Publication: El nacimiento del tanatorio. Industria y arquitectura funeraria en España (1950-2000)
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Dal Castello, David
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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El objeto de estudio de este artículo es el tanatorio, un tipo de edificio funerario relativamente reciente que emergió de la creciente institucionalización de las empresas de pompas fúnebres durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX, y de la privatización de los servicios municipales ocurrida desde la década de 1990. Advertimos que en el marco de aquellos procesos se generaba un mutuo beneficio: mientras el negocio se renovaba con los nuevos edificios, las arquitecturas modernas encontraban una oportunidad de incursionar en un campo poco explorado. El estudio de estos nuevos programas arquitectónicos permite ampliar el conocimiento de los lugares de la muerte en las ciudades más allá de los cementerios, problematiza la incidencia de la industria funeraria en la cultura urbana, y sitúa el debate en torno a la idea de carácter en los edificios para la muerte.
The object of study of this article is the tanatorio, a relatively recent funeral type of building that emerged from the growing institutionalization of undertakers during the second half of the 20th century, and from the privatization of municipal services that occurred since the 1990s. We noticed that within the framework of those processes a mutual benefit was generated: while the business was renewed with new buildings, modern architectures found an opportunity to venture into a little explored field. The study of these new architectural programs allows us to broaden our knowledge of places of death in cities beyond cemeteries, problematizes the incidence of the funeral industry in urban culture, and situates the debate around the idea of character in buildings for death.
The object of study of this article is the tanatorio, a relatively recent funeral type of building that emerged from the growing institutionalization of undertakers during the second half of the 20th century, and from the privatization of municipal services that occurred since the 1990s. We noticed that within the framework of those processes a mutual benefit was generated: while the business was renewed with new buildings, modern architectures found an opportunity to venture into a little explored field. The study of these new architectural programs allows us to broaden our knowledge of places of death in cities beyond cemeteries, problematizes the incidence of the funeral industry in urban culture, and situates the debate around the idea of character in buildings for death.
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Atrio. Revista de Historia del Arte, ISSN-e 2659-5230, ISSN 0214-8293, Nº. 29, 2023, págs. 382-402




