Project convergences of intermediate spaces in the works of Glenda Kapstein Lomboy and Ramón Vázquez Molezún

Abstract

Glenda Kapstein Lomboy (1939-2008) lived in Madrid during 1969-1979 and worked much of the time in the studio of Ramón Vázquez Molezún (1922-1993), a leading architect of modernity in Spain. Both architects show common approaches in the way of projecting: a close relationship between architecture and location, defined in response to topography, landscape, and climate. However, their search for the articulation of spaces between indoors and outdoors –intermediate spaces– is what relates their work to the principles defined by Team X2 and their modern architecture proposals in the second half of the 20th century. The comparison method between their projects is used to identify these common approaches. The article defines three shared project strategies created under the concept of intermediate space.