El edificio de apartamentos Art Deco en La Habana
Abstract
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The Art Deco Apartment Building in Havana
ABSTRACT
: Despite the Art Deco style it is not considered
today as part of the Modern Movement, it was identified
as the first expression of Modern Architecture starting
in 1927 in Cuba, having the apartment building as one
of its main architectural programs. The present article
deals with the joint beginning of both, the Art Deco
style and the modern apartment building in Havana. It
departs from the spatial transformations carried out in
the apartment building and the opportunities offered by
the indented volume with emphasis in verticality, proper
of this architectural style. Based on two significant case
studies, the evolution of the Art Deco apartment building
in Havana is shown, concluding that beyond the cultural,
historical and aesthetical values, this legacy constitutes
an important reference, because of the volumetric and
spatial solution that its architectural design offers as
guarantee of the indoor environmental quality.
KEY WORDS
: housing, apartment buildings, art deco
architecture.
: vivienda, edificios de apartamento,
arquitectura Art Deco.
: A pesar de que hoy no se considera parte
del Movimiento Moderno, el Art Deco fue identificado
como la primera expresión de la arquitectura moderna
asumida a partir de 1927 en Cuba, la cual tuvo en los
edificios de apartamentos uno de sus programas
más favorecidos. En el presente artículo se aborda
el nacimiento conjunto del Art Deco y el moderno
edificio de apartamentos en La Habana, a partir de las
transformaciones espaciales que sufrió el apartamento
y las oportunidades que ofrecía el volumen grecado con
énfasis en la verticalidad que este estilo arquitectónico
ofrecía. A partir del estudio de dos casos significativos,
se muestra la evolución del edificio de apartamentos Art
Deco en La Habana y se concluye que más allá de sus
valores culturales, históricos y estéticos, este legado
constituye un importante referente por la solución
volumétrico-espacial que su diseño arquitectónico
ofrece como garantía de la calidad ambiental interior.
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