Papers by LUCIA SANTA ANA
Boletín de Monumentos Históricos, 2018
The essay analyzes the evolution of materials and structural systems for tall buildings throughou... more The essay analyzes the evolution of materials and structural systems for tall buildings throughout the Twentieth Century. It shows how advances in construction systems technology and studies carried out by Mexican researchers related to soil mechanics and seismic design allowed the construction of taller buildings in Mexico City.
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Actas de Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea, 2022
A historical and cultural analysis of Sophia University and the ecclesiastical complex that house... more A historical and cultural analysis of Sophia University and the ecclesiastical complex that houses the church of St. Igantius shows how the Society of Jesus has sought to spread the Catholic faith over time in countries with a culture different from that of the West and religious beliefs more deeply rooted than Catholicism, as is the case of Japan, taking advantage of significant elements for the country and for the order itself.
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Academia XXII, 2023
The pandemic caused by sars-Cov-2 in 2020 and the disease it causes, COVID-19, allows us to refle... more The pandemic caused by sars-Cov-2 in 2020 and the disease it causes, COVID-19, allows us to reflect on the influence that diseases caused by viruses and/or bacteria have had on human life and, more specifically, on architectural spaces. The result of this pandemic was similar to the scenario that developed in the early decades of the 20th Century; therefore, an analysis of the application of the scientific and medical principles of that time regarding the design of basic education buildings in Mexico City would help us to understand the need to create hygienic spaces, and how considering the use of these principles once again would aid us in the creation of classrooms in which the transmission of airborne diseases is mitigated.
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Expansion and Conflict, 2014
Modern Architecture in the design and construction of Elementary School Buildings in Mexico allow... more Modern Architecture in the design and construction of Elementary School Buildings in Mexico allowed Mexico's Government to fulfill one of the promises made to people during the Revolution War, give education to everyone. This paper analyzes the evolution of the use of Modern Architecture in School Building in the period between 1930 through 19560
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Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2006
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Academia XXII, 2016
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postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies, 2015
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Actas de Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea, 2017
A lo largo de la segunda mitad del s. XX, los arquitectos mexicanos —aún antes de la clausura del... more A lo largo de la segunda mitad del s. XX, los arquitectos mexicanos —aún antes de la clausura del Concilio Vaticano II— buscan una nueva expresión para las obras eclesiásticas que se están realizando en el país. Gracias a nuevos materiales y tecnologías constructivas —como el uso de superficies regladas—, se construyen obras con una nueva expresión plástica y que, al mismo tiempo, permiten el desarrollo litúrgico establecido por el concilio. Un ejemplo de la adaptación a estos lineamientos es la iglesia de la Santa Cruz del Pedregal, en donde el arquitecto Antonio Attolini Lack transforma un proyecto planteado a la antigua usanza en un templo contemporáneo.
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Thule. Rivista italiana di studi americanistici, 2017
Architecture is a mirror of the society that built it, through the analysis of different examples... more Architecture is a mirror of the society that built it, through the analysis of different examples of Contemporary Catholic Churches built in Mexico and the United States along the Twenty First Century; it would be possible to demonstrate how building that should be similar, as they should respect norms stablished by Catholic Liturgy, are very different as result of the culture, society and economy that promote and built them.
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Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies, 2015
In recent years scholars have begun to recognize that the Neo-Gothic style enjoyed a much greater... more In recent years scholars have begun to recognize that the Neo-Gothic style enjoyed a much greater presence and acceptance in Mexico than the country’s archi- tectural historians have cared to admit. From the late nineteenth century through most of the twentieth, the style was most often employed for ecclesiastical buildings, but it was also used for schools, residences and public buildings. In Mexico, the Gothic Revi- val style was practiced by three distinct groups of designers: trained architects working in a French or Italian mode, untrained master masons who imaginatively combined Gothic elements with classically inspired forms, and trained and mostly foreign archi- tects practicing an English version of the Neo-Gothic style.
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Academia XXII, 2017
Luis Barragán Architecture has been considered by Theoreticians of Architecture as a Regionalist... more Luis Barragán Architecture has been considered by Theoreticians of Architecture as a Regionalist one, but is it really the case? Through the analysis of the correspondence, writings and interviews made to the architect along his life, this question search to be answered in this essay.
