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Houses of the Tenor Francesc Viñas
Architectural complex comprising three houses belonging to the tenor Francesc Vinyes. The one on the far right has an interesting overhanging roof. The one on the far left is a stone tower with sgraffito decoration on the window lintels and a stone balcony supported by corbels with volutes. Simple doorway and tower next to a terrace at the top. The gardens contain several interesting features. Particularly noteworthy is the Art Nouveau-style dovecote with an attached turret and glazed ceramic roofs. It has many wrought iron elements, notably the windows with floral ornamentation. It combines brick with plaster. Surrounding the garden are the remains of a curved railing made of brittle ceramic tiles alternating between brown and white tones. Finally, there is a sculptural ensemble of three figures related to characters or elements from Wagner's operas that the tenor Viñas had performed. On the façade of the middle house, several names of musicians are written. All of these towers were built less than a century ago. Tenor Viñas' garden was landscaped around 1900 and underwent a remodelling in 1956-60, promoted by Jacint Vilardell, the tenor's son-in-law. Remains of the original garden include the railing, the small chapels (both attributed to Gaudí) and the dovecote (attributed to Puig i Cadafalch). With the remodelling, some elements disappeared and new ones were added, such as the aforementioned sculptural group.1906 - 1908
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Moià Fire Station
Josep Ferrando Architecture, Mar Puig de la Bellacasa i Delàs, Manel Casellas Oteo, Josep Ferrando, Pedro García Hernández
A compact, austere building that gives prominence to the structure as an expression of its presence in the territory. A sequence of porticoes perpendicular to the street and the landscape project asymmetrical overhangs that enhance the transparency between the two parts of the territory, constructing a plane 7 metres above the ground that seems to float above the fields. A neutral and modular element that will easily allow for future extensions. The double scale of a portico embedded in another portico, like a Russian doll, resolves the coexistence between the domesticity required by the fireman who lives in the park and the size of the lorries that live in the garage. A single gesture that systematises and unites. The industrialisation demanded in the competition to build the Park in the shortest possible time is resolved by means of elements made in the workshop and assembled on site. A laminated timber skeleton forms the double pillars (to give slenderness) and the beams braced by these pillars. Wooden sandwich panels modulate the façade in a checkerboard pattern that shades the relationship between interior and exterior according to their uses. A construction based on the efficiency of materials, where no waste is produced due to its industrialisation and where CO2 is fixed through the use of wood - a material symbol of the 21st century and an ideal choice due to its low conductivity compared to, for example, steel. The material is structure, protection and enclosure at the same time.2020



