The Cuestas Blancas School by Miguel Fisac (Madrid, 1965): New approaches for a new school building

Authors

  • Isabel Durá Gúrpide INCIHUSA-CONICET / Universidad de Congreso
  • Pablo Llorca Universidad de Congreso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2018.141.01

Abstract

In the 1950s and 1960s, school buildings were rethought worldwide according to new necessities and a large number of education centres were also built in Spain. In this context, Miguel Fisac had the opportunity to design many school buildings and to attend specialised international meetings. The Cuestas Blancas School was built in Madrid in 1965 and became the most refined result of the Fisac’s experience in this kind of building. The work analyses in detail the Cuestas Blancas School to identify its values and particular contributions. The study forms part of a broader research project about school buildings, which allows placing the building of Fisac in relation to the school building advances of that time. The Cuestas Blancas School is a prominent example of school architecture, with an innovative organization and spatial wealth, that maintains its values up to the present.

Keywords: school buildings, Spain, Modern Architecture, 20th Century, history.

Author Biographies

Isabel Durá Gúrpide, INCIHUSA-CONICET / Universidad de Congreso

Arquitecta (Universidad de Navarra, 2008), especializada en Restauración y Rehabilitación de Arquitectura (Universidad de Navarra, 2008) y doctora en arquitectura (Universidad de Navarra, 2013). En 2011 realizó una estancia de investigación en la ETH de Zürich. Ha desempeñado la práctica profesional en Cano Lasso Arquitectos (Madrid, 2007) y junto a Pablo Llorca (2010-2015). En la actualidad, desarrolla una investigación posdoctoral en el Instituto de Ciencias Humanas, Sociales y Ambientales (INCIHUSA) del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Mendoza, Argentina. Su trabajo de investigación se enmarca en la historia de la arquitectura del siglo XX, aborda principalmente los edificios escolares y ha sido presentado en eventos de carácter internacional y publicado en revistas especializadas. De 2008 a 2013, ejerció la docencia en la Universidad de Navarra y, desde 2014, es profesora titular en la Universidad de Congreso de Mendoza.

 

 

Pablo Llorca, Universidad de Congreso

- Arquitecto por la Universidad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina (2005).

- Máster en Diseño Arquitectónico por la Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España (2009).

- Estudiante de Doctorado en Arquitectura, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, España (defensa próxima).

- Docente del Área de Arquitectura, Universidad de Congreso, Mendoza, Argentina (2014-actualidad).

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Published

2018-06-28

How to Cite

Durá Gúrpide, I., & Llorca, P. (2018). The Cuestas Blancas School by Miguel Fisac (Madrid, 1965): New approaches for a new school building. Arquitetura Revista, 14(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2018.141.01

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2018): Jan-Jun

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