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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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 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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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 building follows a courtyard with three longitudinal corridors, so that the central one becomes a complex interior lighting device, which assimilates the whole set to a cloister. Working with a small budget, Gaudí chose to use a very narrow parabolic arch, repeated numerous times, which allowed him to solve the central distribution corridors and at the same time the openings of the façade. The central courtyards allow dimmed light to reach the ground floor by means of successive steps that let the light pass through indirect routes. It is worth noting the simplicity with which the joinery has been solved: inside, the glazed leaf partitions take on abstract forms without any symbolism. The typical window of the façade consists of a rectangular blind, embedded in the mass of the factory, which covers the opening itself, which takes the form of the reference parabolic arch.

Author: Maurici Pla

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

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  1. Les Teresianes School

    Antoni Gaudí i Cornet

    Les Teresianes School

    The building follows a courtyard with three longitudinal corridors, so that the central one becomes a complex interior lighting device, which assimilates the whole set to a cloister. Working with a small budget, Gaudí chose to use a very narrow parabolic arch, repeated numerous times, which allowed him to solve the central distribution corridors and at the same time the openings of the façade. The central courtyards allow dimmed light to reach the ground floor by means of successive steps that let the light pass through indirect routes. It is worth noting the simplicity with which the joinery has been solved: inside, the glazed leaf partitions take on abstract forms without any symbolism. The typical window of the façade consists of a rectangular blind, embedded in the mass of the factory, which covers the opening itself, which takes the form of the reference parabolic arch.
  2. Ampliació de l’escola Teresianes-Ganduxer

    PichArchitects, Teresa Batlle Pagés, Felip Pich-Aguilera i Baurier

    Ampliació de l’escola Teresianes-Ganduxer

    El repte principal va ser plantejar una ampliació en un entorn protegit, on la presència d’un primer edifici projectat per Antoni Gaudí inundava el conjunt. Es van estudiar varies ubicacions de la nova construcció i es va decidir situar la ampliació en el lloc més adequat per no afectar la visibilitat de l’edifici Gaudí. El nou volum respecte l’alçada i distàncies dels edificis colindants i es lliga funcionalment al pavelló esportiu existent. L’edifici havia de parlar del seu temps, sense donar l’esquena a les textures pròpies del edifici existent, així doncs s’ha optat per una façana teixida ceràmica, que fa de gran gelosia, cap el carrer i elements lleugers i lluminosos cap l’interior de l’escola. Aquesta doble pell que tamitza tèrmica i lumínicament l’interior permet una llibertat i flexibilitat en la distribució de les finestres i els elements opacs necessaris funcionalment.
  3. Escala d'evacuació en el recinte protegit Teresianes Ganduxer

    PichArchitects, Teresa Batlle Pagés, Felip Pich-Aguilera i Baurier

    Escala d'evacuació en el recinte protegit Teresianes Ganduxer

    El projecte va suposar un treball detallat per a explicar i acordar amb patrimoni de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona el seu impacte, la seva fluïdesa amb l’existent i la seva definició per a integrar-se amb el pavelló projectat i construït per Gaudí. Després d’analitzar l’estructura del Pavelló i estudiar les diferents possibilitats d’ubicació de l’escala d’evacuació, es va proposar una escala per l’exterior, delimitant-la a la crugia central de la façana lateral, amb l’interès de respectar la modulació existent. La seva posició coincideix amb el final d’un passadís interior que dona accés a totes les aules i connecta longitudinalment amb una segona escala. Es pren com a referència el volum d’accés de l’edifici Gaudí i d’algunes de les seves gelosies, els seus ritmes, transparència i textura. El projecte proposa un volum i tancament amb una composició ceràmica tradicional en gelosia, amb l’exprés interès que a través d’ella es visualitzi la façana del pavelló existent i pugui comprendre’s els diferents períodes d’intervenció. L’escala està pensada amb elements metàl·lics prefabricats assemblats en obra. El projecte estudia amb tot cuidat la visió del “Edifici Gaudí”, tant des de l’exterior del recinte com des de l’interior. La proposta permetia el pas en tot el seu contorn, així com dignificar un espai residual del col·legi.

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