species have been planted, especially the tipuana species, to achieve a more unified image throughout the complex. The result has been effortlessly assimilated by the citizens, as if the previous discordant elements about this space had never existed before. -
FAD Award
Shortlisted. Category: City and LandscapeReorganization of the Guinardó Ring Road and La Rovira Tunnel (South Entrance)Martínez Lapeña-Torres Arquitectos, José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres Tur