7% and the Construction of a Modern Spirit Uy Edie Rou! he ODAM as divulger of modern architecture in Porto comprehends from the scope of teaching, professional practice, to its international: ization, as attests the participation of its members in CIAM’s congresses from 1951. Its production, written manifestos, projacts and builds, coveal its universal character through the deployment of Modern spirit, in the statoment of a collective conscience of architectural practice, but also, af- firms its local condition as its differentiator value. This retrospective and. critical reading of the specific ODAM discourse as part of broader context that characterizes Modern Architecture (re)atfirms its character simulta neously universal and singular. Teer fae Rives (0) + eat het ent asin, deer ais to promote tho princes of modem ach aus and csharast sds and thaws architec ect, seating atin, though th onn wosk of into chaos? ‘tscuponens how oom prafession conscience ‘and fw 0 create ae necessary undestanding #2 The New Social Role ween arctcts and ater wohncans and arts of the Architect Ther th DAM sees to promore The OOAW? congrepeted 36 aciecs linked to ‘Maden Arhicese though xin eonfeence te Schoo of Part (EBA? Fol de elas Anes do publications, ot, Tho basis on which sts ha pro- Pata) and constituted uring pintin Portuguese ‘essa ba, at achitottal production [figu 1). coat sina + Cauitao wy vlrintho diva and tho Po unis projet that pladged its eomaitmant on uguese sae: Encrage etna and key people, new sei and tetroagcl knowledge fr the _rchtets, rained Fn waning, engines and bu aneft a proper inning conditions foal. This 2,10 an afin and atecive mor towards the damocratic and useful atiuda of a new social progress of the cowry toe ofthe arctitet operates & qualitative lap in chiectual Scouse. ODAM proposals cities centre he erograde and stagnant eg postion, based on archetypes of “mage” and icanogrepic nature of past styles, monumental or regjonalst. This attude bought ahoadin ths 1945 irewul ton “0 Prtoma de Cosa Portuguesa” (The Problem of Poruguese House af Fernendo Tivora, assumes isl asthe fist public stance ‘qanst the ineonssten interpretations of the ce je idelogy, the denorinatd “Parugues styl proposing an upst though moder thecal ‘als. Ths texts pss give th short opening policy of Ee Move regina, in the post-war po ‘ahha ie llows ital freedom of expression ealing opponents of al cultural and ineloctul sectors to cftcze he cue soil clr and econaic crisis sivaon In his renewing debate at national leva, a6 regards Ana Tose two getiznons ise, tha (CAT (ici Cutuas Artes 0 Tress in shonin 146, eansttuted by ‘soto and arts, and OOAM in Pato in 1947, anstiuted by architects and students fram the BAP ongaged in tha renewal ofthe acitectre ‘scp. n Porto, esis the opposiian tothe ‘xcitecturl ms impos Me by the regime, isthe em postin in architecture that confoms it 38 common premise The oun consisting of hetergenenus personales fam pot cata and georatonl point of vow, has justly the ‘amon undstaning frm acadonic formation (ea1,conurs of gathacing coasd among nd in sideth sti andthe widsproadac of faedom snd autnomyindisiine The ODAM group add tre sucassive schoo geverations of architects and arctitacure st ons The es, fornad bawean 1995 and 1940, ‘atl figures ofthe grup, consisting of rch ‘ects wo exerisd thes proessionl acti. The second, formed between 1940 and 1945, mej of recently grad ‘ted xhitets, working without C004? The thi foumed between 1945 and 1960, cosiss of mem bas, sil students, protagonists ofthe future eon struction of « Modern ideology in the Potuquase late 6s comer. Tho local importance of ODAM is eatfimad at national love traugh tho vist af architot from Lisbon Opa in 1947, pubisedin he Megane Auger: Reus de Aree Cnstugdo mit he ecra modem’, (+ force ofthe group, compo ‘ile “hspiads Bo de aspite lesson of Modem Architectue attesting ‘he innovative nature of thir works. This