The drawing: Graphic and controversial heritage of 20th century architecture

Authors

  • María Asunción Salgado de la Rosa Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Javier Fco. Raposo Grau Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
  • Belén Butragueño Díaz-Guerra Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2021165302

Keywords:

Architecture, drawing, Graphic Heritage, memory, symbol

Abstract

The catalog of architectural heritage is made up not only by built buildings, but by all those unbuilt architectures with remaining graphic documentation. According to UNESCO, heritage is the cultural legacy of the past that is transmitted to future generations. Architectural drawings are a particular production of our culture, included in the architectural heritage and must be approached considering different conceptual, methodological and professional perspective. In such a turbulent century as the 20th century, many radicalized expressions emerged, exclusively based on the appropriation of public space. Architects had to learn to fight against this distortion of past and future memory with the best weapon at their disposal: drawing. This article surveys some of the most controversial drawn architectures of that century, either because they embody a dissident attitude in the face of the prevailing univocal vision or because of their own symbolic or argumentative content. Their legacy includes not only documentation of the highest artistic value, but also a myriad of controversial, radical and sometimes comic ideas, without whom it would not be possible to understand current architecture.

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Author Biographies

María Asunción Salgado de la Rosa, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

PhD in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, ETS of Architecture (2004, Degree with Honors), Professional MArch Degree in Architecture (ETSAM, 1995). Assistant Professor at the Graphic Architectural Ideation Department, ETSAM, UPM since 2011. Her research lines are: review of the relationship between architecture, the new media (cinema, video, art) and new technologies; review of the new communication modes applied to the architectural drawing. Hybridizations of the graphic language applied to architecture; teaching of the drawing in the field of Architecture's teaching. She is the author of several educational books and numerous articles related to her research lines. Professionally, she combines architecture practice with creation of graphical art works and participates regularly in architecture competitions in which she obtained several national and international prizes. She regularly exhibits in several countries in Europe, Asia and North-America.

Javier Fco. Raposo Grau, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

PhD in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, ETS of Architecture (2004, Degree with Honors), Professional MArch Degree in Architecture (ETSAM, 1989). Master’s in Administration and Management of Construction and Real Estate, MDI (ETSAM, UPM, 1991). Senior Lecturer and Director of Architectural Graphic Ideation Department, ETSAM, UPM. Active member of the Educational Research and Innovation G. "Hypermedia: Workshop of Architectural Configuration and Communication". His research lines are: Generation, Transformation and Communication of the Architectural Project: Category Models of Graphics and Images, Development of Digital Graphic Libraries; Narration and Graphic Hybridization. Art and Architecture; Development and Implementation of BIM methodologies for architects; Foundations of Drawing Pedagogy. Educational lines for the drawing teaching. Author of multiple educational, communication in congresses and articles related to his research lines.

Belén Butragueño Díaz-Guerra, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

PhD in Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, ETSAM (2015, International Mention, Degree with Honors, Extraordinary Doctorate Award ETSAM, UPM), Adjunct Instructor of Dept. of Engineering and Technology Cuesta College. Professional MArch Degree in Architecture (ETSAM, 2002, Outstanding). Associate Professor at Graphic Architectural Ideation Department, ETSAM, UPM, since 2007 and at IE Architecture (Segovia) since 2003. UPM License in research and teaching at Woodbury University (LA, California, 2017-18). As a researcher, she works on the analysis of the different processes of communication and expression in architecture and the analysis of the architectural publication and their graphic strategies. She is the author of several referential congress’ papers, journal articles and teaching books in the field. She began her professional activity at MVRDV (Rotterdam, 2002) and she has collaborated with prestigious architectural offices such as SMAO, PO2 or Soriano&Co. Since 2007 she runs the office B2bConcept, contributing to multiple projects and competitions in the field of architecture and urban environment, through collaborative strategies.

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Published

2021-09-13

How to Cite

Salgado de la Rosa, M. A., Raposo Grau, J. F., & Butragueño Díaz-Guerra, B. (2021). The drawing: Graphic and controversial heritage of 20th century architecture . ZARCH. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, (16), 104–117. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2021165302

Issue

No. 16 (2021): Remaking Contested Architectural Heritage, Rethinking Public Space

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