De la calle a la alfombra: un espacio abierto en Bogotá.
- Autores: Tatiana Urrea Uyabán
- Directores de la Tesis: Juan José Lahuerta Alsina (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) ( España ) en 2014
- Idioma: español
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Antonio Pizza De Nanno (presid.), Carlos García Vázquez (secret.), Marisa García Vergara (voc.)
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- Tesis en acceso abierto en: TDX
- Resumen
Torres del Parque Residential Complex was designed and created by Colombian architect, Rogelio Salmona, of french descent. The complex was built in the 1960s in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Here and then, the influence of a group of local architects was identified in the middle of the dilemma posed by a Modern Moement.They were able to embody their rebel appropriation of spaces based on elements and values belonging to city's geographical, historical and social conditions. What is hidden behind Torres del Parque Residential Cornplex? That is the main question giving meaning to this paper. Unveil the deep reasons by which this early work of Salmona has been recognized as the milestone of Bogotá during the 21st Century-and one of the most significant works in Latin America during the 20th Century- has meant digging into the roots of the Residential Complex. The Residential Complex project received and addressed Salmona's lite experiences -understood as the lite of an artist in close relation with the city of Bogotá during the 60s- to be, later, molded by the spirit of a decisive epoch in history and provide a conclusive and original contribution to contemporary Bogotá. Irnagined and drawn by Salmona, its construction must be understood as a collective work. lt will also be the outcome of eclectic influences, readings and cares, certainty and confrontations on the particular sociopolitical conditions and geographical features of a city located at the foot of an Andes mountain range plateau. The project is unveiled through research, as the essence that condenses the concerns and obsessions raised by the deep knowledge of Western architecture thread of history and Salmona's work and academic experience, which was acquired in relation to two 20th Century antagonist architects: Le Corbusier and art sociologist, Pierre Francastel. The renowned influence acquired from social sciences gives Salmona's work, especially the project subject matter ofthis paper, a condition that is consequent with such concepts as openness, democracy, transparency, the idea of encouraging the benefit of the mass over the particular benefit, ethics, policies and responsibilities of the artist as a builder of civilization, transcending the scope of space. Throughout eleven chapters, this paper develops the purpose of this research in a fashion that simulates the path followed to build an idea. Each chapter was structured as a way through the architect's work, since for Salmona "going over" is the fundamental and necessary action to transfer architecture's experience and emotion beyond "inhabiting" or "remaining". That is how the residential complex project was explored: based on its history, the development of its generating idea, its construction process, the memoir of the architect, every-day news from the written media and through a physical setting linked to the city and the view.
