Abstract

LOREDO CANSINO, Reina. Beyond influences: Luis Barragán and intercultural processes. An. Inst. Arte Am. Investig. Estét. Mario J. Buschiazzo [online]. 2021, vol.51, n.2, pp.1-15. ISSN 2362-2024.

This paper examines the relationship between Mexican and Mediterranean architecture in the early part of the 20th Century. It focuses on the study of written texts and interviews with Luis Barragán. Firstly, from an intercultural and decolonial perspective, it seeks to expand the narratives that condition a vertical and Eurocentric view of Latin American architecture history.  Secondly, it proposes creating narratives that bring us closer to the genetics of architectural objects, which implies leaving aside the influences as an interpretive matter of the architecture. Finally, it shows that the relationship between Barragán’s architecture and North Africa starts on a horizontal view of the world.

Keywords : Luis Barragan; decolonial studies; Latin American architecture; Mexico; first half of XXth Century.

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