Jordi Farrando
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| Jordi Farrando | |
| Title | COAC |
| Born | 19 January 1956; Barcelona, Spain |
| Education | ETSAB |
| Firms | Jordi Farrando, arquitecte |
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[edit] Projects
- Mossos d'esquadra Police Headquarters, Martorell, Spain
- Fire Station, Mataró, Spain
- 18 dwellings, Begues, Spain
- Secondary school, Sant Esteve Sesrovires, Spain
- Sheltered dwellings and Day Centre for the elderly, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
- El Princep de Girona gardens, Barcelona, Spain
- Diksmuidekaai, Kortrijk, Belgium
- Competition Sede de la Fundación Arquitectura Contemporánea e interior de la manzana de San Pablo, Córdoba, Córdoba
- Caldes de Malavella Library, Caldes de Malavella, Spain
- Sargera linear Park, Barcelona, Barcelona
[edit] Profile
Private practice specialized in facilities, housing and public space, both in Spain and abroad. Several of the projects have won prizes and many of the commissions are the result of winning competitions. Jordi Farrando was a founding member of the Urban Projects Department of Barcelona City Council where he was in charge of coordinating projects and personally responsible for the design and direction of works of a large number of public spaces in the city. He has been teaching at the Politechnycal University of Catalonia and is often invited to lecture at other Universities and seminars. He was the Commissioner of the XIX Congress of the International Union of Architects, UIA Barcelona 96 and is currently the Secretary General of the International Union of Architects.
[edit] Lectures, papers and publications
- Abstract Warsaw. Barcelona, public spaces for all. (PDF)
- Architectural practice around the world. (PDF)
- L'exercici de l'arquitectura al món. (PDF)
- Las organizaciones profesionales de los Arquitectos. ¿Asociación o Colegio? Una visión desde más allá de nuestras fronteras. Ponencia Congreso Español. (PDF)
[edit] Publications on own work
- Architecti, 15/16. (PDF)
- ArqCatMon. (PDF)
- ArqCatMon, 2005. (PDF)
- Carmel 2005/2006. (PDF)
- Cat 732. (PDF)
- Barcelona. Espai i escultures (1982-1986). (PDF)
- Barcelona. Espai públic. (PDF)
- Europy. (PDF)
- Fad 87. (PDF)
- Nuevos puentes/ New bridges. Joan Roig. (PDF)
- Publieke Ruimte, 2008. (PDF)
- Quaderns, 228. (PDF)
- Quaderns, Guia d'arquitectura contemporània, Barcelona i la seva àrea territorial, 1928-1990. (PDF)
- Terminal B, Barcelona Creative Database. (PDF)
- Topos, European Landscape Magazine, 29; Barcelona in progress; December 1999. (PDF)
- Triptych of Catalan architecture. (PDF)
- Barcelona Urban spaces, 1981-1996. (PDF)
- Urbanisme a Barcelona, 1999. (PDF)
- [http://arquitectes.coac.net/farrando/blog/03_publications/zeven_dagen.pdf Kortrijk in Zeven Dagen, De Vernieuwing van een stad, 1991-2006.
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