A thesis analyzes the relevance of new construction methods for the progress of modern Spanish architecture.
David Resano has studied 13 Spanish architectural buildings that pioneered the use of concrete, metal and glass in the mid-20th century.
David Resano has defended in the academic year 2012-2013 the doctoral thesis 'Tectonic principles for modern architecture. Central Europe 1851-1920 and Spain 1955-1968'. It is part of the line of research on 'History of Spanish architecture of the twentieth century' of the department Projects of the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra.
As he explains, the goal of his work was to show "how Spanish architecture in the mid-twentieth century reached new heights design exploring the possibilities offered by the new Materials (concrete, steel and glass) and their construction techniques".
The new doctor concludes that in Spain "modern architecture did not emerge only as a stylistic fashion, but in its most outstanding cases it was result -above all- of a conscious exploration of the formal and spatial possibilities that the new constructive means within reach made possible".
In the first part of work, David Resano has studied the tectonic principles proposed by a group of Central European architects who channeled Western architecture towards modernity.
research stay in Zurich
The second has focused on 13 buildings of Spanish architecture that advanced in that line and were exemplary for pioneering integration of new materials available at the time: concrete, metal and glass. These are the Hippodrome de la Zarzuela (1935), the fronton of Recoletos Street (1936), the canteens for the Seat (1955), the Spanish Pavilion at the exhibition in Brussels (1958), the School of Law in Barcelona (1958), the Maravillas gymnasium (1960), the second Cabrero house (1961), the Monky factory (1962), the Centro de programs of study Hidrográficos (1963), the Pueblo newspaper (1964), the Pabellón de Cristal in the Casa de Campo (1965), the IBM building in the Castellana (1967) and the Trade buildings (1968).
During the course of the doctorate, David Resano carried out a research stay at the School of Architecture of the ETH Zurich (Switzerland) in the academic year 2009-2010, thanks to a scholarship of the Fundación Caja Madrid. There he carried out documentation tasks in his historical file and participated in academic and research activities.
In order to prepare the thesis , he received a scholarship from the association de Amigos de la Universidad de Navarra, as well as others from the Government of Navarra, for the doctorate courses, and from the Fundación La Caixa, for the Master's Degree de Proyectos Arquitectónicos Avanzados at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.