La transformación del espacio doméstico y de los modos de vida en Bogotá 1945-1959. Las casas de las firmas Herrera & Nieto Cano y Ricaurte, Carrizosa & Prieto
- Autores: Margarita Roa Rojas
- Directores de la Tesis: Ricardo Daza Caicedo (dir. tes.), Fernando Álvarez Prozorovich (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) ( España ) en 2017
- Idioma: español
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Maria Pia Fontana (presid.), Enrique Granell Trías (secret.), Clara Elena Mejía Vallejo (voc.)
- Programa de doctorado: Programa de Doctorado en Teoría e Historia de la Arquitectura por la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya
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- Tesis en acceso abierto en: TDX
- Resumen
The thesis analyzes the transformation of domestic space and ways of life in Bogotá between 1945 and 1959, as an expression of a fundamental and representative stage in towards the construction of modernity in Colombia.
Two studios, highly representative of the domestic architecture of the city, have been chosen as objects of study; The first, Herrera & Nieto Cano (HNC), which clearly characterizes the initial moment of modern Bogota architecture, marked by eclecticism and the own transition of the 1940s. The second, Ricaurte, Carrizosa & Prieto (RCP), which characterizes exemplarily the peak of local architectural production in the mid-1950s. The period of study has been determined because it is considered as the most representative in terms of the transformation of domestic architecture in the city.
The research related with the transformation of the single-family house in Bogota in the middle of the XX century, requires studying a set of factors that are defined as conceptual nodes of the work, and are developed from the review of the selected objects of study.
The first factor of transformation is the urban development of Bogota and its residential areas since the 1930s; the second is the exploration into the modern Bogota house and its architecture; the third is the increased use of technology in) the house and the industry around the daily life in Bogota; Fourth and last are the inhabitants and their new individual and social practices in the city.
The document has been structured into five major chapters: 1. "Research work", comes out with the objectives, objects of study, theoretical framework, hypotheses raised, methodology and the state of the matter concerning the research topic.
2. "The guild of Colombian architects of the 50s. Two generations, two firms," explains the origins and beginning of the profession of architect in the country and its pioneers, the history of the HNC firm, the biography of the architects who formed it, its training from the office and the development of architecture as an investment. The consolidation of the guild, the successors of the pioneers, the history of the RCP firm, the biography of the partners who founded it, their formation from ideas and the development of architecture as an experiment are also described.
3. "The series house, towards an idea of community", initially studies the growth of the city from the neighborhoods for employees and workers, the main state agents financing housing construction and management, and the habitus of the middle and the working class in Bogota. Based on this previous study, the most significant cases of series houses projects in which HNC and CPR participated are analyzed, relating them to other contemporary proposals in the city, in terms of their urban, architectural and technical aspects.
4. "The house commissioned: Towards an ideal of modern living", primarily looks into the expansion of the city, from the residential districts of individual houses for the upper class, the main urbanization companies, their management, and the habitus of the elite in Bogota. Considering this research, the most representative custom houses of HNC and RCP are analyzed, associating them to previous projects and other contemporary houses in the city, in terms of their urban, architectural and technical aspects.
5. "The transformation of the domestic space and ways of life in the Bogota house of HNC and RCP. Conclusions", analyzes transversely the domestic work of both studios in a comparative way during the studied period. This chapter goes in depth into the study of the industry around the daily life, and its incidence into the practices of the inhabitants of the housing ¿in series¿ as well as by private order), as a complement to the analysis of the context in which the objects of study were developed.
