Pere Falqués
Pere Falqués i Urpí (* 1850 in Sant Andreu de Palomar , Barcelona ; † August 22, 1916 in Barcelona) was a Catalan architect of modernism . The Spanish spelling of his name is Pedro Falqués y Urpí .
Biographical data
He was awarded his title of architect in 1873. From 1889 to 1914 he was the urban architect of Barcelona, from 1899 to 1900 he was also president of the Associació d'Arquitectes de Catalunya (Association of Architects of Catalonia).
He took part in the preparations for the 1888 World's Fair , for which he designed the Palau de les Ciències (Palace of Sciences) and the Palau de l'Agricultura (Palace of Agriculture).
In 1889 he won the competition to redesign the Plaça de Catalunya , and freed the square from the chaotic buildings that had arisen there after the city walls were razed.
As an urban architect, he had a topographical plan of the city of Barcelona drawn up. He was also able to realize some notable projects, such as the renovation of the Gran Teatre del Liceu , the construction of the current town hall of the Eixample district, and the reorganization of the Parc de la Ciutadella .
In the Casa de la Ciutat (the town hall of Barcelona) he built the stairs of honor (later changed by Adolf Florensa ) and made some minor changes.
When the Via Laietana was being built across the old town, he had the subway tunnels built as early as 1913. The subway did not start operating until 1926.
Falqués designed several street lamps, such as in Passeig de Lluís Companys , or in Avinguda de Gaudí (originally located at the intersection of Avenida Diagonal and Paseo de Gràcia ). The best known are the Bancs-Fanals on Passeig de Gràcia (a combination of a wrought-iron lamppost and a bench covered with trencadís (ceramic fragments)).
Works
Main works in Barcelona :
- Reform of the Church of Sant Andreu de Palomar (1881, with Josep Domènech i Estapà )
- Torre de les Aigües del Besòs (also "Torre Macosa", water tower, 1882)
- Remodeling of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (stage and auditorium, 1883)
- Mercat del Clot (market hall, 1884–1889)
- Bancs-Fanals (bench lanterns), Passeig de Lluís Companys (1888)
- Seu del districte de l'Eixample (City Hall of the Eixample District, 1893)
- Hidroeléctrica de Cataluña (steam power station, 1897)
- Casa Bonaventura Ferrer (1906)
- Monument to Serafí Pitarra (1906)
- Bancs-Fanals (bench lanterns), Passeig de Gràcia (1906)
- Fanals (lanterns), Avinguda de Gaudí (1909)
- Institut Municipal Juan Manuel Zafra (Municipal Art School, 1911, with Antoni de Falguera i Sivilla )
- Mercat de Sants (market hall, 1898 (project) / 1913)
- Casa de la Lactància (Maternal Hospital, 1913, with Antoni de Falguera i Sivilla)
- Central de Bombament d'Aigües de Montcada (water company, 1899 (project) / 1915)
- Conversion of the arsenal in Parc de la Ciutadella into the Museum of Fine Arts (1915, special prize in the city's annual prize for the best building , since 1931 Parliament of Catalonia)
Outside of Barcelona:
- Mercat Maignon in Badalona (market hall, 1889)
Picture gallery
Gran Teatre del Liceu, auditorium
Mercat del Clot
Seu del districte de l'Eixample
Hidroeléctrica de Cataluña
Casa de la Lactància
Casa de la Lactància
Bancs-Fanals, Passeig de Gràcia
Farola Avenida Gaudí
Casa Bonaventura Ferrer
Parliament of Catalonia
Parliament of Catalonia
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.rutadelmodernisme.com
- ^ Josep Maria Montaner: Barcelona, Stadt und Architektur, Taschen Verlag 1992, p. 32.
- ↑ Anuari de Asociación de arquitectos de Cataluña-1917, p. 22
Web links
- Pere Falqués i Urpí in the Enciclopèdia Catalana
- Pere Falques on El Poder de la Palabra (EPdLP) (with numerous photos)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Falqués, Pere |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Falqués i Urpí, Pere (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish architect of Catalan modernism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sant Andreu de Palomar , Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1916 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |