Colegio Nacional de Arquitectos de Cuba

Colegio Nacional de Arquitectos de Cuba
General information
Type Office
Architectural style Art Deco
Address Avenida Infanta y Calle 104 Humbolt
Town or city Ciudad de La Habana
Country Cuba Cuba
Coordinates 23°08′30.598″N 82°22′43.172″W / 23.14183278°N 82.37865889°W / 23.14183278; -82.37865889Coordinates: 23°08′30.598″N 82°22′43.172″W / 23.14183278°N 82.37865889°W / 23.14183278; -82.37865889
Construction started March 13, 1947
Owner Colegio de Arquitectos
Technical details
Material Coral stone
Floor count 3
Design and construction
Architect Fernando de Zárraga & Mario Esquiroz

Colegio Nacional de Arquitectos de Cuba was a Cuban entity that grouped the professionals of this specialty in Cuba, being an embryo for the creation later in the rest of the provinces, giving rise to the emergence of the national entity.

Founding

It was founded in Havana on March 13, 1916. Established by legislation, the compulsory licensing of these professionals and the Provincial Colleges of Architects were founded, giving way in 1933 to the constitution of the National College of Architects of Cuba.

History

The Colegio Nacional de Arquitectos de Cuba (C.N.A.C.) emerged on December 13, 1933 through Decree-Law No. 3174, of the Ministry of Public Works.[1] The Colegio had six provincial headquarters throughout the country. The law established that all work built in the country should have the approval of the school. Segunda Zafra presents the list of architects who formed part of the National College of Architects of Cuba in 1940, its Executive Committee, its Provincial Colleges and its Honorary and Correspondent partners, both in Cuba and abroad. National College of Architects of Cuba (1916).[1] As of December 31, 1958, there were 676 architects licensed and registered in the National College of which 590 were in the Provincial College of Havana.[2]

On April 5, 1916, at a meeting held at the Tacón Street No. 2, with the presence of the architects Gabriel Román Casals, Rogelio Santana Fernández, Jorge Broderman de Vignier and Lorenzo Rodríguez Ubals, the following minutes were drawn up:

"The gentlemen who, at the margin, expresses themselves in the session, are in the chair, at the request of those present Mr. Gabriel Román Casals, who explains the reason for the citation, noting the disagreeable situation that the professional architects find with respect to to the works that are executed in this city and the technical and artistic deficiencies that almost all of them suffers and understands that it is convenient, both for professional architects and for the beautification of our capital and guarantee of the owners, to ensure that the works that are built in the future, have a real facultative direction in the achievement of these purposes, forming an association (COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTS) to ensure compliance with current laws and greater prestige of the profession.

Architecture

Colegio Nacional de Arquitectos de Cuba. Floor Plan

The building, which consists of a semi-basement and two floors, houses offices, libraries, recreation rooms, an auditorium and a magnificent hall with a large spiral staircase that forms a large space at three heights and is illuminated by panels of glass blocks. of glass. On the outside coral stone and Cuban marbles were usIt is one of the first constructions that used a curtain wall in Cuban architecture.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Professional and Institutional Life of Cuban Architects in Cuba from 1900 to 1961" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-10-02.
  2. ↑ "COLEGIO NACIONAL DE ARQUITECTOS DE CUBA". Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Colegio de Arquitectos II". Retrieved 2018-10-14.
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