Tous & Fargas: optimismo tecnológico en la arquitectura catalana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX
This research proposes the study of the architecture jointly developed by Barcelona architects Josep Maria Fargas Falp (1926-2011; t. 1952) and Enric Tous Garbo (1925; t. 1952) especially during the second half of the twentieth century. This must not be read as a monographic catalog of their project...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/96157 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/96157 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-96157 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Fargas i Falp, Josep Maria, 1926-2011 Tous Carbó, Enric, 1925- Arquitectes -- Catalunya Arquitectura -- Catalunya -- Història -- S. XX Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura |
| Sumario: | This research proposes the study of the architecture jointly developed by Barcelona architects Josep Maria Fargas Falp (1926-2011; t. 1952) and Enric Tous Garbo (1925; t. 1952) especially during the second half of the twentieth century. This must not be read as a monographic catalog of their projects but a contextualization of their works in the context of Catalan and international architecture, industry and culture contemporary to them. The architectural context in which their work is proposed, the progress of the technical means available to the architects, or the influence of the different trends of thought may have had in their work, are part of the scenario analyzed to interpret their different readings of architecture, and paticularly its technical expression. Throughout the investigation, it is questioned the dominant historiographical reading of Catalan architecture of their time with regard to the technical possibilities. In a local context marked by the duality between the approaches to the architectural discipline from "realistic" and "idealists" positions -both considered as possible interpretations of the continuity of modernity the idealistic option, usually identified in the figure of Tous & Fargas, is virtually neglected by the existing historiography. This work aims to demonstrate the validity and timeliness of this vision of architecture, and in particular the methodology developed by Tous and Fargas. lt has a place a definition of architecture linked to its technical execution, which provides premises such as the modular coordination or the technological research. In turn, here it is demystified the purely idealistic conception of their work, noting the different versions and nuances of their applications. Tous & Fargas' work is considered a paradigmatic case study of the possibilities of architecture from approaches strongly related to technique. The proposed relationships and interpretations of each model discussed in this paper makes a map of links between the architectural paradigms and the theoretical readings of technology in each case. The methodological approach recognizes an interpretation of the scientific activity as a result of the historical and social context in which it develops, accepting the evolutionary discontinuity argued by theorists like Thomas S. Kuhn. Thus, the technophile vision of Tous & Fargas architecture is addressed through different paradigms recognizable in their career. Such approaches correspond to different methodological approaches with which the architects focused construction processes. In a specific manner, seven readings of technology are collected in the work of Tous&Fargas : technics as an industrial process, technics as an artistic expression, technics as an act of imitation, technics as experimentation, technics as an element of communication, technics as a factor of integration in a given context, and technics as an element of the market. In turn, the characteristics of the proposed analys is run through compositional, aesthetic, referential, instrumental, professional, historiographical or personal aspects. Thus, different reading techniques allow the composition of the different interpretations of technics. This panoramic approach shows that technology has always been a tool used by Tous and Fargas as a premise -never as a juxtaposition- to the architectural definition. The motivation to do so has varied from the fascination to the need, through experimentation, showing the polisemy of an optimistic view of technology. |
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