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Maekawa Kunio: prefabricación y modernismo de madera, 1945-1951

No. 22 (2018-06-01)
  • Takaaki Kumagai
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq22.2018.03

Resumen

Este artículo analiza las obras y prácticas del arquitecto japonés Maekawa Kunio durante los años posteriores al final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Como aclamado defensor del modernismo y de cara a la devastación consecuencia de la Guerra, Maekawa se embarcó en una serie de proyectos arquitectónicos notables que traducían su conocimiento del modernismo europeo a los contextos sociales de su tierra natal. Explorando recursos materiales escasos y respondiendo a la grave escasez de viviendas después de la guerra, su intervención produjo varios edificios de madera con estética modernista de vanguardia y casas prefabricadas innovadoras, inspirados en su estudio con el arquitecto francés Le Corbusier.

Palabras clave: Maekawa Kunio, modernismo de madera, construcción prefabricada, PREMOS, Segunda Guerra Mundial, arquitectura japonesa

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