1 st GARRAF-ALT PENEDÈS MOSTRA D’ARQUITECTURA

On October 6, diplomas were handed to the selected and awarded participants of the 1 st Garraf – Alt Penedès Architecture Show. The ceremony took place at the Can Papiol Museum, in Vilanova i la Geltrú.

The 1 st Garraf – Alt Penedès Architecture Exhibition, organised by the COAC through its representation of the two counties, has the main objective of contributing to the knowledge and appreciation of the architecture that is being carried out in the territorial scope of both counties. In this first edition, the jury of the exhibition has decided to select 14 works as winners and 11 as finalists of category I (building) from among the 86 that have been
submitted to the call.

Award-winning works:
-Executive project and construction management of the expansion of the Vilanova Nautical Club. Miquel Mas Arquitectes SLP.
-Sant Jordi Solar School, in Vilanova i la Geltrú. GATPA arquitectes, David Tapias Monné, Àlex Gallego Ubano, Jordi Adell Roig, Gerard Puig Freixas.
-Agnes School, in Sitges. NOGUÉ·ONZAIN·LÓPEZ, Arquitectes slp, Fèlix López, Joan Nogué, Txema Onzain.
– Museum of the wine cultures of Catalonia (VINSEUM), in Vilafranca del Penedès. Santiago Vives Sanfeliu.
-Rehabilitation of Cal Ros and Cal Moro, in Subirats. STEM arquitectes, Esteve Aymerich i Serra, Inés de Rivera Marinel·lo, Ton Salvadó i Cabré.
-Germans Soler House, in Vilafranca del Penedès. STEM arquitectes, Esteve Aymerich i Serra, Inés de Rivera Marinel·lo, Ton Salvadó i Cabré.
-Refurbishment and expansion of an isolated single-family home in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. Vidal i Solanes scprof architects, Oriol Solanes, Anna Vidal.
-Rambla Sant Francesc, in Vilafranca del Penedès. Vora scpp architecture, Pere Buil Castells, Toni Riba Galí.
-Park and Square in St. Pau d'Ordal, Subirats. Architects Kathy Lindstrom, Iñaki Ozcáriz Raventós.
-Casernes House, in Vilanova i la Geltrú. Architects CAVAA Oriol Vañó, Jordi Calbetó.

-Spring in Pantone 375C – Celler Mas Rodó, in Mediona. FERUSIC ROOM Architects. Carles Sala Roig, Relja Ferusic Manusev.
-Revival of the Cal Xerta Windmill, in Sant Pere de Riudebitlles. WORKSHOP 9s ARCHITECTS SCP, Oriol Cusidó, Irene Marzo.
-Restoration and expansion of the Festa Major House, in Vilafranca del Penedès. Arquitectura Genís Planelles slp, Mariona Genís Vinyals, Jordi Planelles Salvans.
-The courtyard of Can Guineu, in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia. MEATS Elisava + Estudi Queralt Suau, Roger Paez, Jordi Queralt, Toni Montes.
Special Mention by the Barcelona Council

The Barcelona Council Special Mention for Innovative Actions in Urban Habitat Management went to Penedès 360, from the Alt Penedès County Council, Cristina Montserrat Bages, architect, and the collaboration of the Penedès Tourism Promotion Consortium. Modality II. The Penedès 360° route is developed in stages that bring you closer to the sea, accompany you between vineyards and make you string up the mountain. These
are accessible and have been adapted for each type of bicycle, which allow to discover the territory.

Diploma ceremony
The delivery of diplomas and distinctions was awarded by the president of the COAC’s Barcelona headquarters, Sandra Bestraten, the curator of the COAC Architecture Exhibitions, Francesc Camps, and members of the MODs Jury. The architect of the Equipment and Public Space Service of the Barcelona Council, Montserrat Montalbo, presented the Special Mention of the Diba Award. There were also interventions by Irene Raya, COAC correspondent in Vilanova i la Geltrú, and Josep Torrents, coordinator of the Garraf – Alt Penedès COAC territorial group. During the presentation, Bestraten highlighted the importance of territorial deployment, to bring COAC closer to all the architects of the region and at the same time bring the architects closer to society. For his part, Camps recalled the role of the COAC Architecture Exhibitions, which is to value the work of architects, the initiative of promoters, and disseminate the most relevant architecture of the regions. In addition, to help create a documentary collection and to recognise and stimulate the efforts of the authors and the agents involved.

During the event there was a musical performance by the architect and violinist, Carmina Font, Marina Parellada (cello) and Albert Flores (viola).