Urbanismo Pop (1956-1967): el "movimiento" en la concepción urbana de la posguerra europea

Abstract

This research work analyzes some urban conceptualizations and design strategies developed by the disciplinary 'vanguard' movement of postwar Europe in the 'pop' era (1956-1967), from the standpoint of the playful implications of 'movement'. The major disciplinary operators at play are defined as: Team X, the Independent Group, the Situationist International, Yona Friedman, Cedric Price and the ARCHIGRAM group. This paper innovatively proposes to examine specific pieces of work under the light of the act of `moving´, understood as playing, as the inspiration for a new urban imagery and as an authentic generator of the city project serving the emergence of the new free man (pop-homo ludens). The script is constructed in the form of a collage, addressing the production of multiple sources taken from the pop era (events, projects and items), through a systemic and relational methodological lens. The proposed (re)reading of this historical period delves into the historiography of urbanism and contributes to the understanding of its conceptual development, from modern functionalist urbanism towards a contemporary urban approach that acknowledges the lively, complex, "delusional, congested and chaotic" city.