Conferència: "Arquitectour Debat"
En el marc de l’Arquitectour, divendres, 25 d’octubre a les 19.30 h, s’organitzarà a la sala d’actes de la Demarcació de Lleida del COAC l’Arquitectour Debat amb la conferència “La disciplina de l’existent”, a càrrec de Flores & Prats Arquitectes.
Flores & Prats és un estudi d'arquitectura de Barcelona dedicat a la confrontació de la teoria i la pràctica acadèmica amb l'activitat projectual i constructiva. Després d'una llarga col·laboració en l'estudi d'Enric Miralles, Ricardo Flores i Eva Prats desenvolupen una carrera on la investigació ha estat sempre lligada a la responsabilitat de fer i construir. Han treballat en la rehabilitació d'estructures en desús, amb la participació veïnal en el disseny d'espais públics urbans, i en habitatges socials i la seva capacitat per crear comunitat.
El treball de Flores & Prats ha obtingut entre altres premis el Grand Award for the Best Work in Architecture de la Royal Academy of Arts de Londres, el Premi Internacional Dedalo Minosse de Vicenza, el Premi Ciutat de Barcelona i ha sigut exposat a les darreres quatre edicions de la Biennal d'Arquitectura de Venècia.
Activitats
Arquitectour Debat 2019
Dia: Divendres, 25 d’octubre
Hora: 19.30 h
Lloc: Sala d’actes de la Demarcació de Lleida del COAC (c. Canyeret, 2)
Entrada lliure
Arquitectour Lleida 2019. Ruta guiada per Rambla Ferran
Dia: Dissabte, 19 d’octubre
Hora: 10.00 a 13.30 h (els participants han de ser a les 9.45 h al punt de trobada)
Punt de trobada: Escola Camps Elisis, carrer Santa Cecília s/n
Inscripcions: T. 973 234 051 – junta.lle@coac.net
Activitat gratuïta
Exposició de la 5a Mostra de les Terres de Lleida i 5è Premi Ignasi Miquel, a Balaguer
Projectes seleccionats
El jurat de la Mostra, format per Enric Batlle, Alfredo Paya i Guadalupe Piñera, ha seleccionat un total de 27 projectes, entre els quals: 6 en la categoria d’edificis de nova planta de promoció pública, 6 edificis unifamiliars de nova planta de promoció privada, 2 edificis plurifamiliars de nova planta de promoció privada, 6 intervencions de restauració en el patrimoni, rehabilitació o reforma, 2 intervencions en espais exteriors i 5 intervencions en espais interiors o arquitectures efímeres.
Exposició: "Lina Bo Bardi a Bahia"
L'exposició mostra un dels períodes més creatius i alhora menys coneguts de l’arquitecta italobrasilera Lina Bo Bardi, l’experiència del qual fou fonamental en obres com el MASP i el SESC Pompeia, segons paraules d’ella mateixa.
“Important a la meva vida va ser el meu viatge al nord-est [del Brasil]. Aquí, vaig veure la llibertat. La no importància de la bellesa, de la proporció […] però la [importància] d'un altre sentit profund, que vaig aprendre amb l'arquitectura, sobretot aquella dels forts, o primitius, populars”
Es mostren doncs obres de Lina Bo Bardi realitzades a Bahia entre 1958 i 1964, quan fou directora del Museu d’Art Modern de Bahia, i entre 1986 i 1990, quan va realitzar el Projecte Pilot per al Centre Històric de Salvador de Bahia.
Slight growth in construction, but based on an unsustainable model
Resolving shortfalls in terms of accessibility, insulation and energy efficiency – which affect people’s health and well-being – is still the greatest challenge in a country where 40% of its building stock is more than 50 years old, and in the context of a climate change that calls for determined action from the construction sector as well.
On 9 July, the COAC invited the press to a meeting to analyse the construction and building renovation situation in Catalonia in the first six-month period, based on a comparison of construction figures with the same period last year.
Analysis of the authorised building area in Catalonia
The first six months of 2019 closed with an authorised building area of 2,375,135 m2, 124,642 m2 more than the same period in 2018. It is worth noting the following:
1. Year-on-year growth is low. It has dropped by almost half, currently standing at 5.5%. In previous years, the biggest projects (more than 10,000 m2) were mainly responsible for the increase in the authorised building area. This has not been the case in the past six months.
2. Small and medium-sized projects are gaining ground. If this is consolidated in the coming months, it could point to more structural growth for both the profession and the sector. Some 4,691 projects have been authorised, a rise of 8%. Of these, 35 are large projects, 7% less in terms of land area than the same six-month period last year (almost all of which are new build, with just 2% of this area accounted for by building renovation).
3. New build is the big protagonist, having risen by 10.5%. On the other hand, building renovation continues to decline, by 8.2%. It is obvious that the better the figures for new build, the worse it is for major renovation work, and this is an alarming trend.
4. Growth is not evenly spread throughout the region. The general figures are up, apart from the province of Girona and the city of Barcelona.
Analysis by type: new build vs building renovation
New build has grown by 10.5% and an area of 1,772,983 m2 has been authorised for building. Both the number of projects and the surface area have increased.
In terms of major renovation works, the figures are still negative. Renovation work only accounts for 24% of the authorised building land in Catalonia. Regionally, the figures have dropped overall apart from Girona and the metropolitan area of Barcelona (not including the capital).
To conclude, the figures show that major building renovation has been losing ground continuously since 2017, in contrast to the trend for new build projects.
Analysis by use: residential/non-residential
In terms of residential construction, the authorised area has grown by 2.8%. Non-residential construction has risen by 12.7%, mainly for retail and office buildings (other sectors have declined).
Housing projects
We should reiterate the fact that housing currently accounts for 70% of all building work in Catalonia, mainly new build (with building renovation projects falling by 15%).
The 1,664,109 m2 of land authorised for building corresponds to 7,866 new dwellings (an average of 2.1 dwellings per thousand inhabitants). This growth is concentrated in small projects, while larger developments have declined.
In regional terms, the biggest drop has been in the city of Barcelona (-47%). Tarragona has grown by 85%, a similar situation to last year. The growth in Lleida and Terres de l'Ebre corresponds to a few very large projects. The rest of the province of Barcelona shows growth of 10%, while Girona and the central counties have dropped by around 12%.
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