scholarly journals ¿Racionalismo sin vanguardia? Pedro Muguruza en el Paseo de La Concha de San Sebastián = Rationalism without avant-garde? Pedro Muguruza at the Paseo de La Concha in San Sebastian

2020 ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Mariano González Presencio ◽  
Juan Bautista Echeverría Trueba
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Simple Construction ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Franco Regime ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
San Sebastian ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
The City

ResumenEn el Paseo de la Concha de San Sebastián existe una casa proyectada por Pedro Mu­guruza antes de la guerra civil y construida tras el final de la contienda. Se trata de una sencilla construcción no exenta de interés, tanto por su valor arquitectónico, recogido en distintas catalogaciones del patrimonio arquitectónico de la capital donostiarra, como por ser una de las primeras sustituciones que se produjeron en los palacetes que formaban la fachada de la Concha en los comienzos del siglo XX. Pero, lo que hace más interesante la revisión de este inmueble, más allá de estos aspectos, son la personalidad del arquitecto au­tor del proyecto, y las fechas concretas en que fue proyectado y construido. Circunstancias que se utilizan para desarrollar una breve reflexión crítica sobre la causa de la arquitectura moderna –y de la arquitectura en general- en España en esos convulsos momentos, tenien­do en cuenta la formidable barrera que supone la guerra civil y el papel protagonista que su arquitecto iba a desempeñar en la arquitectura española en los primeros años del nuevo régimen franquista.AbstractAt the Paseo de la Concha, in San Sebastian, stands a housing block designed by Pedro Muguruza before the civil war started and built after the end of the conflict. It is a simple construction but is not exempted from interest, not only because of its architectonic value, listed in different publications of local architectural heritage, but also to be one of the first substitutions that took place in the small palaces conforming the city waterfront at the be­ginning of the XXth century. However, what make the review of this property more interes­ting, beyond these aspects, are the personality of the architect and the specific dates when it was designed and built. These circumstances are used to develop a short critic thought about the cause of modern architecture -and architecture in general- in these turbulent mo­ments in Spain, taking into account the formidable barrier that the civil war represents and the leading role that its architect was going to perform in the spanish architecture along the first years of Franco regime.

scholarly journals LA MODERNIZACIÓN DE LA CASA BURGUESA EN CUENCA: ESTRATEGIAS DE PROYECTO EN LA CASA PEÑA (1954) Y LA CASA VÁZQUEZ (1962)

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-195
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Carvallo-Ochoa
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Domestic Space ◽  
The Road ◽  
Political Transformations ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The Social ◽  
Internal Relations ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
The City

Históricamente, la casa se ha constituido como el espacio fundamental que permite la realización de las actividades domésticas, la interrelación familiar y el desarrollo y afianzamiento del yo personal. Diversos autores concuerdan que durante el siglo XX suceden las mayores alteraciones en las estructuras sociales, entornos de ciudades y en la vivienda y sus espacios (Cañar & Torres, 2018); convirtiéndose esta, en el laboratorio de experimentación teórico y de aplicación práctica de los modernos estilos de vida (Añón, 2013). En el Ecuador, las transformaciones sociales, económicas y políticas de inicios de siglo, se dieron paralelamente a las transformaciones tecnológicas y energéticas, las cuales con mayor o menor demora llegaban a Cuenca. La presente investigación plantea estudiar la modernización de la casa burguesa en Cuenca, a partir de la identificación y análisis de las estrategias proyectuales aplicadas, en la casa Peña (1954) y la casa Vázquez (1962), por el Arq. Cesar Burbano Moscoso. Estas viviendas se caracterizaron por la innovación y búsqueda de una nueva manera de habitar, asumiendo los cambios que la ciudad exigió a mediados del siglo XX. En los dos casos se evidencia como la tipología tradicional de casa con patio interior, organizada centralmente y alineada y conectada a la calzada, se invierte y muta en una tipología radicalmente contraria, compuesta por construcciones aisladas y retiradas de la calle, modificando así las relaciones, internas de la casa y con la ciudad. El estudio explora procesos arquitectónicos, enfocando el interés en reconocer criterios y valores que provienen de las obras, así como elementos arquitectónicos y urbanos de un momento particular de la arquitectura cuencana. Palabras clave: Arquitectura moderna, vivienda moderna, transformaciones del espacio doméstico, Cesar Burbano Moscoso, Cuenca-Ecuador. AbstractHistorically, the house has been constituted as the fundamental space that allows the realization of domestic activities, family interrelationship and the development and strengthening of the personal self. Several authors agree that during the twentieth century the greatest alterations in social structures, city environments and housing and its spaces took place (Cañar & Torres, 2018); becoming the laboratory of theoretical experimentation and practical application of modern lifestyles (Añón, 2013). In Ecuador, the social, economic and political transformations at the beginning of the century were parallel to the technological and energy transformations, which with greater or lesser delay reached Cuenca. This research proposes to study the modernization of the bourgeois house in Cuenca, based on the identification and analysis of the applied project strategies, in the Peña House (1954) and the Vázquez House (1962), by the architect Cesar Burbano Moscoso. These houses have been characterized by innovation and the search for a new way of living, assuming the changes  that the city demanded in the mid-twentieth century. In both cases it is evident how the traditional typology of a house with an interior patio, centrally organized, aligned and connected to the road, is inverted and transformed into a radically opposite typology, composedof isolated structures and withdrawn from the street, thus modifying the internal relations to the house and with the city. The study explored architectural processes, approaching the interest in recognizing criteria and values that come from the works, as well as architectural and urban elements of a particular moment of Cuenca architecture. Keywords: Modern architecture, modern housing, transformations of domestic space, Cesar Burbano Moscoso, Cuenca-Ecuador

