Participa en la elección del Premio de la Opinión 2018
Un total de 47 propuestas se han presentado a los Premios de Arquitectura de las Comarcas de Girona 2018 que, por 21è año consecutivo, ha convocado la Demarcación de Girona del Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya (COAC). Todos estos proyectos optan a los premios en una de las cuatro categorías de este año: Arquitecturas, Interiores, Paisajes y Efímeros que se darán a conocer en un acto público el viernes 1 de junio de 2018 (19.30 horas) en la sede social de la Demarcación de Girona del COAC.
Siguiendo con la dinámica iniciada en la anterior edición, la sala de exposiciones “La Cova” de la Demarcación de Girona del COAC acogerá la exposición de todas las obras presentadas, del 19 de marzo al 29 de abril. Coincidiendo con la exposición, se abre al público la plataforma de votación del Premio de la Opinión 2018 que está ubicada en la nueva página web de los Premios de Arquitectura de las Comarcas de Girona.
Participa en l'elecció del Premi de l'Opinió 2018
Un total de 47 propostes s’han presentat als Premis d’Arquitectura de les Comarques de Girona 2018 que, per 21è any consecutiu, ha convocat la Demarcació de Girona del Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC). Tots aquests projectes opten als premis de les quatre categories d’enguany: Arquitectures, Interiors, Paisatges i Efímers que es donaran a conèixer en un acte públic el divendres 1 de juny (19.30 h) a la seu social de la Demarcació de Girona del COAC.
Seguint amb la dinàmica iniciada en l’anterior edició, la sala d’exposicions “La Cova” de la Demarcació de Girona del COAC acollirà l’exposició amb totes les obres presentades, del 19 de març al 29 d’abril. Coincidint amb l’exposició, s’obre al públic la plataforma de votació del Premi de l’Opinió 2018 que està ubicada a la nova pàgina web dels Premis d’Arquitectura de les Comarques de Girona.
The COAC's regional office in Barcelona, CAATEEB and APCE together form the Barcelona Real Estate Development and Construction Technical Committee
The Barcelona regional office of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC), the Barcelona Association of Quantity Surveyors, Technical Architects and Building Engineers (CAATEEB) and the Building Developers' Association of Catalonia (APCE) are behind this initiative, which aims to address all the problems that have emerged since the economic crisis.
For example, the three bodies have identified that there is a serious lack of tendered land, especially in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, which puts pressure on the price of urban plots. Meanwhile, some of the existing land is out of the equation because of its official housing classification (HPO). Furthermore, due to the lack of subsidies or incentives it is also impossible to build these projects at the moment.
In addition, the three institutions claim that building renovation, a priority commitment for all the competent administrations, is being insufficiently promoted in municipal ordinances, some of which do not include the new requirements of the Technical Building Code (CTE) and the Occupancy Decree.
8M: Margarita Brender, one of the pioneering architects of 1960s Spain
One: She was born in Romania in 1919.
Two: She validated her qualifications in 1962, becoming the first female member of the COAC. Immediately afterwards she started practising professionally on her own, which was highly unusual at that time.
Three: From 1966 she worked in association with architects Barba Corsini and J. A. Padrós in the little district of Can Mercader in Badalona. They worked on a categorically modern complex, turning its back on the old quarter in which it stands in search of a purely southern orientation, with the capacity to define interior squares and streets with abstract volumes realized in tile and concrete and a significant amount of vegetation.
Four: In 1969, the magazine Quaderns (page 40) featured an article on a solo project: plans for an apartment block on the Costa Brava. The hand-drawn layout and perspective display a deft handling of modules that gives the whole complex an organic appearance, a direct legacy of the Can Mercader district.
Five: In 1970, Quaderns published a second article on her work: a plan for a larger, more complex and luxurious apartment block with more detail than the previous project, in this case located in El Prat de Llobregat.
And here ends the list of published information on the architect. Nothing more is known of her. There is no information on the rest of her constructed projects. This is sadly not uncommon. The role of women in the history of architecture (and, by extension, the history of art) has been overlooked, often intentionally, right up to the present day. We hope that the history of this architect, who had the courage to practice her profession on her own, will serve as a tribute to so many other hidden careers veiled in the past and which should be a matter of historical record. And also that it serves as an inspiration for all the female architects practising today and in the future.
*According to data from the COAC’s survey of the profession, 32% of Catalan architects are women. The same report shows that there tend to be more men than women in the higher income brackets.