Architectural and urban theoretical study for the process of the modernization in Catalonia, Spain

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K14938
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 23040:Architectural history and design-related
• Research Institution: Kyoto University of Arts and Crafts
• Principal Investigator: HITOMI MASATOSHI 京都美術工芸大学, 建築学部, 准教授 (30707899)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 近代 / 都市 / カタルーニャ / バルセロナ / G.A.T.C.P.A.C.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focuses on the architects group, G.A.T.C.P.A.C.,who led the architectural and urban modernization mainly in Catalonia, Spain, in the 1930's. The most of the materials regarding this group are only available in Spain, therefore, the main achievements of this research were the numerous materials, collected from local archives. Specifically, a large number of the primary sources (drawings, photos, documents etc.) and the secondary sources (related books) were found and collected. In parallel of these archive researches, field surveys were conducted for the existing buildings and its surroundings whose architectural works were designed by the members of the group.

Free Research Field

建築論、都市論、建築意匠

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

現代の建築や都市を考えるためには、現在の状況を形作った近代の時代を捉えなおす必要があり、その再検証が様々な形で進められている。本研究成果の学術的意義は、その再検証に寄与する点にある。スペインの近代建築運動、特に都市を重要なテーマとして建築提案や都市計画提案を行っていた当該集団の、研究の土台となる資料を得られたことで、建築論・都市論の今後の発展に貢献し得ると考える。加えて、本研究成果は、都市問題における建築的解決の一端を明らかにすること、つまり、豊かな都市・生活環境の提案に繋がるという点で社会的意義を有すると考える。