Agora FADU

An analysis of an expanded concept of infrastructure in the Buenos Aires School of Architecture of the University of Buenos Aires

Authors

  • Dr. Arq. Diego Aníbal Portas FAU-PROARQ.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14409/ar.v9i16.8396

Keywords:

expanded infrastructure, field conditions, medium

Abstract

The pavilion 3 of the University of Buenos Aires was designed by the architects Caminos and Catalano (1959-1962) and was planned as one of several generic buildings. It was designated the center of the Architecture and Urbanism Faculty (FAU) in 1971, though unfinished. In 1984 with the return of democracy the FAU became the FADU with the incorporation of design courses and enrollment soared with the opening of free and unrestricted admission to public universities in Argentina. This article analyzes the interaction of the building as a singular physical entity and its complementary relational aspects: whereas in the former this study analyzes more deeply possible characteristics from a systematic understanding, the latter investigates the system of twenty six “vertical cátedras” that includes 11,000 architectural students. This research is based on an expanded concept of infrastructure using theories developed in the 1960s and taken up again at the end of the 1990s as in the essay "Field Conditions" by Stan Allen summarized by the author's statement "Form matters, but not so much the forms of things as the forms between things".

Author Biography

Dr. Arq. Diego Aníbal Portas, FAU-PROARQ.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Arquiteto formado pela FADU/UBA (1999), professor da FAU/UFRJ (2012 - hoje), atualmente doutorando do Programa de Pós Graduação em Arquitetura da Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro (PROARQ da FAU/UFRJ), em cujo processo o presente artigo se desenvolve. Mestre pelo PROARQ FAU/UFRJ (2005 - 2007), foi professor da FADU/UBA (1995 - 2001) e do DAU/PUC-Rio (2005 - 2011). Obteve Menção Honrosa na Bienal de São Paulo (2009), Primeiro Prêmio IAB/RJ pelo Edifício BETA (2010), Primeiro Prêmio IAB/RJ na categoria Restauro (2017), Segundo Prêmio Instituto Tomie Ohtake (2018) e foi finalista do Prêmio Oscar Niemeyer pelo Edifício Hostel VILLA 25 (2018).

Published

2019-12-17

How to Cite

Portas, D. A. D. A. (2019). Agora FADU: An analysis of an expanded concept of infrastructure in the Buenos Aires School of Architecture of the University of Buenos Aires. ARQUISUR Revista, 9(16), 18–39. https://doi.org/10.14409/ar.v9i16.8396