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Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation.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.
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.
El projecte desenvolupat és el del conjunt d'edificacions de la parròquia de la Sagrada Família d'Igualada, situat en un solar limitat pels carrers Avinguda de Barcelona, carretera d'Igualada a Manresa i carrer de Pierola, i al Nord per un terreny destinat a zona lliure. El conjunt d'edificacions comprèn l'església parroquial, amb tots els seus serveis, una sala destinada a reunions d'estudi i catequesi i les oficines parroquials i la vivenda del rector. Aquests elements constitueixen pràcticament un sol edifici, que a excepció de la casa rectoral i de les oficines parroquials no està alineat al carrer. L'espai que queda entre edifici i alineacions se separa del carrer per un muret que el limita i permet incorporar-lo al conjunt interior amb caràcters diferents segons casos. L'edifici és una juxtaposició de volums de planta quadrada que, d'una banda, permeten la uniformitat de cobertes a quatre vessants alhora que la continuïtat d'elements semblants i una complexitat i possible fraccionament d'espais interiors adaptables a les diferents possibilitats de ús i de capacitat de ledifici. L'església dita es compon de vuit fonaments quadrats. Dos són porxos d'accés: un al costat de l'entrada principal a la plaça interior, amb accés des de la carretera d'Igualada a Manresa, i un altre al costat del carrer de Pierola. La nau principal es compon de tres volums diferents, els quals, juntament amb les diferències de nivell al paviment, defineixen uns espais que poden, alhora, donar una unitat total a l'assemblea cristiana o permetre la reunió de comunitats de diferent dimensió sense que es trobin perdudes o incòmodes en un espai poc definit. En un altre element se situa una capella de menors dimensions, per a usos diaris, confessions, reserva, etc. ; la sagristia i els serveis ocupen un altre element de planta quadrada, i finalment, un element de base reduïda però de volum molt estirat assenyala l'eix d'accés a l'altar major des de la sagritia, alhora que dóna lloc a una sortida complementària per al desallotjament de les naus. L'església s'uneix a la part d'edifici destinat a sales de reunió, a través d'un porxo que, juntament amb l'accés principal a l'església i dos més situats a l'alineació de la carretera, defineixen la plaça parroquial, amb una font a el centre, entrada principal al recinte. S'han previst dues sales de reunió de mida diferent, per a usos diferents i uns serveis elementals. Al seu voltant i separats del carrer per uns jardins alts apareixen espais arbrats per a reunions a l'aire lliure. La casa rectoral i les oficines parroquials, a les quals s'accedeix a través d'un dels porxos de la plaça, deixen entre ells i l'església un pas exigu que permet completar, al voltant de les naus, un trajecte processional a l'aire lliure, interior al recinte.
The architectural complex is made up of two buildings: the rectory and the church. The latter is divided into three sections: the main nave, the altar of the Blessed Sacrament and the sacristy, joined by a bell tower. The buildings are surrounded by a large window at the top, with no other openings – the walls are made of exposed brick. Inside the main nave there are brick columns and a metal structure covering it. All the buildings are covered by hip roofs, made of fibre cement and topped by a lantern-shaped skylight. All construction materials, i.e. metal beams, concrete and brick, are visible, without any kind of distortion. There is a total absence of ornamental elements (with the exception of the three carvings representing the Holy Family, located in the part of the main altar - see the report).
The enlargement and importance of a new neighbourhood in Igualada, the ‘Poble Sec’, provoked the need for a new parish church. The project was carried out by a team of architects made up of Josep Mª Martorell, Oriol Bohigas and David Mackay, the latter directing the work.
The building is representative of post-conciliar religious architecture.