LEARN TO INHABIT THE SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE OF THE NEW URBAN ORDER (FEDERAL DISTRICT, MEXICO, 1932)
In 1932, the team of technicians led by the functionalist architect Juan O’Gorman developed a school architecture project for the popular neighborhoods of the Federal District (Mexico). One of those schools, the Emiliano Zapata Elementary School (currently recognized as a national artistic monument)...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Educação em Revista |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.ufmg.br:article/24481 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/edrevista/article/view/24481 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Arquitetura escolar Aprendendo Modernidade Ordem urbana Juan O'Gorman School Architecture Learning Modernity Urban Order Arquitectura escolar Aprendizaje Modernidad Orden urbano |
| Resumo: | In 1932, the team of technicians led by the functionalist architect Juan O’Gorman developed a school architecture project for the popular neighborhoods of the Federal District (Mexico). One of those schools, the Emiliano Zapata Elementary School (currently recognized as a national artistic monument), was built in a neighborhood founded in the north of Mexico City as part of an urban expansion strategy promoted by businessmen and by the Mexican government. Its builders thought that the school building was the means to transform the popular classes of Mexican society and promote a modern urban order. Functionalist school architecture generated heated discussions between engineers and architects about the impact of this type of buildings on the urban landscape and on the taste of its inhabitants. However, its promoters assured that eventually the popular classes would learn to inhabit the new school buildings and they would overcome the illiteracy and unhealthiness that affected both their bodies and their minds. |
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