THE "DECARBONIZING ARCHITECTURE" DAY IS BACK. SIGN UP!
After the overwhelming success of the first edition, with more than 300 attendees and speakers from both national and international backgrounds, on November 21st, we are once again celebrating the event "Decarbonizing Architecture." This second edition will once again pioneer the discussion on decarbonization within the profession. Don't miss out!
In the face of the climate crisis, architects have the responsibility to lead the decarbonization of the industry. If we aim to achieve the goal of making Europe carbon-neutral by 2050, we must change the way we design and construct.
To achieve this, COAC, in collaboration with the Architects' Council of Europe (ACE-CAE) and the Superior Council of Spanish Architects (CSCAE), brings you an event where we will discuss the challenges that decarbonization poses to the professional practice, with the intention of becoming a decisive asset in the transition towards a decarbonized society. We will provide tools, resources, and new skills to successfully confront this challenge.
We will learn from international success stories and address the most current regulatory topics, such as the new Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), European Taxonomy, and the European assessment framework Level(s). We will also introduce essential tools to improve our daily professional lives, such as the portfolio of decarbonized materials or the CO2 measurement tool, which COAC will launch this year.
The event will feature top international speakers, including Josefina Lindblom, policy officer at the DG Environment of the European Commission; Dolores Huerta, general director of Green Building Council Spain (GBCe); Albert Cuchí, professor at ETSAV-UPC; Joaquim Arcas, co-founder of Cíclica; Licinio Alfaro, head of the Department of Sustainable Construction at ITeC, and Ignacio de la Puerta, director of Territorial Planning and Urban Agenda of the Basque Government, among others. Simultaneous translation services will be available.
Recognizing the importance of this milestone, institutional representatives in attendance will include Teresa Táboas, Vice-President of the International Union of Architects (UIA); Carl Bäckstrand, Executive Board member of the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE-CAE); Marcos Ros Sempere, Member of the European Parliament; Iñaqui Carnicero, General Secretary of Urban Agenda, Housing and Architecture at the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda; Agustí Serra, General Director of Territorial Planning, Urbanism and Architecture of the Government of Catalonia; Marina Berasategui, Housing Secretary of the Government of Catalonia; Laia Bonet, First Deputy Mayor of the City of Barcelona; Maria Buhigas, Chief Architect of Barcelona City Council; Marta Vall-llossera, President of CSCAE; and Guillem Costa Calsamiglia, Dean of COAC.
The program for the session is as follows:
8.45 am - Registration and accreditation
9.15 am - Welcome and presentation
10.00 am - Session 1: Agendas for Change
12.00 pm - Coffee break
12.30 pm - Session 2: A New Paradigm, A New Model
2.00 pm - Break
3.00 pm - Session 3: Tools for a New Architecture
4.45 pm - Closing: Towards a Decarbonized Barcelona 2026
You can find all the information about the event here.
Enjoy a special discount if you register before October 31st! Visit the Registration page to see all available rates and discounts.
Parc del Port
On Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 7 p.m., in the COAC Tarragona assembly hall, the “Parc del Port” exhibition will be inaugurated, where we will have the intervention of Saül Garreta Puig, President of the Port of Tarragona, by Jordi J. Romera y Cid, President of the Tarragona Demarcation of the College of Architects of Catalonia and with a conference by the architects who won the competition, where they will explain their proposal.
The exhibition includes the winning project, the four finalists and the rest of the proposals submitted to the ideas contest published by the Port of Tarragona for the urban transformation of the institutional buildings. The idea of the competition was to create a large 8,000 m² urban park around the institutional headquarters and the administrative headquarters of the Tarragona Port Authority that would contribute to improving connectivity with the city of Tarragona and between the Moll de Costa and the Paseo de Miracle, promote sustainable mobility and reduce carbon emissions.
The Tarragona Demarcation of the College of Architects of Catalonia hosts the exhibition "Parc del Port", which can be visited from August 1 to September 29, 2023, in the exhibition hall.
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Conference "Sediments" NUA Arquitectures
Inauguration of the exhibition "The material of the built" with the conference "Sediments" by NUA Arquitectures, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at 7 p.m., in the meeting room of the Tarragona District of the College of Architects of Catalonia. Volume 04 of the collection will also be presented.
"El material de lo construido" integrates a traveling exhibition as well as a collection of books of the same name that presents architectural studies outstanding for "good construction", a key condition for achieving "architectural sustainability", essential for project thinking focused on constructive and material development.
The exhibition "El material de lo constuido" can be visited from June 1 to July 28, 2023, in the exhibition hall.
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![Celler Es Sindicat [1921-1993] (Felanitx, Balearic Islands) 2021](https://www.arquitectes.cat/sites/default/files/cav_carrusel_01.jpg "Celler Es Sindicat [1921-1993] (Felanitx, Balearic Islands) 2021 © Lluís Bort")
Empty Architectures
Photographic work on some abandoned buildings and constructions throughout the territory of the island of Mallorca, made by the architect and architectural photographer Lluís Bort. These constructions, on many occasions, were erected to fulfill a very specific function and over the years they became obsolete and forgotten. However, this does not mean that they are no longer useful, but that they should have the opportunity to be rehabilitated to enjoy a second life, providing them with a new use for their neighbors and their environment.
Returning to the photographic work, it collects different types of construction, from a hospital that they abandoned when they built a new one on the outskirts of the city; a Majorcan textile factory that was one of the economic engines of the island during the Civil War when Franco's troops bombed the industrial center of Barcelona; to the largest wine cellar on the island that closed in the 90s after 4 extensions.
In the project, each building is presented as an architectural gem against an intense blue and gradient sky that allows the beauty of each of them to be reflected. It seeks to highlight these constructions which were very important for the history of Mallorca, and which are often located in privileged locations, where they would have many guarantees of success if they were converted into new facilities for the cities.
This photographic project began in 2019 and it should be noted that since then adaptation work has begun on some of the buildings photographed, which we hope will allow the building to be recovered and enrich the city with new cultural offerings. With all this, this work wants to show the opportunity to rehabilitate these strategic and abandoned architectures in the Mallorcan territory for new uses such as museums, exhibition halls or neighborhood houses, among others.
Lluís Bort is an architect and architectural photographer and his life has always been linked to the world of photography. He started as part of the photography group L'art de la llum de Onda (Castelló). In it he held his first photographic contests, exhibitions and won several prizes over the years. Currently, he is also involved in teaching courses in Architecture and Landscape Photography at the College of Architects of the Balearic Islands.
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