Las aportaciones de Gropius y Wachsmann a la industria de las casas de madera

Bartolomé Serra Soriano; Alfonso Díaz Segura; Ricardo Merí de la Maza

doi:10.4995/vlc.2021.11842

Authors

Bartolomé Serra Soriano Universidad CEU CARDENAL HERRERA https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3491-5615
Alfonso Díaz Segura Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera
Ricardo Merí de la Maza Universitat Politècnica de València

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/vlc.2021.11842

Keywords:

Packaged Houses, Gropius, Wachsmann, industrialization, timber

Abstract

Walter Gropius and Konrad Wachsmann made a significant contribution to the housing prefabrication industry. After the Second World War, they set principles that have served as a basis for continuous revisions in the interests of optimising the industry. The Packaged Houses are a research that shows a continuous review of the processes and constructive systems of prefabricated houses. This article tries to study (following a chronological criterion and focused on the context of this type of construction) the experience of Gropius and Wachsmann and their contributions as a basis for other investigations that, even today, continue their course.

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