Ricardo Legorreta. An Architect in Search of Modernity within Tradition

Abstract
Ricardo Legorreta is one of the Mexican contemporary architects who have garnered the most recognition; only in 2011 he was distinguished as Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM, and the Praemium Imperiale in Japan. One year before, on August 27 at the docomomo Conference held in Mexico City, he gave a memorable Keynote Speech on the main figures of the Modern Movement in Mexico, José Villagrán and Luis Barragán, that the attendants treasured in their memories.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Ricardo Legorreta, Mexican modern architecture.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 90-91
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.0NTAVNJ1

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Dinamo Stadium, Moscow, 1927-1936, by Aleksandr Langman and Leonid Cherikover

Abstract
In February 10, 2012 the demolition of the façade walls of the cultural heritage building of regional significance Dinamo Stadium got underway (Leningrandsky Prospect, 36). There is no need to prove the value of the building which was constructed in two stages in 1927-1936 upon the project of L. Cherikover and A. Langman. In 1987 the Stadium was placed under special protection of the state.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Dinamo Stadium, Aleksandr Langman, Leonid Cherikover, Moscow modern architecture, Modern stadiums.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 89
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.U61LS8V3

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Kyoto Kaikan, Kyoto, 1960, by Kunio Mayekawa

Abstract
In the historic city of Kyoto, located inside Okazaki Park across from the Heian Jingu Shinto shrines, sits a representative Modern architectural heritage, Kyoto Kaikan. However, today, it faces an imminent threat of destructive alteration, thus calling attention for the Heritage Alert at the ICOMOS ISC20C.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Kyoto Kaikan, Kunio Mayekawa, Kyoto modern architecture, Modern cultural complexes.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 88
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.VG5WQT2V

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Sandoz Headquarters – Office Complex Novartis, Rueil-Malmaison, 1962-1968, by Martin Burckhardt and Bernard-Henri Zehrfuss

Abstract
Agnès Cailliau, Chair of docomomo France alerted docomomo International that the original Headquarters and Laboratories of Sandoz were going to be completely demolished. After writing letters to the Mayor of Rueil-Malmaison and to Novarti’s President, the pharmaceutical company answered that their previous Basel intervention was an example of their care for heritage, that the structure of the building in Rueil-Malmaison had not aged well and did not live up to the company’s standards and that the project of architect Patrick Berger was in line with their heritage policy.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Sandoz Headquarters and Laboratories, Martin Burckhardt, Bernard Zehrfuss, Swiss modern architecture.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 87
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.3R27AE68

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Factory Kitchen, Samara, 1931, by Ekaterina Maksimova

Abstract
The Maslennikov factory canteen, also known as the Fabrika Kukhnya or Factory Kitchen, was a canteen producing meals on industrial scale, a vital typology for the early Soviet urbanism. Factory Kitchen in Samara belonged to the Maslennikov Factory. The building is absolutely unique in its plan in the shape of a hummer-and cycle, symbol of the union of the working people. The "hummer" held the kitchen and storage, and the "cycle" was occupied by dinner-halls.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Factory Kitchen, Ekaterina Maksimova, Modern industrial buildings, Soviet modern architecture.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 86
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.QUCL4MZ5

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Svetlovodsk: Realized Urban Utopia of the USSR. A Revitalization Strategy for the Small Post-Soviet Monocity

Abstract
The article is devoted to one of the most pressing problems for the former Soviet Union - the problem of survival and development of the small mono–industry towns. The aim of this work is the actualization of the problem of survival and development of the small post–Soviet towns - the unique urban artifacts of the Soviet industrial utopia. Svetlovodsk that was created in the 60’s of the twentieth century during ‘Khrushchev’s Thaw’ gave the example for the analysis of the specificity of small towns in Ukraine. The strategy of the development of this type of towns has been described in the article.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Soviet mono-industry towns, Soviet industrial utopia, Svetlovodsk, Urban rehabilitation strategies.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 80-82
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.LZUFCVT3

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ODAM and the Construction of a Modern Spirit

Abstract
The ODAM as divulger of modern architecture in Porto comprehends from the scope of teaching, professional practice, to its internationalization, as attests the participation of its members in CIAM´s congresses from 1951. Its production, written manifestos, projects and builds, reveal its universal character through the deployment of Modern spirit, in the statement of a collective conscience of architectural practice, but also, affirms its local condition as its differentiator value. This retrospective and critical reading of the specific ODAM discourse as part of broader context that characterizes Modern Architecture (re)affirms its character simultaneously universal and singular.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern interior design, Furniture modern design, Modern living, ODAM, Portuguese modern architecture.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 76-79
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.2I9RX69W

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Dieter Rams: Ethics and Modern Philosophy. What Legacy Today?

Abstract
German industrial designer Dieter Rams has turned eighty this year. His attitude towards product and industrial design, which he has been developing since the 1950s, once again arouses keen interest today. On the occasion of his birthday, a major German daily news paper saw in him the representative of a "present–day Modernism that is not as megalomanic as that of the 20s, 30s and 50s" and also not "the adolescent unleashing that we erroneously call Postmodernism." A revision of Postmodernism or, more correctly, a new "revision of Modernism", certainly seems to have come to stay. Konstantin Grcic, undoubtedly the most prominent German designer active today, wrote in the same newspaper one day before: "the product lines that Rams developed for the Braun and Vitsoe corporations have founded our notion of representational form and function. The once - from the pre–Grcic generation - so-called cool technocrat Dieter Rams, has now been rediscovered by virtue of his "almost romantic look at the manufacture of products.""

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern interior design, Furniture modern design, Modern living, Dieter Rams, Modern industrial design.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 68-75
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.ERBGMDKW

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Gaston Eysselinck and his Masterpiece. The Post Office Building in Ostend (1945-1953)

Abstract
The city of Ostend became severely damaged during World War II. Practically all the main public buildings were destroyed: the City Hall, the Casino, the Horse Race–Track, the main Post Office building, etc. The city decided to rebuild a new Post Office on the location of the first construction. In 1945, architect Gaston Eysselinck (1907–1953) from Ghent was assigned to design the new main Post Office (PTT), including the telephone and telegraph offices (RTT) and the technical infrastructure. The project in Ostend was his first big assignment.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern interior design, Furniture modern design, Modern living, Gaston Eysselinck, Ostend Post Office Building, Belgian modern architecture.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 60-67
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.E80SY5CT

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Clara Porset. A Modern Designer for Mexico

Abstract
The idea of design came about, following various approaches, at the end of the 1920s in the last century. The design and production of furniture and household appliances, as part of the work of a specialist, is an experience that evolved from the Bauhaus and wanted “to serve in the development of present day housing, from the simplest household appliance to the finished dwelling”, as Walter Gropius explained in 1927 in the Principles of Bauhaus Production. Other architects like Hugo Haring, in 1927, talked about “objects that are on the one hand works of art, and on the other are intended for use”, while 24 architects headed by Le Corbusier founded the CIAM in 1928 and sated “the need for a new conception of architecture that satisfies the spiritual, intellectual and material demands of present day life”. This was the atmosphere laid out by the avant–garde movements in Europe when Clara Porset arrived in Paris to pursue her graduate studies in art and architecture.

Keywords
Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern interior design, Furniture modern design, Modern living, Clara Porset, Mexican modern design.

Issue 46
Year 2012
Pages 54-59
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/46.A.43MA5JKE

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