profes sional exchange wil be deci for an important tational evet, according to Casino Barbas: ‘Lol snocessay to highlight 004M 's intron. Gn as.2unon olen af ho wit Nor Archos wads te walt ote fs etna Congress of citer in Lian 1948." lotr the Congress encouraged the architects af the grou to state up, wring its ideals, reson. ing shiraan individual theses and one cllaciva ne, OOAM's activity sled nial inthe 1948 Cangtss is stanly eafimad at to Exhibition and yet of Conferences held a the At Com ci Poti 1951, The adiessed issues ate applicable oa architectural problems, fom hows ing policies tothe means involved inthe process of ¢onstuctin and its implementation, indus tin, stndadzation, pronation of naw matuias and even statopios of educating new aches. Inthe 1951 exhitian, tha litmoti af the grou “ur bulings ar fret fram the past baause ‘oli in a fforent wor & pr af @ MaMA's ‘ex, promotes adhesion ta an ination vision of Mader Architecture Avision of soil utopia ified ty OOAM withthe ideological assump tions of Modern avant-pards and CAM’s proposal, parte hose set out in the Chane tenes and Lo Corbusier writings From the thatetical end practical group produc ‘tin in which th constuction of UOAM'smdorn ‘onm enarges, wo can distinguish to ering ‘names of mode foundation. Modern Menifesto versus National Aesthetic ‘Uni group's oman 1947s pre-med em fm preva crc in te sintonenus use wands” and "news etatons. The dhotony between te Mode compsig {mand te win rte atue— vans innit architect OAM geresis-exesses isa paraigrasesl in th proposal ofthe CODA atin Axi of 1947 gu 2, The dit is cus borwoon thon” and oe” advances ‘na stv ipa of taal mods a asta to he scl ely and lol production. A “etal of wivesalesa™ meted by an proach 1 Le Cots’ rive that cores ‘ear composinn ote elt aati ducati of EP ina smutanausy couse of tenewa of the Moda mls nd of the wth in Sneath rational cic, scout ‘ho fals “wats arcitotro tho egino, Fue 2. Dalim Amesin, CODA, My house, 1947, traditional ond madein. Archive of FAL Modern Scope Fram 1947 crac, “UOAM's Mon psig non seted on infeed cone bese on xainetal tutes of neceflage nate constuction, partly bezase tis mater used in the cura uing, closet the cxnvantionl and moolticstucur aint absence! ther nail insti sth ssw), But tho tfsones af nachna hai rf lasicy contents martha tcl eh ones ui ing or OAM te “pr” ese, a, desta ‘ie propaganda done 10 tinct consete, a, ott om, inthe en, egesson is independent oe ite yingnew etiqetthe consti mata, The mctnical campo of the Moda architecture will bo modated ran te proposal of L Crus, wh tha nw th sola unvaried inh rhc xpos butis ot tho ukmat gol “The abst, neletual morphlogy ote new syste and mate ispresset i enessieess Aonstis “Wate, founded upon tha thames of Uni, Funeinn Sct and Shope tte classic £24” eduetiona and wns tthe fv ons O02 rts b Ova Marin" Atenson icv ticks othe Morn fom of CDM, ‘ODAM ond the Conscon oo Modem Spit | docomeme 4s 2012/1 Posto, ortgal Tw efferent opproachas: ‘nero el han th inmate “puis” tear “obo, that emphasis tha oxrssve image of ‘he new ehniues and materi, a seconized inthe perdiatc examples ofthe CO0A Diva Martins of 1950 [gure 3] onthe Ei do Gro of Main ort [gu Noreover, the construct thematic, the con fromtxion ofthe madam repro is evidenced win th dtsrenisting epressin of he program, ‘he increase of substantive architectural vlenes, ‘he aplay 10 a techicay advanced mage and a reeenc oan ndstal mage, Tends aesthetic is produced sty by means of rutin ‘aryslomont, rast of thine crt made (metals ‘gpa, roken- ight woadn binds. fas id shed Sights, st) asad ropestedy gonartng complox texte shapes. such as the driest! on tho ‘ifcado Couto sua. Tis concption configures the preion ofthe ea as a ianaus anal between ides and its matey and 3s 4 funfamentl element inthe pls expression at ‘he dson pret gue In 1952, on ODAW' “bjs” scl, te te ntaton wih the cntal European mods, stand ut ih esr, gor ait of