Del Báltico al Caribe: Alvar Aalto y Erik Bryggman en el Concurso Internacional del Faro de Colón, 1928-1929
[EN] In 1928, an international competition was announced to design a lighthouse dedicated to Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo. Both in terms of the number and diversity of participants, it was one of the most significant architectural contests of the twentieth century; however, despite its scal...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2026 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) |
| Repositorio: | RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia |
| Idioma: | español inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:riunet______::9ea48b94a063cfbd0856faa1806d9d6e |
| Acceso en línea: | https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/234240 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Columbus Lighthouse Competition Finland Dominican Republic Caribbean Alvar Aalto Erik Bryggman Concurso Faro Colón Finlandia República Dominicana Caribe |
| Sumario: | [EN] In 1928, an international competition was announced to design a lighthouse dedicated to Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo. Both in terms of the number and diversity of participants, it was one of the most significant architectural contests of the twentieth century; however, despite its scale and the presence of prominent figures, its historiographical impact has been limited. This article examines the proposals of Alvar Aalto and Erik Bryggman, the only entries submitted from Finland, through the study of their drawings, some of them unpublished, preserved at the Alvar Aalto Museum (Jyväskylä) and the Architecture & Design Museum (Helsinki). A comparative analysis of their urban, formal, and graphic approaches reveals similarities resulting from their probable exchange of ideas, alongside expressive differences. Their almost lost drawings acquire exceptional documentary and artistic value, shedding light on the competition as a milestone and on the early projection of Finnish functionalist architecture beyond its borders. |
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