La ‘arquitectura luminosa’ en España. Una aproximación hacia la primera modernidad arquitectónica española (1925-1936)

Abstract

Through this current research the genesis and evolution of the ‘Light Architecture’ is tackled, showing a phenomenon that is mainly deployed from Germany, involving innovative aspects related to lighting, modern photography and commercial demands arisen from the new society between 1925 and 1936. The research is focused on urban nightscape, the new ways of dissemination and how they may change the professional collaboration between architects, engineers, business owners, photographers and editors. The aim is to verify its development in Spain taking into account the knowledge of German late lighting advances by Spanish engineers, the direct contact of the Spanish architects with the first lighting architectural works abroad, and its dissemination through specialized books and journals. By showing an accurate selection of buildings and publications, it will be shown how they contributed to introduce modernism in Spain, taking artificial light and night photography as a clear avant-garde signal.