The exposition shows part of the contents collected in the book '''La Mansana de la Discòrdia' modernism as transgression," that we presented a few days ago.. The History, Architecture and Design Research Group was set up within the field of architectural composition at the School of Architecture at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. The project “La Mansana de la discòrdia” was submitted to the call for novel research proposals at the university in 2013.
The aim was to study the five houses of the block, not just the three modernist ones, precisely to see the differences (or discords) in their styles that were contemporaneous with one another. We also wanted to use the word mansana, in Catalan and written with an “s”, because Ildefons Cerdà in his General Theory of Urbanisation from 1867, had dedicated three pages to the etymological justification of the term derived from the Latin mansio,-onis, which means mansion, house. Thus, when towns were being populated, the word mansana was used for a group of mansions or houses, currently referred to as a block. Later on, the “s” was haphazardly replaced for “z” in Spanish. However, the use in Spanish of the word “manzana”, corresponding to the fruit, the apple, allows us to engage in word play, as it also refers to the mythological story of the golden apple thrown by the goddess of discord at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus, leading to the Trojan War.
Authors.-
Manuel Arenas Vidal
Dr. José Juan Barba
Mariola Borrell Escudé
Dr. Guillem Carabí Bescós
María José Díez Chueca
Dra. Fàtima López Pérez
Dra. Judith Urbano
Students participating.- María Alcaraz Ruiz, Rosa Aparici Hornero, Laura Aragonés Ribera, Cristina Ballester Rigo, Marina Baró Bagué, Rafael Bennasar Miquel, Alberto Carlos Bodí Domenech, Pylyp Fomyn, Mª Elena Gistau Bielsa, Claudia Gratacós Grau, Mariona Mayol Batlle, Borja Monsó Galindo, Jaume Nart Parés, Carles Palau Sala, Lara Pérez Verdes, Eric Sanllehy González & Emma Vives Viña.
Venue.- Casa Lleó i Morera, Paseo de Gracia, 35. Barcelona.
Dates.- December 17, 2015 - February 28, 2016
