Contribucions del primer Seminario AEMCI, celebrat a l'Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona, el 9 de juliol de 2019, en el marc del projecte competitiu "La arquitectura española en los medios de comunicación internacionales: publicaciones, exposiciones, congresos (primera parte: 1940-1975)". Els textos recullen els avenços de les investigacions en curs que formen part del projecte HAR2017-85205-P
Madrid architects of the 20th century had little inclination, if any, to be gregarious. Remember their token presence in the first International Congresses of Modern Architecture (CIAM), a presence which had altogether vanished by the time of the fourth CIAM conference, which took place aboard the S.S. Patris. The only Spaniards we find in Athens in the summer of 1933 are Raimon Torres Clavé, Josep Lluís Sert, Antonio Bonet Castellana, Josep Torres Clavé, and Cristófol Alzamora. There is no sign of architects from Madrid. So who explained Madrid as a functional city?
The autarchy system established by the new dictatorship following the Spanish Civil War proposed the reconstruction of the country as a new Renaissance based on idiosyncratic Spanish values. One of the most unique experiences was the creation of the private society The National Federation of Town Planning and Housing (1939-1954). The aim was to create a social environment appropriate for dignity development in the habitability conditions. The project was very ambitious about town planning dissemination. A professional network concerning town planning and housing knowledge was required. Instruments applied for achieving the objective included publishing books and magazines, exhibitions, congresses, and centers of information within and outside Spain.
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