<i>Arquitectura Cuba</i> and the Early Revolutionary Project

Patrick Calmon de Carvalho Braga, null

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Author(s): Patrick Calmon de Carvalho Braga

Publication date (Print): Winter 2017

Journal: International Journal of Cuban Studies

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Keywords: Cuban Revolution, history of architecture, urban planning, modernism, socialism

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No prior scholarly work on Cuban architectural and intellectual history has yet focused on Arquitectura Cuba, a periodical published by the Colegio Nacional de Arquitectos, as an archive. However, issues of the publication from the early years of the Cuban Revolution (especially 1959 and 1960) provide an indication of state-sponsored views on architecture, urbanism and the interplay between these and the socialist project in Cuba. Using articles and editorials from Arquitectura Cuba alongside other contemporary sources, this article focuses on and critiques three themes that recur throughout these issues: the idea of architecture as a socially minded profession, the need for urbanisation of the countryside as a core goal of the new Cuban state and the interplay between global modernism and localised practices. Ultimately, this investigation illustrates potential methodological directions and archival sources for Cuban architectural and social historiography, revealing another lens to read the Cuban Revolution and its legacies today.

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Patrick Calmon de Carvalho Braga

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Journal ID (publisher-id): intejcubastud

Title: International Journal of Cuban Studies

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Publication date (Print): Winter 2017

Volume: 9

Issue: 2

Pages: 235-259

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[1] Acosta, Maruja and Jorge Enrique Hardoy. (1971) Urban Reform in Revolutionary Cuba . New Haven, CT: Antilles Research Program, Yale University.

[2] Byres, T.J. (2005) Sharecropping and Sharecroppers . New York: Routledge.

[3] Castro, Vicente de (1960a) ‘Análisis Del Estado Mínimo De Viviendas’ [Analysis of the Minimum State of Housing], Arquitectura Cuba 319: 76–7.

[4] Castro, Vicente de (1960b) ‘Arquitectura y Economía [Architecture and Economy]’, Arquitectura Cuba 318: 38–40.

[5] Cayado, Enrique (1960) ‘Lo que Nos Traerán Los Sesenta’ [What the Sixties Will Bring Us], Arquitectura Cuba , 318: 32–3.

[6] Consuegra, Hugo (1965) ‘Las Escuelas Nacionales de Arte’ [The National Art Schools], Arquitectura Cuba 334: 14–24.

[7] Díaz Olivarez, Georgina and César Riverón Díaz (2016). Conversations in Havana, Cuba and Ithaca , New York, September and December.

[8] Ebanks, G.E. (1998) Urbanization in Cuba . London, ON, Canada: Population Studies Centre, University of Western Ontario.

[9] Editorial (1959) ‘La revolución cubana’ [The Cuban Revolution], Arquitectura Cuba 306: 3.

[10] ‘El Colegio de Arquitectos recibe al Doctor Fidel Castro’ (1959) Arquitectura Cuba 308: 100–1.

[11] ‘El VII Congreso de La UIA’ [The 7th Congress of the International Union of Architects]. (1964) Arquitectura Cuba 331: 3–9.

[12] Estévez Curbelo, Reynaldo (1959a) ‘Arquitectos, Reforma Urbana Y Vivienda’ [Architects, Urban Reform, and Housing], Arquitectura Cuba 309–310: 148–55.

[13] Estévez Curbelo, Reynaldo (1959b) ‘Densidades en las Metrópolis’ [Densities in the Metropolis], 311–317: 201–7.

[14] Foucault, Michel (1969) The Archaeology of Knowledge . 1st American ed. New York: Pantheon Books.

[15] Frank, Andre Gunder (1967) ‘El desarrollo del subdesarrollo’, Pensamiento Crítico , 7: 159–73.

[16] Che Guevara, Ernesto (1960) ‘Notas Para El Estudio De La Ideología De La Revolución Cubana’, Pensamiento Crítico 9: 3–12.

[17] Che Guevara, Ernesto (1964) ‘Discurso del Dr. Ernesto Guevara en la Clausura Del Encuentro de Profesores y Estudiantes’ [Speech of Dr. Ernesto Guevara at the Closing of the Meeting of Teachers and Students], Arquitectura Cuba 331: 13–4.

[18] Landstreet, Barent F. and Axel Mundigo (1982) Migraciones Internas y Cambios En Las Tendencias De Urbanización En Cuba [Internal Migrations and Changes in the Tendencies of Urbanisation in Cuba]. México: The Population Council.

[19] La Reforma Agraria (1959) Arquitectura Cuba 307: 50–7.

[20] Martí, José (June 1883) ‘El Puente de Brooklyn’ [The Brooklyn Bridge], La América , June.

[21] Méndez, Patricia (2011) ‘Las publicaciones de arquitectura en Latinoamérica: Perfiles para comprender su trayectoria’ [Architectural Publications in Latin America: Profiles to Understand Its Trajectory], Revista de Arquitectura, Santiago 23: 6–13.

[22] Méndez, Patricia (2014) ‘Colección de Colecciones: La Hemeroteca de Arquitectura Latinoamericana Del CEDODAL’ [Collection of Collections: The Architectural Periodicals Library of the CEDODAL], Revista 180 33: 30–5.

[23] Muñoz, Ruslán (2011) ‘Edificios altos del movimiento moderno’ [Tall Buildings of the Modern Movement], Arquitectura y Urbanismo 32(1): 88–94.

[24] Navarrete Serrano, Horacio (1959) ‘La Función Social Del Arquitecto’ [The Architect's Social Function], Arquitectura Cuba 311–7: 182–5.

[25] Navarrete Serrano, Horacio and Vicente A. Castro y Jones (1959) ‘Carta Abierta a Los Colegios y Sociedades de Arquitectos de América’ [Open Letter to the Institutes and Societies of Architects of the Americas], Arquitectura Cuba 307: 49.

[26] Quintana, Nicolás (1959) ‘Arquitectura Cubana: Una Búsqueda de la Verdad’ [Cuban Architecture: A Search for the Truth], Arquitectura Cuba 309–10: 166–73.

[27] Sarduy, Severo, Roberto González Echevarría and Jane E. French (1972) ‘Interview: Severo Sarduy’, Diacritics 2(2): 41–5.

[28] Scarpaci, Joseph L., Roberto Segre and Mario Coyula (2002) Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis . Rev. ed. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.

[29] Segre, Roberto (1969) ‘Significación de Cuba En La Cultura Arquitectónica Contemporánea’, Pensamiento Crítico 32: 183–219.

[30] Sociedad de Arquitectos del Uruguay (1959) ‘Qué Es El Arquitecto Y Cuál Es Su Función?’ Arquitectura Cuba 308: 102–6.

[31] Sorí Martín, Humberto and Fidel Castro Ruz (1959) ‘Ley No. 3 Sobre La Reforma Agraria, Dictada En Los Campamentos de La Sierra Maestra’ [Law No. 3 about the Agrarian Reform, Dictated in the Encampments of the Sierra Maestra], Arquitectura Cuba 307: 58–65.

[32] Thomas, Hugh (1967) ‘Middle Class Politics and the Cuban Revolution’, In Claudio Véliz (ed.) The Politics of Conformity in Latin America . London and New York: Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs [by] Oxford University Press.

[33] Venegas Fornias, Carlos (1979) Dos etapas de colonización y expansión urbana [Two Stages of Colonisation and Urban Expansion]. La Habana, Cuba: Editora Política.

[34] Vincenot, Emmanuel (2016) Histoire de La Havane [History of Havana]. Paris: Fayard.