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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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2019-2025 Aureli Mora i Omar OrnaqueDocumental Commission:
2019-2025 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 OrnaqueCollaborators:
2019-2025 Lluis Andreu Sergi Ballester Maria Jesús Quintero Lucía M. Villodres Montse ViuExternal Collaborators:
2019-2025 Helena Cepeda Inès MartinelWith the support of:
Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de CulturaCollaborating Entities:
ArquinFADFundació 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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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 former convent of Sant Francesc was built by the Franciscan order in the early 18th century and inaugurated in 1729. Built in the Baroque style, the convent consists of three wings which, together with the church, enclose the convent grounds, forming a rectangular courtyard. The church was built on the north side and is a building of grandiose proportions, with a central nave and side chapels. The building as a whole is in a deplorable state of repair and deterioration.
In 1693, Franciscan friars settled in the town of Santpedor, fulfilling an old aspiration and popular devotion, as Santpedor had had a chapel dedicated to Saint Francis since the 13th century. The construction of the large convent, located outside the walls of the fortified town, was inaugurated in 1729. The Franciscan community lived there until 1835, when the confiscation of church property forced them to abandon it. Years later, in 1851, the convent was temporarily inhabited by the Carmelite Sisters of Charity until 1893. Since then, it has remained abandoned.
In the 19th century, the building was home to the Bishop of Palmira, Fèlix Amat, for seven years.
The convent was renovated as an auditorium between 2006 and 2011.
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Convent of Sant Francesc
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The former convent of Sant Francesc was built by the Franciscan order in the early 18th century and inaugurated in 1729. Built in the Baroque style, the convent consists of three wings which, together with the church, enclose the convent grounds, forming a rectangular courtyard. The church was built on the north side and is a building of grandiose proportions, with a central nave and side chapels. The building as a whole is in a deplorable state of repair and deterioration. In 1693, Franciscan friars settled in the town of Santpedor, fulfilling an old aspiration and popular devotion, as Santpedor had had a chapel dedicated to Saint Francis since the 13th century. The construction of the large convent, located outside the walls of the fortified town, was inaugurated in 1729. The Franciscan community lived there until 1835, when the confiscation of church property forced them to abandon it. Years later, in 1851, the convent was temporarily inhabited by the Carmelite Sisters of Charity until 1893. Since then, it has remained abandoned. In the 19th century, the building was home to the Bishop of Palmira, Fèlix Amat, for seven years. The convent was renovated as an auditorium between 2006 and 2011. -
Auditorium in the Convent of Sant Francesc
The convent of Sant Francesc, located in the town of Santpedor, was built at the beginning of the 18th century. In 1835, when the convent was sacked, the building began to deteriorate progressively, culminating in the demolition of the complex in the year 2000. Only the church remained standing, in a completely ruinous state. The project aimed to convert the church into an auditorium and cultural centre. The work has consolidated the church without erasing the process of deterioration and collapse that the building had suffered. The project has made it possible to maintain the spatial values of the church's interior, with the unusual light entering through the partial collapses of the roofs, clearly differentiating the original construction from the new elements. The final result allows the building's most important historical wounds and spatial values to be read without renouncing the use of a contemporary language in the new elements proposed in the intervention. The new volumes necessary for the functioning of the equipment (installation rooms or vertical accesses) have been placed between the interior and exterior of the building with the aim of preserving the unitary space of the nave of the church. The new accesses have been designed in such a way as to allow a complete circular route through the building, generating unique and diverse views. The intervention has sought to preserve the historical legacy of the building while adding new features that enhance and distinguish the church of the former convent of Sant Francesc in a contemporary way. In the future, a final phase is planned to complete the project by locating the municipality's historical archive on the upper floors on the south side of the church. -
Mostres d'Arquitectura (Comarques Centrals)
Shortlisted. Category: Intervencions de RehabilitacióAuditorium in the Convent of Sant Francesc