scholarly journals Historical heritage and contemporary architecture fusion at the example of the city center of Graz

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Biljana Arandjelovic
Keyword(s):  
Short Review ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
City Center ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Unusual Combination ◽  
Historical Center ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
The City

The research subject of the paper is the center of Graz as a fusion of historical heritage and modern architecture, with its seven landmarks of modern architecture selected here in order to make a short review of this unusual mix. Although the historical center is well known as UNESCO protected district, that may not be damaged or destroyed, the avant-garde shops and bars found their place in the ancient center, complementing it. A contrast of new and the old is also present in the likeness of a fusion of historical heritage and contemporary architecture. This unusual combination made Graz a unique city which could serve as example for the future, how to make contemporary architecture in the middle of historical environment.

The City of Paradise, Regained

Los Romeros ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 27-57
Author(s):  
Walter Aaron Clark
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Franco Regime ◽  
Paradise Regained ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The City

In 1919 the family returned to Spain, soon settling in the city of Málaga. Here young Celedonio fell in love with the guitar and devoted himself to study and performance. In 1934 he married Angelita, a voice student at the local conservatory, where he was also studying. But the outside world intruded on his life and career with the outbreak of civil war in 1936, the year in which Celin was born. Celedonio was drafted first into the loyalist and then the nationalist armies but avoided combat. With the defeat of the republic in 1939, the republican Romero family had to adjust to new realities. Celedonio rebooted his career and was soon concertizing all over Spain, at the cost of compromising with the Franco regime. This was necessary given his growing family: Pepe was born in 1944 and Angel, 1946.

scholarly journals MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT(CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES)

2020 ◽  
pp. 195-203
Author(s):  
N.V. Melnik ◽  
◽  
A.Ye. Demenko ◽  
M. Mirets ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Priority Task ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The City

