Lo Popular and the Modern: Displaying Popular Architecture in 1950s Mexico
In October 1952, the exhibition Arquitectura popular mexicana opened at the still-unfinished Ciudad Universitaria (CU) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Displaying images of popular architecture within buildings identified with the pinnacle of Mexico’s modernist movement sugges...
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oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-771572020-11-18T17:29:32Z Lo Popular and the Modern: Displaying Popular Architecture in 1950s Mexico Lo popular y lo moderno. Exhibir arquitectura popular en el México de los años cincuenta Goldman, Zoe Popular architecture Vernacular architecture Mexico Exhibitions Ciudad Universitaria Arquitectura popular Arquitectura vernácula México Exposiciones Ciudad Universitaria In October 1952, the exhibition Arquitectura popular mexicana opened at the still-unfinished Ciudad Universitaria (CU) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Displaying images of popular architecture within buildings identified with the pinnacle of Mexico’s modernist movement suggested the comfortable coexistence and shared principles of the modern and the vernacular and the utility of vernacular culture for inspiring and contextualizing Mexico’s modernism as unique, specific and timeless. However, through its mode of organization and display, the exhibition turned specific buildings into symbols, positioning vernacular architecture and those who build it as a generalized support for a specifically Mexican modernism. En octubre de 1952, la exposición Arquitectura popular mexicana se inauguró en la Ciudad Universitaria (CU) de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). La presentación de imágenes de arquitectura vernácula dentro de edificios identificados con la cúspide del movimiento moderno de México sugirió la cómoda convivencia y los principios compartidos entre lo moderno y lo vernáculo, además de la utilidad de la cultura vernácula para inspirar y contextualizar la arquitectura moderna de México como única, específica y atemporal. Sin embargo, a través de su modo de organización y exhibición, la exposición convirtió los edificios específicos en símbolos y posicionó a la arquitectura vernácula y a sus constructores como respaldo, extensivo a una modernidad arquitectónica específicamente mexicana. Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2020-10-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Investigación application/pdf application/xml https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/77157 10.22201/fa.14058901p.2020.44.77157 Bitacora Arquitectura; No. 44 (2020): Architectural Exhibitions; 108-119 Bitácora Arquitectura; Núm. 44 (2020): Exposiciones de Arquitectura; 108-119 2594-0856 1405-8901 10.22201/fa.14058901p.2020.44 eng spa https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/77157/68260 https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/bitacora/article/view/77157/68537 Derechos de autor 2020 Bitácora Arquitectura |
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In October 1952, the exhibition Arquitectura popular mexicana opened at the still-unfinished Ciudad Universitaria (CU) of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Displaying images of popular architecture within buildings identified with the pinnacle of Mexico’s modernist movement suggested the comfortable coexistence and shared principles of the modern and the vernacular and the utility of vernacular culture for inspiring and contextualizing Mexico’s modernism as unique, specific and timeless. However, through its mode of organization and display, the exhibition turned specific buildings into symbols, positioning vernacular architecture and those who build it as a generalized support for a specifically Mexican modernism. |
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