Transparency or splendor? Perret, Bustillo and Álvarez: the spectacle of modernity in State architecture in Argentina

Transparency or splendor? Perret, Bustillo and Álvarez: the spectacle of modernity in State architecture in Argentina

A museum, a hotel-casino, a bank, an exhibition pavilion, a theater or a ventilation tower, all State architecture: what could they have in common? It is a set of works whose civic character was in the core of the public commission. Both Alejandro Bustillo and Mario Roberto Álvarez and their associa...

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spelling oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-2632020-04-17T23:53:09Z Transparency or splendor? Perret, Bustillo and Álvarez: the spectacle of modernity in State architecture in Argentina ¿Transparencia o esplendor? Perret, Bustillo y Álvarez: el espectáculo de la modernidad en la arquitectura de Estado en Argentina Shmidt, Claudia Auguste Perret Alejandro Bustillo Mario Roberto Álvarez arquitectura de Estado Auguste Perret Alejandro Bustillo Mario Roberto Álvarez State architecturer A museum, a hotel-casino, a bank, an exhibition pavilion, a theater or a ventilation tower, all State architecture: what could they have in common? It is a set of works whose civic character was in the core of the public commission. Both Alejandro Bustillo and Mario Roberto Álvarez and their associates (all followers of Auguste Perret from diverse points of view) understood, in different ways, that a show of modernity had to be offered. The problem of the representation of state architectures supposes a tension between the search for a national and modern character. Excluding each other or merged, these characters are accentuated in certain programs and political conjunctures. Transparency has historically been naturalized as an inherent condition of so-called modern architecture. So did the use of reinforced concrete. At the intersection of both resources, the luminous and monumental splendor had been part of the spectacle of modernity. A look at some cases helps to show the alternatives deployed in the face of similar demands made by different governments: the request to give a symbolic character, whose urban presence contrasts the two faces of metropolization, the spectacle and the anomic indifference. Un museo, un hotel-casino, un banco, un pabellón de exposiciones, un teatro o una torre de ventilación, todas arquitecturas de Estado: ¿qué podrían tener en común? Se trata de un conjunto de obras cuyo carácter cívico se encontraba en las bases del encargo público. Tanto Alejandro Bustillo como Mario Roberto Álvarez y sus asociados (todos seguidores del belga Auguste Perret desde puntos de vista diferentes) comprendieron, de modos diversos, que había que ofrecer un espectáculo de modernidad. El problema de la representación de las arquitecturas de Estado supone una tensión entre la búsqueda de un carácter nacional y moderno. Excluyentes entre sí o bien, fusionados, estos caracteres se acentúan en determinados programas y coyunturas políticas. La transparencia ha sido históricamente naturalizada como una condición inherente a la llamada arquitectura moderna. El uso del hormigón armado también. En la intersección de ambos recursos, el esplendor lumínico y monumental, han sido parte del espectáculo de la modernidad buscado. Un recorrido por algunos casos permite ver las alternativas desplegadas ante una demanda sostenida por diferentes gobiernos: el pedido de imprimir un carácter simbólico, cuya presencia urbana contraste las dos caras de la metropolización, el espectáculo y la indiferencia anómica. Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño 2018-12-23 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado por pares application/pdf https://revistasfaud.mdp.edu.ar/registros/article/view/263 Registros. Revista de Investigación Histórica; Vol. 14 Núm. 2 (2018): Representar al Estado: arquitecturas, infraestructuras y algunos dilemas. México, Brasil, Chile y Argentina (1929-1973); 148-171 2250-8112 spa https://revistasfaud.mdp.edu.ar/registros/article/view/263/195 Derechos de autor 2018 Registros. Revista de Investigación Histórica
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Transparency or splendor? Perret, Bustillo and Álvarez: the spectacle of modernity in State architecture in Argentina
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title Transparency or splendor? Perret, Bustillo and Álvarez: the spectacle of modernity in State architecture in Argentina
title_short Transparency or splendor? Perret, Bustillo and Álvarez: the spectacle of modernity in State architecture in Argentina
title_full Transparency or splendor? Perret, Bustillo and Álvarez: the spectacle of modernity in State architecture in Argentina
title_fullStr Transparency or splendor? Perret, Bustillo and Álvarez: the spectacle of modernity in State architecture in Argentina
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description A museum, a hotel-casino, a bank, an exhibition pavilion, a theater or a ventilation tower, all State architecture: what could they have in common? It is a set of works whose civic character was in the core of the public commission. Both Alejandro Bustillo and Mario Roberto Álvarez and their associates (all followers of Auguste Perret from diverse points of view) understood, in different ways, that a show of modernity had to be offered. The problem of the representation of state architectures supposes a tension between the search for a national and modern character. Excluding each other or merged, these characters are accentuated in certain programs and political conjunctures. Transparency has historically been naturalized as an inherent condition of so-called modern architecture. So did the use of reinforced concrete. At the intersection of both resources, the luminous and monumental splendor had been part of the spectacle of modernity. A look at some cases helps to show the alternatives deployed in the face of similar demands made by different governments: the request to give a symbolic character, whose urban presence contrasts the two faces of metropolization, the spectacle and the anomic indifference.
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