Forms, technical culture and architectural expression
The development of reinforced concrete techniques and the appearance of a hitherto unknown typology, shells, propitiated a surprising transformation of the modern canon, whose critical assessment needs to be updated from new interpretive hypotheses. The exuberant and curvilinear architectural work o...
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Universitat Politècnica de València
2016-09-01
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| description | The development of reinforced concrete techniques and the appearance of a hitherto unknown typology, shells, propitiated a surprising transformation of the modern canon, whose critical assessment needs to be updated from new interpretive hypotheses. The exuberant and curvilinear architectural work of the mid-20th century is explained in this article from the perspective of engineering that had experimented with strength contribution to form. Later, the ideas of architecture, structure and sculpture seem to fuse and be confused under the huge variety of solutions that a mouldable material such as concrete could deploy.
The article explores the internationalized territory of warped geometries, ruled surfaces and parabolic profiles which, following in the wake of Freyssinet, Dischinger, Torroja or Candela, among others, captivated the architects of an entire era from Saarinen to Utzon, including the Smithsons or Le Corbusier himself, as well as Niemeyer, Tange, Sert and a long series of names that are still reference points due to the importance of their careers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ce43e8ba386426c801198c684ec5cd52022-12-22T02:19:37ZspaUniversitat Politècnica de ValènciaEGA1133-61372254-61032016-09-01212810011310.4995/ega.2016.62954804Forms, technical culture and architectural expressionCármen Jordá Such0Universidad Politécnica de ValenciaThe development of reinforced concrete techniques and the appearance of a hitherto unknown typology, shells, propitiated a surprising transformation of the modern canon, whose critical assessment needs to be updated from new interpretive hypotheses. The exuberant and curvilinear architectural work of the mid-20th century is explained in this article from the perspective of engineering that had experimented with strength contribution to form. Later, the ideas of architecture, structure and sculpture seem to fuse and be confused under the huge variety of solutions that a mouldable material such as concrete could deploy. The article explores the internationalized territory of warped geometries, ruled surfaces and parabolic profiles which, following in the wake of Freyssinet, Dischinger, Torroja or Candela, among others, captivated the architects of an entire era from Saarinen to Utzon, including the Smithsons or Le Corbusier himself, as well as Niemeyer, Tange, Sert and a long series of names that are still reference points due to the importance of their careers.https://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/EGA/article/view/6295geometríasuperficies regladashormigón |
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