The article is of a generalizing nature; the authors investigate the problem associated with architectural design in the historical environment. The newly built civilian objects are considered as examples of the organic interaction between “old” and “new” in European cities. The authors’ positions of domestic and foreign professionals regarding the development of the potential of the historical centres of modern cities are considered. In connection with the dynamics of urban growth in the XXI century, the problem of renewal and development of historically established centers arises. Development as a modernization of the historical environment assumes a high-quality level of integration of relevant functions in the unique conditions of authentic urban structures. The cultural aspect of the problem is to solve the main problem of the historical environment -the preservation and protection of the valuable architectural and urban planning heritage. The authors highlight the need for an integrated approach to theproblem and formulation of a development strategy. The experience of Odessa shows the negative results of delay in such matters. Urban space as a living organism presupposes a progressive process of regeneration of both the urban structure and the “tissue” of the city, filling the space and being subordinated to the structure. A scientific approach presupposes discussion, variability and flexibility concerning the protection and development of the historical environment. However, taking into account the whole complex of economic, administrative, and cultural conditions, we can say about two main approaches in relation to the historical architectural environment in Ukraine. One is based on a conservative approach and denies the objects of modern architecture in the historical environment. This approach assumes that a historically formed urban planning formation is an integral urban planning phenomenon and only allows the construction of new objects in historical styles, allows the priority task of restoration and reconstruction of existing objects. Another approach is based on a dialectical approach and allows the introduction into the historical tissue of the city of new objects that meet all progressive achievements of engineering and technology, have modern and current features of the style (stylistic direction). At the same time, an important aspect is the novelty and high aesthetic level of architecture, due to the requirements of modern society. The logic of this approach comes from the very essence ofarchitecture, placed in the classic triad of benefit, strength and beauty. The most important factor that determines the value of the historical core of the city, in particular, the historical centre of Odessa, is the integrity of the historical structure, the interaction of all elements of the architectural complex, and a balanced urban infrastructure. At the same time, the architectural complex consists of objects of different value categories. Some are historical and architectural monuments of the universal, state and local importance. Others are authentic objects of “back-ground” development that contribute to the integrity of the city’s historical tissue. This is the picture that shows a historical accuracy. According to the authors, the scale for determining the objective value of each architectural object in this case is of a relative nature and, to a large extent, in our time is not the primary task of preserving the architectural heritage. The task of an integrated approach to the problem and elaboration of a preservation strategy is a priority task. In recent years, intensive construction has taken place on local fragments of the historical part of the city, which leads to the final destruction of the historical city. In many cases, modern civil engineering works are monotonous and have doubtful cultural qualities, and at the technical level they exacerbate the situation of collapse at the infrastructural level. There is an international, in particular, European experience in solving the problem of the conflict between new and historical in the cities of Germany, Poland, Spain, etc. The destructive cataclysms of the XX century caused great losses to the architectural heritage. The world community has developed norms and rules that allow for a huge number of implementation options in the context of regional features. The problem of a new construction in the historical environment today is not about the question of whether the object is stylized or modernized. The problem is to determine the principles of interaction of the historical environment with new structures, in the degree of “civility” of a new architecture, the ability of the “new” to further develop the potential of urban space.

scholarly journals The image of contemporary architecture of Wrocław depicted in recent tourist commercial and Internet media

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 28-48
Author(s):  
Natalia Bursiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Internet Media ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Media ◽  
Contemporary Architecture ◽  
Historic City ◽  
The City ◽  
General Opinion

The aim of the paper is to present the tourist and image potential of contemporary public architecture. Wrocław was chosen as the research subject, as it is a historical center with an extremely rich architectural heritage, which has enjoyed great interest among visitors for centuries. With the announcement of Wrocław as the European Capital of Culture 2016, and then the European Best Destination in 2018, its attractiveness increased significantly, which was reflected not only in the number of visitors, but also in the advertising materials themselves. Both before and after arrival, millions of tourists encounter a multitude of various advertising forms, both virtual and printed, which determine the direction of sightseeing and shape a specific image and perception of the city. In general opinion, Wrocław is considered a historic city, the most interesting places of which are concentrated around the Old Town and Ostrów Tumski. The Centennial Hall, built at the beginning of the 20th century, stands out from the „newer heritage”. The idea of the study, however, was to answer the question whether contemporary architecture is used in any way in the current tourist advertisement of the city. Another goal was to identify and list the most frequently appearing objects from the adopted group, and to analyze the manner of their presentation. Based on the collected materials, efforts were made to assess the role of the media in creating a tourist product in terms of promoting local architecture in recent years. At the same time, an attempt was made to evaluate the role of architecture in creating the city’s progressive brand. In the research, the author used the method of analyzing the existing statistical data, iconographic research and the method of analyzing the content of advertising materials, as well as scientific studies on cultural heritage and tourism in the city. The final part of the paper shows that modern architecture can be a significant element increasing the tourist attractiveness of the city.

scholarly journals Hacia Arts & Architecture La revolución editorial de John Entenza (1938-1945)

2018 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Daniel Díez Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Intellectual Discourse ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Architecture And Design ◽  
Siglo Xx

