Le Corbusier (1887–1965)

Le Corbusier was a Swiss architect and urbanist who acquired French nationality in 1930, having set up his studio (“the atelier of patient research”) in that country. Just as he assumed an unconditional continuity in relation to the past, he also clearly confronted the circumstances of his time. Many of his works became icons of Modernism, like the Villa Savoye (1928), the Marseilles Housing Unit (1945), the Ronchamp Chapel (1950), the Convent of Sainte-Marie de la Tourette (1953) and the Chandigarh Capitol Complex (1950-55), to mention just a few examples. His architecture reflected the development of a modern industrialized economy, a western avant-garde society and a vibrant political and social context. He made a mark not only with his constructed work, but also with designs that were never built (and which were progressive in character), his painting (which reflected his experimentalist nature) and with his theoretical texts, which today bear witness to his modernist doctrine. Le Corbusier was above all one of the most prolific thinkers of Modernism, and one of the greatest figures of the 20th century.

Residencias vinculadas al olivar: estudio comparativo entre la casa-palacio del Marqués de Viana en Garcíez (España) y la villa-palacio Mazza en Roccelletta di Borgia (Italia)

Con esta comunicación se pretende establecer las relaciones que, dentro del patrimonio agroindustrial, existen entre los espacios de producción y los lugares de residencia tomando como casos de estudio la casa-palacio del Marqués de Viana en Garcíez muy próximo a las Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad de Úbeda y Baeza, que atesora una de las pocas almazaras del sistema tradicional de rulos del s.XX y la villa-palacio Mazza en Roccelleta di Borgia hoy, el Parque Arqueológico de Scolacium.

A villa romana, entre a construção literária e a realidade construída

Um dos termos mais correntemente utilizados na investigação arqueológica contemporânea reside no conceito villa romana. No entanto, quando analisamos a utilização deste termo na época que o criou, deparamos com algumas situações contrastantes a epi- gra a não o menciona, pois não existem ocorrências do termo; na literatura as de nições do vocábulo são muito variáveis, e por ve- zes paradoxais; e na investigação arqueológica encontramos uma imensa variedade de sítios a que chamamos villa. Neste estudo procuramos perceber o modo como surgem as menções a villae na literatura latina e a evolução do conceito.