Las Revistas De Arquitectura (1900-1975): Crónicas, manifiestos, propaganda

Abstract

Under the title Architectural magazines (1900-1975): chronicles, manifestos, propaganda was held last spring (2012) the eighth edition of the International Congress The History of Modern Spanish Architecture at the University of Navarre. The School of Architecture was ready to receive the large number of researchers and historians who chose to participate in this forum, the greater ever assembled for this event. What it is a proof that the congresses of Pamplona have achieved to occupy a significant space in the architecture historian calendar, both nationally and internationally, on its own merit. Prior to this final phase, it was organized a preliminary symposium in October of the previous year (2011) in cooperation with the School of Architecture of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Santiago de Chile; and one more in New York in November of the same year, this time in collaboration with the GSAPP at Columbia University. Therefore, the sessions at the School of Architecture at the University of Navarra between May 4th and 6th turn out to be the culmination of a long process of maturation, developed through a period of almost two years, being able to involve a great number of architectural historians of international prestige. Despite being quite difficult to draw specific conclusions on such a broad topic, the different sessions and conferences has shown that the transcendental condition of journals -either as a channel for the expression of new concepts, or for the exposure of new aesthetic principles and goals, or the spread of certain ideals- has remained constant through the seventy-five years period proposed by the Congress. Although the magazines role has tilted towards a position, perhaps, less committed -or of a minor historical leadership-, his contribution is undeniable, and inalienable of the same history they both form part and aspire to represent.