ArquinFAD loans the collection of documents on the FAD Awards to the COAC’s Archive
The Architects’ Association of Catalonia has signed an agreement with the association ArquinFAD. The dean of the COAC, Lluís Comerón, and the president of ArquinFAD, architect Sílvia Farriol, formally signed an agreement on 31 May giving the COAC access to the documentary collection of the FAD Awards for Architecture and Interior Design.
Since 1958, the FAD Awards have distinguished the most outstanding architectural projects in Catalonia and the Iberian Peninsula. Thanks to its long track record and history, it has generated an important collection of documents, known as the FAD Awards Collection, which includes photographs, panels, plans, film proofs and other documents. It also includes the photographs, documents and plans of the Awards for Urban Buildings and Establishments granted by Barcelona City Council, and the material of the 1988 travelling exhibition, ‘Barcelona City Council Awards for Urban Buildings and Establishments (1899-1930) and FAD Awards (1958-1979)’.
The collaboration between ArquinFAD and the COAC is aimed at making the FAD Awards Collection available to researchers, professionals and the general public in order to disseminate and promote the collection, which reflects the wealth of architectural and interior design activity in Catalonia. In doing so it is essential to guarantee the proper conservation, cataloguing and digitalization of the documents.
In exchange for the loan of the collection for 25 years, the Association has undertaken to catalogue and classify the documents so that all the information can be recovered from the database of the COAC’s Archive, and so all the documents are available to anyone who is interested in them. The process is expected to take up to four years. Subsequently, ArquinFAD will be responsible for digitalizing the documents.
Presentación del libro "Ahmedabad Architectural Travel Guide"
Presentará el acto Ariadna Àlvarez Garreta, arquitecta y editora y contaremos con las intervenciones del arquitecto Toni Casamor y la periodista y consultora internacional Sílvia de Félix.
La clausura del acto, organizado por la Cooperativa Jordi Capell y el Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, irá a cargo del decano del COAC, Lluís Comerón.
Presentació del llibre "Ahmedabad Architectural Travel Guide"
Presentarà l'acte Ariadna Àlvarez Garreta, arquitecta i editora i comptarem amb les intervencions de l'arquitecte Toni Casamor i la periodista i consultora internacional Sílvia de Félix.
La clausura de l'acte, organitzat per la Cooperativa Jordi Capell i el Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya, anirà a càrrec del degà del COAC, Lluís Comerón.
6a Sesión del Ecumenopolis con Ángel Borrego
Angel Borrego Cubero es Arquitecto Doctor por la ETSA de Madrid, MArch por la Universidad de Princeton (EE.UU.) donde fue becario Fulbright, ha enseñado en la Universidad de Princeton, en Pratt Institute de Nueva York, la Universidad de Alicante, la Universidad Keio de Tokyo y desde 2001 en la Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid. En 1999 funda Office for Strategic Spaces – Open Source Space (OSS), oficina de arquitectura y arte con sede en Madrid.
Es también el director y productor de la película documental The Competition finalizada en 2013, tras cuatro años de intenso trabajo de documentación sobre el proceso de los concursos de arquitectura.
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