Emancipant arquitectes: del Rural Studio al Vallès

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"Satellite leisure in linear natural reserves", a planning model for tourism resorts: learnings from the GATCPAC Resting City

In this article we explain the landscape and legal resources that characterized the GATCPAC Resting and Vacation City (1931-38) of Barcelona – a never built project – with the aim of depicting a suitable model for other areas. This model, named as “satellite leisure on linear natural reserves”, departs from the premise of placing those settlements that are potentially aggressive to the landscape, such as tourist resorts, in protected zones. The model is specially thought for interior and natural tourism. In the article we will explain the objectives of the GATCPAC project, its characteristics and the relation between those characteristics and other contemporary urban models. After that, we will find out which parameters are still useful for the actual landscape paradigm, drawing up an extrapolation to the Catalan region.Peer Reviewe

"Satellite leisure in linear natural reserves”, a planning model for tourism resorts : learnings from the GATCPAC Resting City

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Can we talk about a GATPAC urbanism without Le Corbusier’s influence?

El artículo revisa los proyectos urbanos del GATCPAC (Grupo de Arquitectos y Técnicos Catalanes para el Progreso de la Arquitectura Contemporánea) con el objetivo de comprender cuál es el modelo urbano que está en su base y revelar posibles influencias. Desde la publicación en 1935 del Pla Macià en el libro La Ville Radieuse es frecuente la vinculación de este plan con las ideas urbanísticas de Le Corbusier. Sin embargo, lo que aparece normalmente publicado sobre el plan, por ejemplo, los esquemas de manzanas del Ensanche de Cerdá reconvertidas en súper-manzanas con bloques redents lecorbuserianos o el famoso diorama de seis metros dibujado por el GATCPAC, son una pequeña parte de todo el conjunto de planes que el grupo catalán elaboró para la “Barcelona Futura”. A partir de cinco palabras –Barcelona, zonificación, (des)urbanización, organicismo y preservación–, el articulo va definiendo algunos de los puntos clave del urbanismo del GATCPAC; sitúa, en su justa relevancia estratégica por parte del grupo, lo definido conjuntamente con Le Corbusier y finaliza con una conclusión que, a modo de radiografía, describe un hipotético modelo urbano; una síntesis que el grupo nunca tuvo la ocasión de esquematizar.The article revises the planning projects of the GATCPAC (Group of Catalan Architects and Technicians for the Progress of Contemporary Architecture), in order to understand the urban model in their base and to reveal possible influences. Since the publication in 1935 of the Pla Macià in the book La Ville Radieuse, it is common to link this plan with the planning ideas of Le Corbusier. However, what is usually published from the plan, for example, the conversion of the Eixample Cerda blocks into super-blocks with LeCorbuserian redents-buildings, or the famous twenty-feet diorama drawn by the GATCPAC, are a small part of the set of plans the Catalan group prepared for the “Barcelona Futura”. Using five words -Barcelona, zoning, (un)urbanism, organicism and preservation- the article defines some of the key points of the GATCPAC planning ideas and places in its exact strategic importance for the group, the points developed together with Le Corbusier. Finally, it ends with a conclusion that, as in an X-ray photography, describes a hypothetical urban model; the summary which the group could never outline

"Satellite leisure in linear natural reserves", a planning model for tourism resorts: learnings from the GATCPAC Resting City

In this article we explain the landscape and legal resources that characterized the GATCPAC Resting and Vacation City (1931-38) of Barcelona – a never built project – with the aim of depicting a suitable model for other areas. This model, named as “satellite leisure on linear natural reserves”, departs from the premise of placing those settlements that are potentially aggressive to the landscape, such as tourist resorts, in protected zones. The model is specially thought for interior and natural tourism. In the article we will explain the objectives of the GATCPAC project, its characteristics and the relation between those characteristics and other contemporary urban models. After that, we will find out which parameters are still useful for the actual landscape paradigm, drawing up an extrapolation to the Catalan region.Peer Reviewe

La autoconstrucción como sistema : entre el proyectista y el usuario

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Satellite leisure in linear natural reserves: a planning model for tourism resorts. Learnings from the GATCPAC resting city

In this article we explain the landscape and legal resources that characterized the GATCPAC Resting and Vacation City (1931-38) of Barcelona – a never built project – with the aim of depicting a suitable model for other areas. This model, named as “satellite leisure on linear natural reserves”, departs from the premise of placing those settlements that are potentially aggressive to the landscape, such as tourist resorts, in protected zones. The model is specially thought for interior and natural tourism. In the article we will explain the objectives of the GATCPAC project, its characteristics and the relation between those characteristics and other contemporary urban models. After that, we will find out which parameters are still useful for the actual landscape paradigm, drawing up an extrapolation to the Catalan region.Postprint (published version

La autoconstrucción como sistema

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Entitats, participació i formació de la ciutat: una mirada personal i crítica al paper de la Fundació Bosch i Cardellach als debats urbans de Sabadell

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El Máster ‘habilitante’ en arquitectura, una oportunidad para un aprendizaje experiencial

Schools of architecture have recently converted the former Final Degree Project into a one-year ‘enabling’ master’s degree. This is a collateral effect of adapting Spanish university studies to the European legislative framework. Faced with this challenge, the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura del Vallès (ETSAV) proposed the implementation of a teaching model that would allow students to learn based on the experience of interaction with ‘the people’ and construction experimentation. On a methodological level, the article reviews the theoretical basis related to this model based on the condition of an open process, physical experimentation and social return. It also makes a critical approach of the three first years of the master’s degree to identify and review the teaching tools implemented, the subjects being researched and the contradictions that emerge. It concludes by evaluating the results obtained and identifying the need to balance learning between psychosocial competences and construction and technological competences, representing the main challenge and potential complexity of the service-learning projects conducted by the ETSAV’s ‘enabling’ master’s degree.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version