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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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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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Project by:
Created by:
Directors:
2019-2025Aureli Mora i Omar Ornaque
Documental Commission:
2019-2025 Ramon FauraCarolina B. GarciaEduard CallísFrancesc RafatPau Albert Antoni López DaufíJoan FalguerasMercè BoschJaume FarrenyAnton PàmiesJuan Manuel ZaguirreJosep FerrandoFernando MarzáMoisés PuenteAureli MoraOmar Ornaque
Collaborators:
2019-2025Lluis AndreuSergi BallesterMaria Jesús QuinteroLucía M. VillodresMontse Viu
External Collaborators:
2019-2025Helena CepedaInès Martinel
With the support of:
Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Cultura
Collaborating Entities:
ArquinFAD
Fundació 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
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.
The historic centre of Gironella is located on the east bank of the Llobregat River, 20 metres above the modern part, which has grown on the other side of the river. Difficulties of accessibility have led to the depopulation of the old town and we therefore propose to insert a new access that enhances connectivity between the two parts. Seeking to establish a dialogue with the pre-existence, we located the lift at a strategic point on the Cal Metre road, the old access to the textile colonies. We recognise the vegetal stratum of the promenade as an element of relationship with the public space and seek material continuity with the industries. The structure is made up of pillars and tubular rings. The lower 8 metres of the lift shaft are resolved with a glass enclosure, the transparency of which guarantees integration with the Cal Metre promenade. The upper 16 metres are covered by a ceramic lattice, leaving the inner face open to maintain visual contact with the vestiges of the medieval wall during the journey.
The historic centre of Gironella is located on the east bank of the Llobregat River, 20 metres above the modern part, which has grown on the other side of the river. Difficulties of accessibility have led to the depopulation of the old town and we therefore propose to insert a new access that enhances connectivity between the two parts. Seeking to establish a dialogue with the pre-existence, we located the lift at a strategic point on the Cal Metre road, the old access to the textile colonies. We recognise the vegetal stratum of the promenade as an element of relationship with the public space and seek material continuity with the industries.
The structure is made up of pillars and tubular rings. The lower 8 metres of the lift shaft are resolved with a glass enclosure, the transparency of which guarantees integration with the Cal Metre promenade. The upper 16 metres are covered by a ceramic lattice, leaving the inner face open to maintain visual contact with the vestiges of the medieval wall during the journey.
With the installation of the lift that connects the difference in level between the two parts of Gironella, the Cal Metre path becomes a new daily route for the town's citizens and requires redevelopment. The proposal aims to recover the promenade as a space for passing through and staying, recalling its use as an access to the textile colonies at the end of the 19th century. In addition, the aim is to include the area of this old path in the public space of the town, which will become a new area to stay in and contemplate the river landscape where various events such as fairs, shows and other possible activities linked to the industrial warehouses can be held.
The project enhances the existing trees, mainly banana trees. A central strip of acid-washed concrete and 60% of permeable surface is planned around the perimeter. The limits with the edges are softened by a greenway with 5 and 15 cm joints that act as a transition and protection. Along the promenade, there are five carpets paved with cobblestones reused from old streets in the old town of Gironella, with an open joint, which make up the sitting areas, always associated with an existing tree and two concrete benches. The existing fence has been removed and a metal round railing has been installed to provide transparency towards the views and the river.
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