![]() The Story of Architecture Chapter 20: Designing for a New Society: The International StyleĬongrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) (or International Congress of Modern Architecture) organized in 1928 by Le Corbusier lasted until 1959 a series of international conferences of modern architectsLe Corbusier “Saw architecture as an economic and political tool that could be used to improve the world through the design of buildings and through urban planning.” 1 The ideology of modern architecture has insisted upon its universal and international character – derived both from its exploitation of industrial methods of construction, and from its embrace of the new social patterns of an industrialized society. ![]() Recently, formal influences of his innovations can be found in works by Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Aliyev Ali (Azerbaijan, 2013), FOA’s Yokohama Terminal (Japan, 2002), and UNstudio’s Burnham Pavilion (Chicago, 2009).įélix Candela's Concrete Shells: An Engineered Architecture for México and Chicago is a collaboration between the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM).ĭownload the information related to this event here.Presentation on theme: "The Story of Architecture Chapter 20: Designing for a New Society: The International Style."- Presentation transcript: In Chicago’s built environment, parallels to Candela’s work can be seen in the experiments with concrete architecture of the 1960s, including Walter Netsch’s UIC Campus and Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City. Famous Candela structures include the Pavilion of Cosmic Rays at UNAM, Mexico City (1951) the Chapel Lomas de Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca (1958) Los Manantiales Restaurant, Xochimilco (1958) and the Palace of Sports for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. ![]() These curved and cantilevered forms were not only structural advancements but also brought new textural and atmospheric qualities to the social and communal spaces they shelter. ![]() His designs evolved as feats of architectural engineering, using hyperbolic paraboloid geometry to create numerous reinforced concrete shells. In the 1950s, ten years into his practice in Mexico, Candela debuted his experimental signature shell structures by designing a continuous curved surface of minimal thickness. The exhibition spotlights Félix Candela’s Concrete Shells through photographs, architectural models, and plans, as well as archival material from his time as a professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1971 to 1978.Ĭandela exiled to Mexico at the end of the Spanish Civil War in 1939, where he lived for thirty years and established his career as an architect. It originated through the research of scholar Juan Ignacio del Cueto and is curated by the architectural theorist and designer Alexander Eisenschmidt. This exhibition roots Félix Candela (1910-1997) as one of the most prolific architects of the 20th century in his advanced geometric designs and lasting influence in contemporary architecture. ![]()
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