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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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

Documental 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 Ornaque

External Collaborators:

2019-2024 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Helena Cepeda Inès Martinel Maria Jesús Quintero

With the support of:

Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura

Collaborating Entities:

ArquinFAD

 

Fundació 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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We kindly invite you to help us improve the dissemination of Catalan architecture through this space. Here you can propose works and provide or amend information on authors, photographers and their work, along with adding comments. The Documentary Commission will analyze all data. Please do only fill in the fields you deem necessary to add or amend the information.

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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Situada a sobre d’un promontori rocós davant del mar, la casa s’adapta a la irregularitat del terreny per mitjà de nombroses tirades a 45 graus i una combinació de materials que inclou el paredat vist, l’emblanquinat i les superfícies vidrades. La sala d’estar dóna paral·lelament al paisatge, mentre que les terrasses hi apunten els angles aguts. Els dormitoris se situen sota la terrassa principal, de manera que tota la casa forma un gran organisme a dos nivells. El díedre que tanca la terrassa superior i els terrassaments que porten fins a la platgeta responen a una transformació integral de l’indret.

Author: Maurici Pla

Source: Catalunya : guia d'arquitectura moderna, 1880-2007

Cuando le encargaron esta casa, Bonet tenía el estudio en Buenos Aires. Entonces, abrió un segundo despacho en Barcelona e inició una colaboración con Puig i Torné para llevar a cabo los proyectos en Cataluña. Más tarde abriría otro despacho en Madrid. Normalmente solía empezar el proyecto y encajar la estructura en Buenos Aires, y después lo acababa en Barcelona con Puig i Torné. Esta relación se prolongaría hasta 1964. La casa Rubió está situada en primera línea de mar, en un terreno muy abrupto del Cap de Salou al que se accede por la parte de atrás. Motivado por esta situación privilegiada, Bonet decidió situar la zona de estar en la planta de arriba, para disponer de mejores vistas, y las habitaciones en la planta baja. Una serie de escaleras y plataformas conducen a la piscina, también triangular, y después al mar. El terreno va creando pequeños rincones con ángulos muy agudos, de los que surgió la composición triangular de la casa, que está formada por dos triángulos girados, uno en cada planta. Entre las maclas e intersecciones de los dos triángulos se producen algunos episodios arquitectónicos, como el patio ajardinado de las habitaciones, el doble espacio de la escalera y las zonas comunitarias que fluyen de un lugar a otro. De este modo, el edificio se adapta a la forma del acantilado, intentando destacar lo menos posible. La mayoría de los muros son macizos y están construidos con las piedras del lugar para acentuar al máximo la adaptación al sitio.

Author: Xavier Llobet i Ribeiro

Source: DOCOMOMO Ibérico

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