Abstract
Designed in late 1932 by Josep Lluís Sert and Josep Torres Clavé, Casa Bloc is one of the paradigmatic works of these architects who represented the most active core of the Modern Movement in Catalonia, known as GATCPAC (Group of Catalan Architects and Technicians for the Progress of Contemporary Architecture), founded in 1930 echoing the Spanish GATEPAC. I use the word “paradigm” in the sense of a theoretical framework or set of theories. In fact, Casa Bloc was not only the first major social housing building in Barcelona conceived in functional terms but it also exemplifies the reception in this city of the notions of the Modern Movement and how the guidelines recently approved in the 4th CIRPAC Congress were applied.
Keywords
Modern Movement,
Modern architecture,
Modern interior design,
Furniture modern design,
Modern global design,
GATCPAC,
Casa Bloc,
Catalan modern architecture,
Modern social housing.
Issue 47
Year 2012
Pages 62-67
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/47.A.OSAUWKM3