DOI: 10.5176/2301-394X_ACE18.69
Authors: Ana Silvia Aguilera Vieyra and Shoichiro Sendai
Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to clarify the importation process between the previous José Villagrán’s notions about modern architecture and the development of his theory of architecture. A descriptive and comparative methodology was applied to analyze the Villagrán's Notebooks on Architecture and the José Villagrán's theory included in the book Panorama of 62 years of contemporary Mexican architecture (1900-1962), comparing the information gathered to determine what was the process that Villagrán experimented to develop the theoretical foundations on which modern Mexican architecture was based. The results reveal that, Villagrán raised three fundamental notions that he considered important to understand as a precedent for the development of his theory of architecture: 1) the notion of modern architecture, 2) "the human", and 3) the role that the modern Mexican architect should have. On the other hand, it is determined that, directly each of these notions influenced the formulation of the Villagránian theoretical principles, which he denoted as architectural values, and which theoretically supported Mexican architecture for more than fifty years; a fact that reveals that these notions contributed to the establishment of Villagrán's thought in Mexico during modernity.
Keywords: José Villagrán’s notions, Mexican modern architecture, “the human”, architectural theory
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