Modernity in the domestic architecture of Raul Lino and Ventura Terra at the beginning of the 20th century

• Type: Technical Report
• Date: 2009

Authors

Rui Jorge Garcia Ramos (Author) FAUP

Scientific classification

FOS: Humanities > Arts

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Architecture

Associated Institutions

FAUP - Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

Other information

Abstract (EN): At the beginning of the 20th century, the domestic architecture of Ventura Terra (1866-1919) and Raul Lino (1878-1974) illustrated their readiness to incorporate new spatial values and new practices into their production of architectural projects. These new aspects, which appeared in different ways in the work of the two architects, showed that their academic training and professional practice had kept them fully apprised of the debate taking place within the discipline at that time, in which one could detect signs of the conflict between a much-desired wish for progress, considered essential for improving the quality of life, and a reaction to change, understood as representing a loss of cultural identity. In this specific case, the works of Terra and Lino can be seen as complementary for an interpretation of modernity, because they shared the same need for reflecting on the legacy of the 19th century and the new ways of creating architecture, leading to the (common) concern with finding (different) answers to the problems of their time. (...)

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: "Modernity in the domestic architecture of Raul Lino and Ventura Terra at the beginning of the 20th century" só está disponível no Repositório da UP e foi realizada, em 2009, no âmbito do Projecto do Espaço Habitacional e Formas de Habitar, do Grupo de Investigação Atlas da Casa do CEAU-FCT. A versão portuguesa, "Disponibilidade moderna na arquitectura doméstica de Raul Lino e Ventura Terra na abertura século XX", está publicada no livro Revistas de Arquitectura: Arquivo(s) da Modernidade publicado em 2011 (capítulos de livros ).

No. of pages: 33