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Construction is still in a far from normal situation, without...
In 2016, the increase in the surface area of projects reaching the construction phase has continued, but that growth has been the result of a small number of projects with very large surface areas. Outside of Barcelona, the rest of Catalonia has remained stagnant, with negative growth in some cases. Urban renewal, an essential activity for the future, is not increasing, which is the main problem..
1/02/2017 -
New COAC correspondents in Germany, Argentina and Brazil
For the fourth year running, the COAC had its annual meeting with international correspondents, held on 23 December at the Plaça Nova headquarters. During the event, 5 new correspondents were introduced: Lluís Casadevall (Munich, Germany), Pau Iglesias (Passo Fundo, Brazil), Carles Arribas (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Bibiana Sciortino (Córdoba, Argentina), and Lea Eidler, who is taking over as correspondent in San Francisco, USA.
20/01/2017 -
Architects Tusquets, Clotet and Paricio donate their...
The architects Òscar Tusquets, Lluís Clotet and Ignacio Paricio have donated their documentary holdings to the Archive of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia.
22/12/2016 -
The European Award for Intervention in Architectural Heritage...
Once again, the Association of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA) and the Architects' Association of Catalonia (COAC) have announced the opening of registration for the 3rd edition of the European Award for Intervention in Architectural Heritage AADIPA.
22/12/2016 -
Eva Franch: "New perspectives are needed because there...
Transgressive. Even “uncomfortable”, the Dean of COCA, Lluís Comerón, went on to say about Eva Franch’s conference. Architect and curator, Franch is Chief Curator and Executive Director of the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York. Based in said city, her professional practiced is characterised by relating experimental art forms, design and architecture.
10/01/2017 -
Beatriz Colomina: "There is a need to build a hybrid city...
The last lecture of the closing ceremony of the Architecture Congress was that of Beatriz Colomina, a PhD architect; a historian and a theorist specialised in the relationship between architecture, users and the media; and professor of History and Theory of Architecture and Director of the postgraduate program at Princeton University.
10/01/2017 -
Juan Herreros: "The current architect is a DJ. The myth...
Madrid-based architect Juan Herreros opened the closing session of the Architecture Congress, and did so with a lecture on architecture’s general interest and its values to improve cities, the land and people’s lives.
10/01/2017 -
Enric Batlle: "We have the ability to recover all the...
Land development and public space was the main theme of the conference of Catalan architect Enric Batlle. It revolved around three main aspects: ecology, leisure and production. “The will to preserve existing spaces must be a priority, we need to bring life back to places often forgotten by the general public”, he claimed. Batlle spoke about the need to act on degraded landscapes, not only on green and agricultural land.
10/01/2017 -
The Catalan Prime Minister at the closing ceremony of the...
Putting an end to six months of a participatory process was a challenge, to say the least. The chosen venue was Sant Antoni Market... under (re)construction. A privileged venue, because few people had accessed it before.
29/11/2016