The secret of the visible structures
Spiro Kostof tells in his History of Architecture, how in the eighteenth century there was a theoretical current that advocated the architecture of classical Greece as an example of a rational architecture in which the structure, the columns, behaved as they really should be, that is, functional mem...
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ojs-article-81262020-07-20T15:05:27Z The secret of the visible structures El secreto de las estructuras vistas Cervilla García, Alejandro Spiro Kostof tells in his History of Architecture, how in the eighteenth century there was a theoretical current that advocated the architecture of classical Greece as an example of a rational architecture in which the structure, the columns, behaved as they really should be, that is, functional members of the Architecture, and not decorative elements. These theorists, among whom were Carlo Lodoli or Abate Laugier, encouraged to recover this model, and also the Gothic models, as an example of an honest and essential architecture. But the truth is that when we analyze in depth archetypes of classical Greece or the Gothic, we find something that goes beyond the mere exposition of the structure and its rational use. And we find how these Architectures of visible structure, can actually be models for another type of architecture in which the structure has a rather illusory character. The objective of this article is precisely to discover this secret. Cuenta Spiro Kostof en su Historia de la Arquitectura,[1] cómo en el siglo XVIII hubo una corriente teórica que abogaba por la arquitectura de la Grecia clásica como ejemplo de una arquitectura racional en la que la estructura, las columnas, se comportaban como lo que realmente debían ser, es decir, miembros funcionales de la Arquitectura, y no elementos decorativos. Estos teóricos, entre los que se encontraban Carlo Lodoli o el Abad Laugier, animaban a recuperar este modelo, y también los modelos góticos, como ejemplo de una arquitectura honesta y esencial. Pero lo cierto es que cuando analizamos en profundidad arquetipos de la Grecia clásica o del Gótico, encontramos algo que va más allá de la mera exposición de la estructura y de su uso racional. Y encontramos cómo estas arquitecturas de estructura a la vista, pueden ser en realidad modelos para otro tipo de arquitectura en la que la estructura tiene un carácter más bien ilusorio. El objetivo de este artículo es precisamente descubrir este secreto. [1] Spiro Kostof, Historia de la Arquitectura, volumen 3 (Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1985), 975-979. Universidad Nacional del Litoral 2020-07-20 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion artículo Articulo info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo application/pdf application/pdf https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/ARQUISUR/article/view/8126 10.14409/ar.v10i17.8126 ARQUISUR Revista; Vol. 10 Núm. 17: ARQUISUR REVISTA (JUL. 2020); 88-101 ARQUISUR; Vol 10 No 17: ARQUISUR REVISTA (JUL. 2020); 88-101 2250-4206 1853-2365 10.14409/ar.v10i17 spa info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/ https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/ARQUISUR/article/view/8126/12765 https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/ARQUISUR/article/view/8126/12766 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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Spiro Kostof tells in his History of Architecture, how in the eighteenth century there was a theoretical current that advocated the architecture of classical Greece as an example of a rational architecture in which the structure, the columns, behaved as they really should be, that is, functional members of the Architecture, and not decorative elements. These theorists, among whom were Carlo Lodoli or Abate Laugier, encouraged to recover this model, and also the Gothic models, as an example of an honest and essential architecture. But the truth is that when we analyze in depth archetypes of classical Greece or the Gothic, we find something that goes beyond the mere exposition of the structure and its rational use. And we find how these Architectures of visible structure, can actually be models for another type of architecture in which the structure has a rather illusory character. The objective of this article is precisely to discover this secret. |
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