AH 330 Midterm Questions
Who was the author of the Eixample Plan?
Ildefons Cerda
What was the style of the Eixample Plan?
Influenced by Utopian socialism
What was the style of the Macia Plan?
Modernist
What were the important features and characteristics of the Pavillion of the Spanish Republic?
Picasso painted Guernica for the pavillion,
When was the Eixample Plan created?
1859
When was Casa Battlo created?
1904
When was the Macia Plan created?
1934
When was the Pavillion of the Spanish Republic created?
1937
When was the Ugalde House built?
1952
What was the style of Casa Battlo?
Art Nouveau
What was the historical/social context of the Eixample plan?
Creation of self-sufficient communities with an anti-city challenge to structure, population lived mostly in the city center, created as a part of the 1859 competition
Who were the authors of the Macia Plan?
GATCPAC group, Le Corbusier
Who was the author of Casa Battlo?
Gaudi
Who was the author of the Ugalde House?
Jose Coderch
Who were the authors of the Pavillion of the Spanish Republic?
Josep Sert & GATCPAC
What were the spatial and structural ideas of Casa Battlo?
aquatic inspiration, main rooms face the street, apartments in the back
What was the urban context and project site of the Eixample plan?
built in the historic city center, attempted to urbanize the rural, ruralize the urban
What was the historical/social context of the Pavillion of the Spanish Republic?
created as propaganda for the Republic
What makes the Eixample plan significant?
formalization of contemporary Barcelona, first time a modern set of planning instruments were used, not all of the plan was followed to fruition, hybrid functions
What were the spatial and structural ideas of the Eixample Plan?
hygienism as a critique of the curreent urban situation, circulation and mobility, idea of a city to extend across the Barcelona Plain
What were the spatial and structural ideas of the Pavillion of the Spanish Republic?
industrial materials, low cost, raised off the ground
What were the important features and characteristics of Casa Battlo?
light works well with the darkness of the layout, catanary arched room at the top to wash clothes, ventilation system
What was the urban context and project site of Casa Battlo?
located on Passeig de Gracia, not a typical rectangular building, next to two renovated buildings
What was the urban context and project site of the Macia Plan?
new approaches in the territorial and urban realms, city reached population of one million, big European city with population of one million, shanty towns and substandard housing, creation of the functional city (housing, business and industry, leisure, transportation
What was the historical/social context of the Macia Plan?
proposed knocking down most of the old city to improve the life of the working class, during the Great Depression, migration to industrial regions, focus on urbanism and health, second republic just before the Civil War
What were the important features and characteristics of the Macia Plan?
standardization and mechanization as a model, simplification and lack of ornament for machine-age aesthetic
What were the important features and characteristics of the Eixample Plan?
use of blocks as a basic unit, creation of neighborhoods, districts, sectors and parks