maori, less sey functonali, mor iret, n search 7778 of god intyratrofdsign aisenshig, The for mal praigms of Le Corbusier re wasarmed into alogcl system that runs seth of moe expres sive fms of hex envelope and spel the coverage oof, but rains invinsicaly unis matic based onthe moduler stucture, morphol al simpli of sing spco, to, i and thought frm inside. The scale ofthe ty approhended in tha “Sun pace and gener, vasa satay in ODAM, the Tepacing of te “gaden city of ua purpose” in posed by the rime fox the “park cy” of urbanity {oval Howevey, the bet son te autonomous co: lective howsng book in oight, as 8 modular unit dosign of tha “new city” or as an expaimontal prototype of habitat sci condensar, particulary in naw fos of ascamrmodtin and having saath of the Unité habitation, as slid in thotypooycal esearch in ica Praga dota of Poria da Costa figure 6] rin the iio Par 2800 Jos our gues 7, 7b). ‘Maturation of the Modern ‘Nor 1952 tharos the pro of ‘xperana ofthe singular Pot idnty wha the ‘autonomy geinad in tho eonfidano of ha aequied Modem enperince i lea. The ebstact purty of ‘nm is asscited to @ more humane local iden ‘yan demand of vers previous relegated 5 Tmamary" and “isting”. The gral scrp. ‘ance the cnn of invita eorscioesess and ofthe roginal content of acitoctual produc tionisblainODAM's wotk “Hairs ma ove cum apr "Bra habit,» naw agi wunty" presented by he group inthe CCAM in Dubro, rated to thenew probes oF ‘he communities and the of city, predic a fue noes that evrses ne conta the dae to ‘he pic culturlenionmant of OAM. Ta pret range forloel materials nd cans ttt stars vil be neutralized by the Maden oxpainca that lst oth expression of ational mati as mado last, transition synthesized in 1956, on ‘he paradigmatic House of Of by Fernando Tara cata tigre Conclusion We may ehae fie tha “Waders farm of ca. struction” of DAM as an acitctur of appar tasistence 1 ianovatan, by cicunstanes and ocomome 4 «alt, but ha itgrtos th valoneas of Madara raticaly in obtaining efficient effects, managed by @ sti insmumentaty inthe search ofa fun ‘ionaity adjusted t0 speci experones. OAM, attenivew architectural expres in European post war ecostuction and simukanaousy tthe erarging revision of Mdern dogmas, vel with ‘more proinenc tho aw crisis of Euapean Mad. om atchieetwe,OOAM guid progressively, from its constitution, the passage ofthe “programmatic” 1o the “empiri, the cm of Mader wif pin ‘ps, tthe development of versity and, sul ‘anoousy, of global and mare axiomatic vison (thoraeal oa sty profesional viewpoint and oar, more indus. ODAM begins to soba this css with the actuation an ecitctrl (tojmention of Modernity, mare ogari, mare vorsifad and mare committed to th content and ‘meaing othe but Notes 1 FAR Achiet Barbe BB, Slr Irena ‘HFELDEAGT SAE (ZOO and PRO inchiece of Cacia Pichia! Uns (2008. 18D retimestigac o CHAD and EAR, See 1994 Pofessr of Ahan Pot Desi, Tea,7b Figute 3. Olvera Mating, CODA, House lot midde-clos foil, 1950, Pot, Porkaol (OAM 'S dom in ermal conection, Archive of AUR Fique 4. Mario Bonito ond Ri monte, Fee da Ouro, Pt, Portage, 195 Photo by Fito M.F Ros Figure 5. Arménio| Feo do Cota, jora and Cassiano Borbova, 2, Postuga, 19 Phot by Edie MF Rosa re 6, Perea da Cosa, ici da Prora 1 Alonso V, 1953, Pon, Porega. Photo by Edie M.F Rosa Figuies 7a, 7b José Caros lowe, Fd Pornaso, 1954, Porto, Portugal. Photo by Fite M.F Rose Figur 8. Femando Tavora, Caza de Of, 1956, Ol, Portal Archivo of Fommends Tavera An ose AREF Ste wos sev i as vate oes wih Are Sa since 191 ain er un stu, o.asie 187 2 Bains, Casino (Compan) cOAK: pair es Aguas Meas Pr, 1947-1282, Paw, esSA 1. 2 Ay sd wh dle reas, gece Arica eres or pam Dees deo Arcee ose 4 vo, ann, Patio a aa Prague” Pa 0, Cferes de Aquinas ay inthe woo oul A010 de ovo 1845) lage ne in 9718 pos, yh omens ime ot ec ol hoe. 5. Toes, 05 es as ait pores es 0, Pr, aia, 198 8. 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