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Professor at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) Pedro Miguel Jimenez Vicario has gathered today in Palencia the Iberian Research Award Traditional architecture that biennial basis, grant institutions in Spain and Portugal.
The architect has been awarded for his doctoral thesis 'Vernacular Modernity', which deals with the influence of traditional architecture in the Modern Movement in Europe.
"The founders of modern architecture, Austrian School, the German avant-garde and Le Corbusier, traveled to southern Italy and northern Africa and were inspired by the Mediterranean, white and flat roof constructions, whose simplicity it connected with the values ​​of functionalism and seeking cubic compositions for cosmetic reasons, "says the professor of the Polytechnic.
"But they never admitted and even today the popular and traditional architecture is not studied in universities.
The students know, "he laments.
This award, worth 3,000 euros, is the result of the cooperation established between two Spanish institutions, Antonio Bedoya Font Foundation and the College of Architects of Leon and the Portuguese Fundação Convento da Orada and Ordem dos Arquitectos.
This biennial, which was attended by 34 candidates have been awarded four honorable mentions.
The doctoral thesis was awarded the UPCT directed by Ignacio Gonzalez Varas and Segado Francisco Vazquez.
Source: UPCT
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