The subject “Vision” in Architecture teaching in Argentina

Abstract

During 1951 a series of events linked to the future of designs were developing in Argentina. Concrete art had built a tradition in which the ideas of synthesis, simplicity, beauty and truth were linked together. This approach, which was elemental in the construction of disciplines of design, at least in Argentina, fi nds its pillar in the New Vision magazine. The protagonism of this magazine has partly eclipsed the role played by university subjects such as “Vision” (which originally appeared in the University of Litoral and was later brought to the University of Buenos Aires) in the construction of a prime discourse on design in our country, which was able to articulate the language of modern architecture with modern art. The purpose of this article is to analyse the way in which the subject “Vision” set a considerable conceptual base for the future development of designs as disciplines.