Arran del recurs del COAC, ADIF rectifica i convoca un nou concurs per a l'Estació de Sants
Arguments del recurs del COAC
En el recurs presentat el COAC posava en qüestió l'exigència per part d'ADIF que l'empresa adjudicatària tingués oficina a l'àrea metropolitana de Madrid. El Col·legi entenia que aquesta exigència era un "obstacle injustificat a la competència" i vulnerava el principi d'igualtat.
Després d'aquesta reclamació, interposada el 23 de maig, el Tribunal va decidir suspendre la licitació per estudiar el cas i, el passat 16 de setembre, va fer pública la resolució definitiva en què estimava aquesta reclamació del COAC, anul·lant la clàusula relativa a l'exigència de l'obertura d'una oficina a Madrid.
Terminis del nou concurs ja convocat
El 21 de setembre el BOE ha formalitzat la nova convocatòria del concurs, amb un nou plec tècnic i calendari previst. Les ofertes es podran presentar fins a les 12 h del dia 29 d'octubre i l'obertura d'ofertes econòmiques tindrà lloc el 20 de novembre a les 10.30 h.
El paper del COAC en els concursos públics
El COAC vetlla perquè els concursos d'arquitectura s'alineïn amb la Llei d'Arquitectura, posant èmfasi en la qualitat arquitectònica. Igualment, defensa els drets legítims del col·lectiu i la protecció de l'interès públic.
Mitjançant l'Oficina de Concursos, formada per advocats i arquitectes, l'any 2019 el COAC ha fet 13 accions sobre concursos convocats, 5 de les quals han servit perquè s'ajustessin els plecs i 8 han acabat amb impugnacions.
Les Administracions catalanes cada cop més demanen assessorament al Col·legi en matèria de concursos, enguany ja hem col·laborat en la preparació de 10 concursos públics.
Documentació
Anunci de la convocatòria al BOE del 21 de setembre
Resolució del TACRC del 4 de juliol
Recurs presentat pel COAC el 23 de maig
The COAC loans more than 50 documents for an exhibition on mediterranean architecture at the ICO Museum
The COAC's Archive has loaned more than fifty documents for the exhibition “Imaginando la casa mediterránea. Italia y España en los años 50” (Imagining the Mediterranean house: Italy and Spain in the 1950s), which can be visited at the ICO Museum from 2 October. The exhibition comprises a collection of photographs, plans, drawings and other original documents that show the development of architecture on the Mediterranean coast, featuring autochthonous values at a time when Spain and Italy were becoming artistically attuned.
The COAC’s Historical Archive has loaned 11 original documents for the exhibition, including a photograph by Deidi von Schaewen, an original contact sheet by Català-Roca, three plans by Correa i Milà and Harnden and Bombelli, three original drawings by Correa i Milà, and two perspectives by Harnden and Bombelli. It has also loaned 38 photographs by Català-Roca, Maspons and Ubiña.
Architectural innovation with Mediterranean values
The exhibition, curated by Antonio Pizza, shows the influence that Spanish and Italian architecture brought to bear on each other in the 1950s. The Italians Gio Ponti and Alberto Sartoris introduced innovations into Spanish architecture along with Austrian architect Bernard Rudofsky, all of whom upheld the value of Mediterranean culture as a source of constructive modernisation. They shared an interest in the environment and a desire to recover past architectural traditions, merging the landscape into their projects.
The COAC had already collaborated recently with the ICO Museum when it lent around thirty documents for the exhibition ‘Fernando Higueras: Desde el origen’ (Fernando Higueras: From the Origin). The Archive, which boasts more than 2,000,000 documents, loans documents for exhibitions and shows with the aim of showcasing the architects who form part of its collections and their work.
The Postgraduate Degree in Facility Management at the Sert School wins an award for its educational achievements
The postgraduate course at the Sert School has now been running for six years, and the seventh will be starting this September, led by the School of Public Administration as in the past two years. The course covers the functions of facility management in six modules, including planning, heritage management, project management, maintenance and service contracts, venue management and expenses and investments related to facility management. The course is aimed at all those interested architects and other professionals from public administration.
A boost for professional facility management
The prize-giving ceremony was held on 4 July as part of the sixth Facility M&S Meeting organised by the magazine, and focused on digitisation from the perspective of facility management. Entitled “El impacto de la digitalización en el FM. Innovaciones" (The Impact of Digitisation on FM: Innovations), the event addressed the impact of the IoT (Internet of Things) and new technologies in the field in Spain.
Let’s celebrate together!
On 7 October, from 7 pm, coinciding with World Architecture Day, we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of our Historical Archive with a party where we will open a large-format exhibition to commemorate this red-letter day.
Presenter Oscar Dalmau, a regular user of the Archive, will lead the event, which will look back over its origins, evolution and future challenges, alongside other presentations that will be given by several different institutions. We are also inviting the families who, having donating their collections, have played a decisive role in helping the Archive to grow.
Come along to the party!
50 years in 130 drawings on display
On the same day we will be inaugurating '50 Years of the Historical Archive' , a large-format exhibition that can be visited in the Mezzanine and Espai Picasso at the COAC headquarters in Barcelona, offering a unique opportunity to view some of the most iconic pieces in the Archive’s collection. To give people a greater insight into these pieces, we are organising guided tours for which prior registration will be necessary.
National Culture Award
The celebration also coincides with the National Culture Award granted to the COAC in 2019. The award was given by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CoNCA) in recognition of the COAC’s role in upholding our architectural and heritage values across Catalonia and, more specifically, for the work carried out by the Archive, which has now become a key documentation centre for architects and historians that “celebrates Catalan architecture".
Since 1969, the Archive has been responsible for recovering the documentary heritage generated by architects and the world of architecture. It safeguards the collections of more than 150 architects from across Catalonia, resulting mainly from donations, which have helped develop Archive over the years and made it one of Europe's most important documentation centres, with more than 2,000,000 documents – including plans, maps, sketches, drawings, publications, photographs, correspondence and audiovisual files. It has become a point of reference for researchers and a repository for our members.
#ArxiuCOAC50 on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
From 7 September to 7 October, our Instagram account @coacarxiu, using the hashtag #ArxiuCOAC50, will be paying homage to the most significant collections in the Historical Archive by posting some of the drawings in the exhibition.
On Twitter and Facebook, the sections #JuevesdeArquitectura (Architecture Thursday) and #LecturesRecomanades (Recommended reading) are also joining the celebrations with some specific threads on Modernism, Noucentisme, GATCPAC and Grup R through our collections.
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