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Latinoamérica y el Concilio Vaticano II: influencias, aportaciones, singularidades, 2015
Along the second half of the Twenty Century, even before being published the new ideas proposed b... more Along the second half of the Twenty Century, even before being published the new ideas proposed by the Second Vatican Council, Mexican Architects were looking for new expressions in the design of Religious buildings. Taking advantage of new materials, building techniques and structural design such as the use of hypars, new churches are design with a contemporary aesthetic and following the distribution that the principles of the Second Vatican Council established for the liturgy. An example of the transformation from the old model distribution into the new liturgical needs is the Church of the Holy Cross design by Antonio Attolini Lack in Mexico City.
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Is really Luis Barragán a regionalist Architect? Does he represents Mexico's Architecture?
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55th SAH Annual Meeting, 2002
Since 1970 in Mexico a strong tendency has been developing, the regionalism. Heirs of the tradi... more Since 1970 in Mexico a strong tendency has been developing, the regionalism. Heirs of the tradition of Luis Barragán and his search for Mexican architecture, lot or architects from different generations started to turn their eyes into this architecture, mixture of monasteries, haciendas and vernacular architecture.
In this paper we are going to analyze the work of two architects from the first generation: Ricardo Legorreta and Antonio Attolini Lack.
The firs one is well known outside of Mexico, he has developed lot of buildings all around the world. Considered as the first heir of Barragán he takes elements like walls, color, light, water and courtyards; but he started to transform this elements. He transform the small scale from the architecture of Barragán into a larger scale with out loosing the sense of it., creating industrial buildings in which he shows that this kind of buildings doesn’t have to be just a box. Instead he create buildings that are well composed and also are comfortable for the workers that live there most part of the day. He started to introduce new elements into the vocabulary like vaults and domes, in relation with building materials Legorreta started to increase the repertoire using marble, mosaic, concrete, plastic tiles. The water started to take other connotation, the fountains take movement resembling waves.
On the other side Antonio Attolini Lack is hardly known even in Mexico, but his work is of great quality, he worked with Barragán in a not built project. His buildings are from different kinds; houses, churches, small offices buildings and art supply stores. In his work we can read the influence of Barragán primarily in his houses, he uses elements like water, natural light, color and vegetation, but also introduce new elements and forms in his work, for instance he uses exposed concrete, roof tiles, sloping roofs and bricks.
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Papers by LUCIA SANTA ANA
In this paper we are going to analyze the work of two architects from the first generation: Ricardo Legorreta and Antonio Attolini Lack.
The firs one is well known outside of Mexico, he has developed lot of buildings all around the world. Considered as the first heir of Barragán he takes elements like walls, color, light, water and courtyards; but he started to transform this elements. He transform the small scale from the architecture of Barragán into a larger scale with out loosing the sense of it., creating industrial buildings in which he shows that this kind of buildings doesn’t have to be just a box. Instead he create buildings that are well composed and also are comfortable for the workers that live there most part of the day. He started to introduce new elements into the vocabulary like vaults and domes, in relation with building materials Legorreta started to increase the repertoire using marble, mosaic, concrete, plastic tiles. The water started to take other connotation, the fountains take movement resembling waves.
On the other side Antonio Attolini Lack is hardly known even in Mexico, but his work is of great quality, he worked with Barragán in a not built project. His buildings are from different kinds; houses, churches, small offices buildings and art supply stores. In his work we can read the influence of Barragán primarily in his houses, he uses elements like water, natural light, color and vegetation, but also introduce new elements and forms in his work, for instance he uses exposed concrete, roof tiles, sloping roofs and bricks.
Book Reviews by LUCIA SANTA ANA
In this paper we are going to analyze the work of two architects from the first generation: Ricardo Legorreta and Antonio Attolini Lack.
The firs one is well known outside of Mexico, he has developed lot of buildings all around the world. Considered as the first heir of Barragán he takes elements like walls, color, light, water and courtyards; but he started to transform this elements. He transform the small scale from the architecture of Barragán into a larger scale with out loosing the sense of it., creating industrial buildings in which he shows that this kind of buildings doesn’t have to be just a box. Instead he create buildings that are well composed and also are comfortable for the workers that live there most part of the day. He started to introduce new elements into the vocabulary like vaults and domes, in relation with building materials Legorreta started to increase the repertoire using marble, mosaic, concrete, plastic tiles. The water started to take other connotation, the fountains take movement resembling waves.
On the other side Antonio Attolini Lack is hardly known even in Mexico, but his work is of great quality, he worked with Barragán in a not built project. His buildings are from different kinds; houses, churches, small offices buildings and art supply stores. In his work we can read the influence of Barragán primarily in his houses, he uses elements like water, natural light, color and vegetation, but also introduce new elements and forms in his work, for instance he uses exposed concrete, roof tiles, sloping roofs and bricks.