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Candilis-Josic-Woods and Le Corbusier: “Windows are not a hole in the wall”

No. 15 (2014-12-01)
  • María Pía Fontana
    1 Arquitecta, Universitá degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italia. Doctora de la Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, España. Profesora de proyectos, Universidad de Girona, España. Miembro del grupo de investigación Form+ ETSAB-UPC mariapia.fontana@udg.edu
  • Miguel Y. Mayorga Cárdenas
    2 Arquitecto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá. Doctor y máster, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (UPC), España. Profesor de Urbanismo, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos de Barcelona, UPC. Miembro del grupo interdisciplinar IntraScapeLab-UPC y de Investigación EXIT-UPC. miguel.mayorga@upc.edu
  • Edisson Alzate
    3 Arquitecto, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Manizales. Candidato a Máster en Arquitectura, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Profesor de proyectos, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Manizales. eaalzatea@unal.edu.co
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq15.2014.07

Abstract

This article analyses the comparison between several of Candilis-Josic- Woods’ representative projects between 1947 and 1955 and Le Corbusier’s Villas and Unité works. Through this analysis it establishes the interaction between their approaches while simultaneously defining and exemplifying their general and specific contribution to the understanding of the façade as a space and not as a surrounding. Analysis of the thickness of the façade and of its relation with the interior and exterior space is an important design criterion when contemplating a more urban architecture, and an architecture that is more liveable and more integrated with the environment. This is a quality that is ever more relevant and pertinent as an answer to the densification and horizontalization of cities.

Keywords: Candilis-Josic-Woods, Le Corbusier, alveolar façades, alveolar structures, urban architecture, spaces for mediation