Resumen En enero de 1945 Arts & Architecture puso en marcha el programa CaseStudy House, un experimento ideado por John Entenza que les reservaríaa él y a su revista un lugar importante en la historia de la arquitectura moderna del siglo XX. Desde que asumió la dirección de Arts & Architectureen 1940, Entenza supo rodearse de creadores y artistas como Alvin Lustig,Ray y Charles Eames, Herbert Matter o Julius Shulman, que contribuyerona elevar el estándar gráfico de su publicación y le confirieron una identidadinnovadora que respaldaba visualmente el discurso intelectual vanguardista de compromiso con la arquitectura y el diseño modernos que defendía en sus páginas. Este artículo analiza los orígenes, las estrategias de trasformación y los nombres propios que hicieron realidad una revista que, cincuenta años después de su desaparición en 1967, sigue resultando tan atractiva y radical como cuando se editaba.AbstractIn January 1945 Arts & Architecture launched the Case Study House program, an experiment devised by John Entenza that would reserve for him and his magazine an important place in the history of modern architecture of the twentieth century. From the moment he took over the direction of Arts & Architecture in 1940, Entenza knew how to seduce creators and artists such as Alvin Lustig, Ray and Charles Eames, Herbert Matter and Julius Shulman, who contributed to raise the graphic standard of his publication and gave it an innovative identity that visually supported the avant-garde intellectual discourse of commitment to modern architecture and design that it defended in its pages. This article analyzesthe origins, the strategies of transformation and the proper names that made the magazine a reality that, fifty years after its disappearance in 1967, continues to be as attractive and radical as when it was published.

scholarly journals Templo. Máquina. Caravana. El teatro y la ciudad en la Italia del siglo XX

2018 ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Fernando Quesada López
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Design Studio ◽  
Rigorous Analysis ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Political Role ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
The City ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Intense Debate ◽  
European Architecture

Resumen Entre 1965 y 1975 se produjo en Italia un debate muy intenso en torno a la arquitectura teatral, el edificio del teatro y su papel urbano, social y político. Se articuló alrededor de tres términos que suponen tres modos de relación entre el edificio teatral y la ciudad: el templo, la máquina y la caravana. Aquel debate, de una riqueza inusitada, quedó completamente al margen de la historiografía de la arquitectura italiana y europea, a pesar de su intensidad y de la importancia de todos sus protagonistas para la cultura arquitectónica del siglo XX. Muchos de los arquitectos, críticos e historiadores del momento intervinieron en este debate con propuestas de concurso no construidas, opiniones o análisis rigurosos. Uno de los más activos fue Guido Canella, con una amplia carrera como arquitecto de teatros y erudito de la cultura teatral, que además organizó en 1965 un curso de proyectos en el Politecnico di Milano, acompañado de conferencias, mesas de debate y actuaciones de grupos de la vanguardia internacional. Todo este material fue reunido en una publicación que inauguró este debate, y a la que todos sus protagonistas se refirieron en algún momento. Además de Guido Canella, otras personalidades como Bruno Zevi, Maurizio Sacripanti, Constantino Dardi, Mario Manieri-Elia y Manfredo Tafuri, intervinieron marcando un filón cultural que sigue estando completamente olvidado hoy día.AbstractBetween 1965 and 1975 there was a very intense debate in Italy about the theatrical architecture, the theatre building and its urban, social and political role. It was articulated around three terms that assume three ways of relation between the theatrical building and the city: the temple, the machine and the caravan. That debate, of an unusual wealth, was completely absent from the official historiography of Italian and European architecture, despite its intensity and the importance of all its protagonists for the architectural culture of the twentieth century. Many of the most prominent architects, critics and historians intervened in this debate with unbuilt competition proposals, opinions or rigorous analysis. One of the most active was Guido Canella, with a broad career as theatre architect and a scholar of theater culture himself. He organized a design studio at the Politecnico di Milano in 1965, accompanied by lectures, panel discussions and group performances by international avant-garde artists. All this material was gathered in a publication edited by Guido Canella that inaugurated this debate, called The Theatrical System in Milan, and to which all protagonists referred at some point of their respective interventions. In addition to Guido Canella, other personalities such as Bruno Zevi, Maurizio Sacripanti, Constantino Dardi, Mario Manieri-Elia and Manfredo Tafuri, intervened marking a cultural reef that remains widely forgotten today.

