Felix Candela: Proposal for Low-Cost Housing in Cuba
Keywords:
Félix Candela, Peasant house, farmer house, laminar structure, hyperbolic paraboloidsAbstract
In August of 1959, The First National Forum of Farmers Housing, held in Havana, exposed the laminar house project, made for the Cuban farmers by the Arch. Felix Candela. The objective of the present work is to study the solutions, which serves as support for the plans for buildings hygienic, safe and confortable houses in the most remote places of Cuban countryside, and at the same time, to analyze the experience of Candela in the construction of economic houses in Mexico, as the basement of his proposal of rural house in Cuba. The analytical-synthetic and historical-logical research methods allowed to process the information and formulate conclusions. The investigation revealed not only the repercussion and impact of Candela proposals in the Cuban architecture of the 60s and 70s, but also the appreciation and consideration of Felix Candela for the “rebels” cause.
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