De concreto a conceptual: relaciones entre arte y arquitectura en el contexto helvético contemporáneo
- Autores: Angélica Fernández Morales
- Directores de la Tesis: Joan Puebla Pons (dir. tes.), Luis Bravo Farré (dir. tes.)
- Lectura: En la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) ( España ) en 2014
- Idioma: español
- Tribunal Calificador de la Tesis: Ángela García Codoñer (presid.), Héctor Mendoza Ramírez (secret.), Javier Francisco Raposo Grau (voc.)
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- Tesis en acceso abierto en: TDX
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- Resumen
Swiss architecture is known for its high level of quality and for being an international leader in innovation and experimentation. This is due, in part, to its close relationship with art. The thesis thematizes this fact focusing on the last five decades of the Swiss architectural scene, and analyzes the relationships it establishes, especially on a design level, with modern and contemporary art in the form of both theoretical and creative influences, and interdisciplinary collaborations. This research aims to clarify the relationship between the quality of swiss architecture and the influence of the visual arts, delimiting the artistic movements involved in that relationship. That objective also includes the forms of expression used by architects - drawings, models, etc-. Interdisciplinary collaborations between artists and architects are also studied, analyzing their contribution to the field of architecture. Another subject of research is whether Switzerland has, as a country, features that provide it a unique architectural potential and, if so, which are they and why. Related artistic movements range from geometric abstraction -especially the Concrete Art movement developed in Switzerland-to conceptual art, with a special focus on minimalism and arte povera. Among the most important artists are included Joseph Beuys and Alberto Giacometti. Herzog & de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Gigon & Guyer, Roger Diener and Christian Kerez are some of the most prestigious representatives of that architecture, and the influence of art in his work has been declared by them on frequent occasions. As for interdisciplinary collaborations, they stat mostly in the contemporary Swiss art scene, but some international artists like Donald Judd or Ai Wei Wei were also involved. The thesis pinpoints the connection between both disciplines through different parameters or fields of architectural analysis . First, the re lative to formal design issues : the structure and volumetric configuration of the building, the use of color, the choice and treatment of materials , and the use of images - as a design reference and as a graphic pattern for the buildings' surfaces-. Secondly, the influence of art in the visual communication of the project and the built work, noticeable in the forms of expression of the architects treated, as well as in their involvement in the photographic documentation of their buildings. The research concludes that the quality of Swiss architecture of the last five decades is based on four defining features: the integration in the site, a selective reductionism, the sensitivity in the choice of materials and a skillful use of the building systems, features all of them based in design decisions supported by inspirations from artistic movements such as land art, povera art and minimalism . The forms of expression used by the architects mentioned above have also many points in common with those movements, especially in early design stages, and is characterized by a high degree of artlessness and spontaneity and a rejection of artifices or graphic virtuosity. The enriching contribution of the collaboration with artists in the field of architecture, under the premise of a theoretical and aesthetic harmony between architects and artists, is confirmed. As for the country characteristics, direct relations are set between their political, cultural and economic conditions and their architectural production. Against the proposal of several Swiss theorists who relate the idiosyncrasies of the current Swiss architecture with an unbroken fidelity to Modern -based on political and cultural factors-this research argues, however, that this is mainly defined by the confluence of different sources of inspiration.
