Los Guastavino y la bóveda tabicada en Norteamérica

John Ochsendorf

doi:10.3989/ic.2005.v57.i496.494

The Guastavinos and tile vaults in North America

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John Ochsendorf Profesor Asistente de Tecnología de Construcción en el Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.2005.v57.i496.494

Abstract

Rafael Guastavino Moreno (1842-1908) and his son Rafael Guastavino Expósito (1872-1950) gained fame for having built tile vaults in over 1,000 significant buildings in the United States from the 1880s to the 1940s (Figure 1). Engineering and architecture historians have shown a growing interest in their oeuvre in recent years. This paper discusses the Guastavinos' work in its historic context, illustrating the technical innovations they introduced. The objective is to show that these vaults owed their success largely to the designers' innovative improvements on the traditional construction techniques used to build Spanish tiled vaults.

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John Ochsendorf, Profesor Asistente de Tecnología de Construcción en el Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Estudió ingeniería estructural en Cornell University y Princeton University, y obtuvo su PhD en ingeniería en Cambridge University. Pasó un año en España como becario de la comisión Fullbright, y actualmente escribe un libro sobre las bóvedas de Guastavino, que será publicado en 2008.

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2005-04-30

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Ochsendorf, J. (2005). The Guastavinos and tile vaults in North America. Informes De La Construcción, 56(496), 57–65. https://doi.org/10.3989/ic.2005.v57.i496.494

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Vol. 56 No. 496 (2005)

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