Publication: Cuando el cemento imitó la piedra.
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Universidad Pablo de Olavide
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A principios del siglo XIX comenzó la producción industrial de cemento. Poco a poco fue mejorándose y aplicándose a nuevas construcciones buscando economía. En los Estados Unidos la producción se multiplicó y se expandió. A la par de ello aparecieron sencillas máquinas con las que podían moldearse bloques que imitaban la piedra. Esto tuvo amplio eco en las Antillas para llegar más tarde a lugares distantes como Europa, Asia y Oceanía, a lo que ayudaron diversas coyunturas políticas y sociales. Hoy se encuentran estos bloques en Sudamérica, en el Pacífico Sur, en las islas caribeñas y en muchos otros lugares. Material, propaganda y maquinaria se conjugaron para hacer triunfar un sistema constructivo en la primera mitad del siglo XX, que hoy puede considerarse patrimonio arquitectónico. En Sevilla hay al menos dos ejemplos, uno de ellos muy destacado.
By the beginning of 19th Century, industrial cement production started. Soon after it was improved and applied to new constructions seeking economy. In the United States the production multiplied and expanded. At the same time, it appeared simple machines used to mold blocks imitating stones. This had a wide echo in the Antilles and later reached distant places such as Europe, Asia and Oceania, helped by various political and social situations. Today these blocks are found in South America, South Pacific, the Caribbean Islands and in many other places. Material, advertising and machinery came together to make this construction system succeed in the first half of 20th Century. In these times it can be considered architectural heritage. In Seville there are at least two examples, one of them very prominent
By the beginning of 19th Century, industrial cement production started. Soon after it was improved and applied to new constructions seeking economy. In the United States the production multiplied and expanded. At the same time, it appeared simple machines used to mold blocks imitating stones. This had a wide echo in the Antilles and later reached distant places such as Europe, Asia and Oceania, helped by various political and social situations. Today these blocks are found in South America, South Pacific, the Caribbean Islands and in many other places. Material, advertising and machinery came together to make this construction system succeed in the first half of 20th Century. In these times it can be considered architectural heritage. In Seville there are at least two examples, one of them very prominent
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Atrio. Revista de Historia del Arte, ISSN-e 2659-5230, ISSN 0214-8293, Nº. 31, 2025, págs. 232-253






