Sánchez, Lagos and de la Torre: architects and real estate developers leading the way of zoning codes interpretation

Authors

  • Silvio Plotquin Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v5i9.184

Keywords:

rent, modernity, Beaux Arts, apartments for rent buildings, skyscrapers

Abstract

This article proposes an interpretation that refutes the simplification or logical heritage approach which deals with the path that goes from the savoir faire of the Beaux Arts architects to the subsequent tuition of the International Style. The buildings that Corina Kavanagh or her brother Diego –together with her partner Pablo Cárdenas Jr- commissioned to Sánchez, Lagos y de la Torre between 1934 and 1936 merged the program of luxury apartments for rent with modern architecture. This not frequent feature -which should not be taken for grantedprovides the case studies. Among them, the Kavanagh Building embodied the uttermost example of a developers’ investment modality which characterized a brief cycle that continued until 1936. Three of the cases addressed –which were commissioned as apartment buildings for rent- introduced solutions based on a pragmatic and innovative decision making as regards city corner spots that entailed important consequences for composition, visual perception and the interior layout of buildings.

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Author Biography

Silvio Plotquin, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Argentina

Arquitecto y Magíster en Historia y Cultura de la Arquitectura y la Ciudad por la Universidad Torcuato di Tella. Profesor de Historia de la Arquitectura, Estética y Teorías de la Arquitectura. Miembro del Consejo Asesor de la Carrera de Arquitectura, FADI UADE. Autor de la Introducción al capítulo argentino del Catálogo de la exposición “Latin American in Construction: Architecture, 1955-1985” (MoMA), New York, 2015. Co-autor de Mario Roberto Álvarez, Colección Grandes Maestros IAA-FADU/Clarín. Autor de Kavanagh (Dirección General de Patrimonio, Museos y Casco Histórico, GCBA). Ha publicado artículos en libros y revistas nacionales e internacionales entre ellas Contexto, Registros, Arquitectura Viva, AREA, Block y PLOT.

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Published

2018-12-07

How to Cite

Plotquin, S. (2018). Sánchez, Lagos and de la Torre: architects and real estate developers leading the way of zoning codes interpretation. A&P Continuidad, 5(9), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v5i9.184

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 9 (2018): ARCHITECTURE AND CRAFT

Section

Thematic dossier

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