Ponce Gregorio, Pedro; Peris Blat, Ignacio; Sanchis Gisbert, Salvador Jose(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-11-22)
[EN] December 1931. Le Corbusier, together with Pierre Jeanneret and his assistants, concludes the project for the Palace of the Soviets in Moscow; one of the grands travaux he never managed to build. Hence, perhaps, the ...
García Alonso, Marta; González Presencio, Mariano(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-11-22)
[EN] On the 23rd of June 197, the catalogue of the Encounters in Pamplona was finally printed. The festival started on the afternoon 26th of June in the Labrit Pelota Court of Navarre s capital with the celebration of a ...
Fernández-Vivancos González, Enrique(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-11-22)
[EN] In 1942, the Finnish architect Aulis Blomstedt started a research on measure and proportion in architecture, which culminated in 1961 with the proposal of a dimensional system called Canon 60. This exploration, which ...
Leandri, Gaia; Iñarra Abad, Susana; Juan Vidal, Francisco; Leandri, Massimo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-11-22)
[EN] After a few decades of enthusiasm for the use of CAD tools in architectural design, there is now concern about the impaired creativity in the process of creating the project, due to the standardization of computer ...
Montes Serrano, Carlos; Lafuente Sánchez, Víctor; López Bragado, Daniel(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-11-22)
[EN] In 1941 Eero Saarinen and Charles Eames won First Prize in the competition of modern furniture sponsored by the MoMA. Although their designs of plywood chairs and armchairs were highly acclaimed by specialized critics, ...