scholarly journals Principios de la forma urbana en el trabajo de Leslie Martin y el LUBFS | Principles of the urban form in the work of Leslie Martin and the LUBFS

ZARCH ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 170
Author(s):  
Javier De Esteban Garbayo
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Form ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Built Form ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
The City ◽  
Cambridge School

La revisión de la arquitectura moderna suscitada en el ámbito británico durante los años cincuenta y sesenta supone uno de los referentes para entender la evolución del pensamiento arquitectónico durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Uno de los temas de mayor alcance fue el esfuerzo por desarrollar nuevos principios de la forma urbana y superar algunas limitaciones de la ciudad moderna. El papel de Leslie Martin tuvo especial trascendencia tanto en la práctica como en el ámbito académico como director de la Escuela de Arquitectura de Cambridge y del grupo LUBFS (Land Use and Built Form Studies). Su trabajo, además de un modo singular de entender la ciudad, refleja algunas de las cuestiones más relevantes debatidas en este contexto. Del mismo modo que la comprensión de los aciertos y fracasos de propuestas urbanas como las de Leslie Martin permiten entender la deriva fragmentaria que toma posteriormente la reacción postmoderna, también posibilitan una base para repensar la ciudad contemporánea.PALABRAS CLAVE: Forma urbana, trama, espacio urbano, densidad, geometría.The review of modern architecture raised in Britain during the fifties and sixties became a reference to understand the evolution of the architectural thought during the second half of the twentieth century. One of the most discusses subject was the effort to develop new principles of urban form and overcome some limitations of the modern city. The role of Leslie Martin was particularly significant both in practice and in the academic field as director of The Cambridge School of Architecture and the LUBFS (Land Use and Built Form Studies). His work, in addition to a unique way of understanding the city, reflects some of the most relevant topics discussed in this context. In the same way that the understanding of the successes and failures of urban proposals such as those of Leslie Martin allow us to understand the postmodern fragmentary reaction, they also provide a basis to rethink the contemporary city.KEYWORDS: Urban form, Grid, Urban space, Density, Geometry.

scholarly journals Jorge Oteiza’s ‘de-occupation’: towards an ascetic space in Spanish modern architecture (1948–60)

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 343-352
Author(s):  
Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno ◽  
Emma López-Bahut
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Reference Point ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
San Sebastian ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Artistic Career ◽  
Art And Architecture

The work and thought of the Basque sculptor Jorge Oteiza (b. Orio, 1908 – d. San Sebastian, 2003) is an omnipresent reference point in the historiography of modern Spanish architecture. Since the Jorge Oteiza Museum Foundation was opened shortly after his death, a great number of studies have been published about him, mainly in Spanish and Basque. Oteiza’s artistic career was closely connected to the postwar Spanish architectural scene. During the 1950s, he participated in numerous projects and architecture competitions and published his work in specialised journals and magazines in the field. Spain was at that time under the regime of General Franco and, as a consequence of the Civil War (1936–9), the country was suffering an economic crisis that affected culture, art, and architecture.

scholarly journals SOVIET ARCHITECTURE OF SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT BUILDINGS AS AN EXPERIENCE OF POPULARIZATION OF LATE MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN TOGLIATTI CITY

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-43
Author(s):  
M. Solodilov
Keyword(s):  
Social Resources ◽  
Modern Architecture ◽  
Architectural Heritage ◽  
Problem Statement ◽  
Cultural Attitudes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Modernist Architecture ◽  
The City ◽  
Late Modern

In the conditions of the lack of cultural and social resources of the largest non-regional city, there is a need to popularize and update the existing historical and architectural heritage of the Brezhnev period. This practice is increasingly becoming an effective strategy for improving the tourist attractiveness of the city, revising the semantic components of the city's brand and its identity. The methodological basis of the research is as follows: problem statement, historical and cultural research and analysis, combining disparate facts into an integral presentation model. This model forms the basis for city audio guides and landmarks mapping. As a result of the study, the author concludes that the Soviet historical and architectural heritage can become a valuable resource for transmitting information not only about the past but also a tool for transmitting valuable aesthetic and cultural attitudes into the future, which is in great demand in modern Russian realities. According to the author, it is not too late to stop the process of restructuring and destruction of valuable modernist architecture, while using such methods of heritage actualization as popularization, tourism and research activism, socio-project methods, myth-making as well.

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