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19:00
UNBOXING THE LIBRARY. A LOOK AT THE LIBRARY’S HOLDINGS. “KING KONG BOOKS:
GENRES, NUMBERS AND CASES”, BY ANNA PUIGJANER
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Live
. Barcelona
Organitza
Centre Obert d’Arquitectura
Lloc
Biblioteca
Carrer Arcs 1-3, 3a planta
Barcelona
Horari
A les 19 h
Preu
Free
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We continue the cycle’Unboxing the library. A look at the Library’s holdings’, the new activity promoted by the Library of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC) in order to give greater visibility to the bibliographic wealth it holds. On this occasion, the architect Anna Puigjaner, member of MAIO, offers a look at the relationship between gender and architecture in the 20 th century.
The sessions, which will take place in the Library itself, are another opportunity to enjoy the recent adaptation of the space to restore it to its original state, designed in 1995 by architect David Ferrer, who was the director of the Library and the Historical Archive between 1976 and 2008.
In addition to the adequacy of the spaces, facilities and telecommunications, the original furniture has been restored, consisting of the Gama shelves, the Santa & Cole lamps designed by architect Antoni de Moragas, and the tables designed specifically for this space.
Unboxing the Library
With more than 180,000 books and magazines, the COAC Library is one of the most important documentary centres in architecture, urban planning and landscape in Europe. To give more visibility to the bibliographic wealth it holds, the Library opens its doors to the public and incorporates a new activity 'Unboxing the Library'.
A selection of fundamental books will be made regularly and will be displayed on the main shelves of the Library’s headquarters in Barcelona, thus encouraging and facilitating free consultation to readers. At the same time, in order to delve deeper into the theme chosen on each occasion, a conference will be held by architects with recognised experience in the
field.
¡Unboxing the Library' is one of the novelties of the Open Architecture Centre’s next spring-summer program, and it aims to disseminate to both architects and the public the documentary value of the funds held by the Library and that make it an unquestionable reference of architecture.
Sessions
Session 1: March 22, Japonismes, with Igor Urdampilleta
Session 2: April 26, Belgians, Belgians! with Guillermo López
Session 3: June 21, The intervention in Chile with Josep Ferrando
Session 4: November 22, Rossi and the post-Rossians with Carolina B. Estévez
Session 5: December 14, King Kong Books: genres, numbers and cases with Anna Puigjaner
Les sessions, que es duran a terme a la mateixa Biblioteca, són una ocasió més per gaudir de la recent adequació que s’ha fet de l’espai per restituir-lo al seu estat original, dissenyat el 1995 per l’arquitecte David Ferrer, qui va ser director de la Biblioteca i l’Arxiu Històric entre el 1976 i el 2008.
A banda de l’adequació dels espais, instal·lacions i telecomunicacions, s’ha restituït el mobiliari original, format per les prestatgeries de Gama, les llums de Santa & Cole dissenyades per arquitecte Antoni de Moragas, i les taules dissenyades ad hoc per a aquest espai.