O conceito de janela a partir do Movimento Moderno. Sobre quatro obras de Eduardo Souto de Moura

Abstract

This dissertation presents the theme of the window from the Modern Movement explained through the work of some of the most influential architects of the early twentieth century as Adolf Loos, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe. Their works and beliefs were instrumental in the evolution of the window in this period and place the discussion beyond the scope of classical rules. The discourse of the window continues into contemporary architecture with Eduardo Souto de Moura who claims to have great difficulty drawing windows and whose work has affinities with the modern masters. The study of his work process and the identification of different types of windows within their projects aims to relate the form and meaning of this element with different construction methods, luminic qualities and ways of living. In the end, the discussion of this topic is placed within the critical work of some authors that discuss the meaning of the window. It is given special significance to the role of this element in the sensory perception of space as well as its symbolic importance, based on the phenomenology of space of Gaston Bachelard - a French epistemologist of the early twentieth century.