- 5 April, 7:30 PM
- Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (Plaça Nova 5, Barcelona)
- Open to the public
EINA's History and Design Studies Research Group (GRHED in Catalan), presents the book *Commercial Interior Design as Heritage. An Approximation from the world of design", research study, as documentation and example of a historical overview on the modern commercial interior designs now extinct in Barcelona. On the occasion of the presentation of the book, there will be a roundtable to discuss the issue of the disappearance of the shops with heritage value from the design point of view, in which specialist in the sector, such as Xavier Olivella, architect, and director of the Institut Municipal del Paisatge Urbà i de la Qualitat de Vida de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona, will take part. Other specialist including, Manuel Ruisánchez (Architect, professor at EINA, president of the EINA Foundation, Vocal of Culture at COAC; Enric Steegmann. Architect, Former Director of the Departament de Patrimoni Arquitectònic de l'Ajuntament de Barcelona; Àlex Mitrani. Professor at EINA, coordinator of the book.
The book, elaborated by the History and Design Studies Research Group (GRHED), helps preserve the ephemeral nature of the commercial interior design and protect and generate cultural, symbolic, human and monetary value to Barcelona and its citizens. It claims the heritage dimension of the world of commercial design and collaborates in the quantitative definition of Barcelona's urban identity, and its future. It also brings the value of design brack from the oblivion, It can be a model for other shops.
The development of the research has involved the organization of three working sessions at EINA and a roundtable held at Col·legi de Periodistes de Catalunya with the participation of several specialists. The considerations, observations, recommendations and allegation were collected and sent to the Ajuntament de Barcelona (City Council of the City of Barcelona), and have been taken into consideration in the Urban Plan for the Protection of the Urban Quality: Architectural, Historical and Landscape protection catalogue of the Establishments of Barcelona, approved in February 2016.
The GRHED has edited this book, that places value on the commercial interior design in Barcelona, from an academic point of view.
Book "Commercial Interior design as heritage. An approximation from the world of design" by GRHED