Departament de Teoria i Història de l'Arquitectura i Tècniques de Comunicació (THATC): Recent submissions
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Desmuntant la Secció Alemanya : Exposició Internacional de Barcelona de 1929 : Arquitectura de Ludwig Mies van der Rohe i Lilly Reich
Apart from the many interpretative contributions that the recent historiography has contributed to the state of the art in regards to the participation of the German Section at the International Exposition of Barcelona in ...
Ciutat Vella València : memoria del agua, estratigrafía urbana, reactivación de uso
Cities are rooted to the territory where they are located. Territorial variables determinate its morphogenesis and evolution. This research reconstitutes a urban landscape history, its hydraulic traces or the memory of ...
El espacio público desde la perspectiva del colectivo infantil y el de los adultos mayores : un estudio interdisciplinar entre la arquitectura y las ciencias sociales
This doctoral thesis focuses on the understanding of the concept of public space by children and older adults. It builds an interdisciplinary theoretical framework between architecture and social sciences that aims to ...
La construcción del relato arquitectónico y las arquitectas de la modernidad : un análisis feminista de la historiografía
There is no history without women as there is no culture without women, and architecture is not an exception to this norm. This research is focused on revealing how official historiographic mechanisms in architecture omitted ...
Le Corbusier y el poema del ángulo recto
Le Poème de l’angle droit is a livre de peintre, carried out by Le Courbusier, between 1947 and 1953 and published in Paris in 1955, as part of the collection named Grands livres manuscrits et illustrés par les artistes ...
La rebelión del espacio vivido
The dissertation arises from the awakening of Henri Lefebvre’s work, both in social sciences with Marxist approach and urban studies interested in social issues. This scientific and institutional recovery of Lefebvre's ...
The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah
The notion of the Islamic city evoked in comparison with European cities and their modernization process and often criticized for its Eurocentric nature, acknowledges the characteristics’ existence that are shared by ...
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
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 ...
El vademécum de la ciudad : París y Barcelona en las guías y descripciones urbanas : 1750 - 1920
There is a city, besides the one we visit or inhabit, that arises from its description. It is a city whose appearance influences our experience and cultural heritage, preventing us from distinguishing between the real image ...
Teoria e desenho da architectura em Portugal, 1956-1974 : Nuno Portas e Pedro Vieira de Almeida
The research that we presently put forward as a doctorate thesis departed from a hypothesis set in questioning canonical assumptions of Portuguese architecture as an essentially empirical and intuitive practice. This ...
Architectural heritage of Yugoslav-socialist character: ideology, memory and identity
"Architectural heritage of Yugoslav-socialist character: ideology, memory and identity" studies the ability of architecture to represent political and cultural endeavors and developments in the period from 1945 until 1990 ...
Postectónica : ultrabiología, noosfera y màquina, en el hábitar planetario de Teilhard de Chardin
The cosmology presented in the first half of the twentieth century by Jesuit priest and career palaeontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Sarcenat, France, 1881 - New York; 1955), is structured around the hypothesis of ...
Cartografías cinematográficas de Cali (1971-1995) : modernidad y espacio en el cine de Carlos Mayolo y Luis Ospina
In addition to the documentary value of film material, cinema, as a product of modernity, is a relevant and valid instrument for the analysis of the city, its architecture and the society that produces them. The films are ...
Arquitetura e projeto de Catalunha na transição entre os séculos XIX e XX : um olhar desde as discussões desenvolvidas no Ateneu Barcelonês
With the modernity, the idea of architecture as art and autonomous artistic genre is questioned by movements such as Arts-and-Crafts, the Pre-Raphaelitism and the artistic and decorative manifestations such as Belgian ...
La Torre Einstein de Erich Mendelsohn en los primeros años de trabajo del arquitecto
The leading figure of Erich Mendelsohn has been the subject of extensive and in-depth researches, both for his importance as an architect as for his role in the history of modern design. Conversely, not much has been written ...
Karl von Appen : vida docente y teatral : 1945-1954
Karl von Appen was an internationally known german stage designer. His international renown is due to his work in the company Berliner Ensemble, which was founded and directed by Bertolt Brecht until 1956. Appen arrived ...
Universal accessibility : on the need of an empathy-based architecture
Universal Accessibility: On the need of an empathy-based architecture is a PhD thesis researching the paradigm of accessible architectural design. Starting from the very first understanding of accessibility in architecture, ...
Robert Delaunay y la Torre Eiffel : fragmentación e interpenetración del espacio pictórico y arquitectónico
The work of Robert Delaunay and particularly his Eiffel Tower paintings are recognized as an essential symbol of modern art. However, their precise assessment by historians varies and there are aspects of these works that ...
El papel de las asociaciones, sindicatos y colegios profesionales de arquitectos en la cultura arquitectónica catalana 1874-1977
Beyond its renowned role in the field of regulation of the professional work, the corporations of architects in Catalonia have performed an essential role in the development of the architectonic culture since the creation ...
Victory over Chaos? Constantinos A. Doxiadis and Ekistics 1945-1975
Constantinos A. Doxiadis (1913-1975) was an important figure in the realm of postwar urbanism, and yet his contribution has been largely neglected. This study reviews his trajectory and analyzes key projects related to ...
