The style is also often associated in Argentina with the californiano ("Californian"), another vernacular type of house close connected with the American Mission Revival style.[3] Mar del Plata style's features, however, are more related to the older, Mar del Plata's picturesque architecture, an eclectic style already popular among the upper-class people who used to spend summertime in this resort city between 1885 and 1945,[4] and to the American Craftsman style.[5] The precursor of the style was the Italian-born architectural engineer Alula Baldassarini, who popularized the use of stone on the frontispieces in 1925.[5] Some of this early examples were labeled chalet inglés ("English chalet"), a type of bungalow or cottage which flourished between 1925 and 1935.[6] Baldassarini also developed a cladding technique known as bastón roto ("'broken stick"), which consisted in rectangular stone bricks irregularly arranged on vertical and horizontal joints.[7]
At the beginning of the 20th century, the upward social mobility was quite more dynamic in Mar del Plata than in Buenos Aires itself, paving the road for a strong middle class, based on tourist services, the building industry and a prosperous commerce.[8] It was during this time that a new urban profile was born in the city, not by a process in which guidelines were designed by technocrats, but by a "democratic" one.[9] By the decade of 1940, the construction sector was regarded as the main industry of Mar del Plata.[10] This is the environment in which the Mar del Plata style emerged.[9]
The chalet marplatense became the materialization of the middle-class ideals, and it is at crossroads between the upper-class summer picturesque residences and the domestic scale, regarding both its social and architectural syncretism.[9] The houses also developed among the immigrants a sense of belonging to their new country.[11]
The rise of the style broke the hegemony of Buenos Aires within Argentina's architectural scene.[12]
Features
A two-story Mar del Plata style chalet, designed by Raúl Camusso
The chalets were at first the production of builders with a great experience in the building of eclectic style mansions for summer, but without the skills of a real technician.[13] Nonetheless, the first generation of architects and architectural engineers from Mar del Plata, led by young professionals like Auro Tiribelli, Alberto Córsico Piccolini, José V. Coll, Gabriel Barroso or Raúl Camusso played a key role in the consolidation of the style during the late 1930s an early 1940s.[14][15] Some sources think of architect Tiribelli as the creator of this type of house.[12][16]
The orthoquartzite is also known in Argentina as Piedra Mar del Plata (Mar del Plata stone),[18] both because its use on the houses of this style and the abundance of sandstone quarries southwest of the city.[19] The orthoquartzite has been proposed for nomination to the Global Heritage Stone Resource.[18]
There is the possibility of a subcategorization depending on the main style upon which the chalet is based. In fact, Alberto Córsico Piccolini used to characterize some of his works as normando simplificado ("simplified Norman") when the basic design of the houses displays some features of the Norman architecture at domestic scale.[20]
The style raised some criticism, mostly because the overlapping of rooms and spaces on a reduced area.[21] This characteristic, however, adds contextual value to the townscape where the chalets are homogeneously grouped, usually semi-detached.[22]
Architect and researcher Javier Sáez describes this type of house as one of "domestic ostentation" of the "home of your dreams". He goes even further by coining the phrase "domestic obscenity".[23][24] Saéz also notices, rather than a syncretism, a conflict between the bourgeoisie pretense of the facades and the obvious taylorization of the floor plans.[25]
Preservation
The neighbourhoods of La Perla, Stella Maris, Playa Grande, Punta Mogotes and Alfar have today the main concentrations of Mar del Plata style houses.[26] These seaside areas attracted many middle-class tourists, particularly La Perla, thus the chalet played the dual role of home in winter and house for rent in the summer season.[27] A survey conducted in the earlier 2020s listed more than 1300 picturesque houses only at Stella Maris and La Perla, more than 700 of them Mar del Plata style strictly speaking.[28] The oldest residences built in Sierra de los Padres, a hilly area 12 miles west of the city, are also Mar del Plata style chalets.[29] Mass tourism since the 1950s, however, put at risk the survival of the traditional picturesque architecture in Mar del Plata, including the chalet marplatense, in favour of condominiums.[30][31]
There is a municipal agency which provides tax benefits for the owners to secure the maintenance or restoration of the houses and a handbook with preservation guidelines, created by architect Lorena Marina Sánchez.[26]
The style gives a strong identity to Mar del Plata's urban environment and marks Mar del Plata's transition from a seasonal resort town into a permanent city.[32]
Gallery
Typical vault-shaped porch on front, false front gable, attached garage with dormer on top and chimney
A very similar arrangement showing signs of what Lorena Marina Sánchez describes as ataque orgánico or deterioration by mold fungi[33]
Porch propped up by a stylized wooden beam, windows with wooden lintels and roof ending in prominent eaves
Another two-story chalet with hiped roof and dormer
Arch-shaped porch with wooden double gate and a flowerbed at the facade
A Mar del Plata style chalet featuring some Norman characteristics (also known in Spanish as normando simplificado)
A refurnished chalet, until 2012 home to the Museo del Mar (Museum of the Sea). Owned by Globant company as of 2022
A Mar del Plata style house with an ample, arched porche and a white orthoquartzite facade. One of the few extant on the city's sea front still in original conditions by 2022
A full stone-covered chalet with a rectangular, long layout and "embedded" portico-style porch
A recently built 'revivalist' Mar del Plata style house in Parque Luro, in the northern outskirts of Mar del Plata
A refurnished early example of Mar del Plata style house
A "rustic" example of Mar del Plata style house
Typical arrangement of attached garage with gable above
^Harris, Juan I.; Gómez, José Carlos (1 November 1941). "Grandes concepciones y pequeños detalles". La Construcción Marplatense (in Spanish). Mar del Plata: Centro de Constructores y Anexos de Mar del Plata. 5 (59): frontpage – via Colegio de Arquitectos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
^ abAliata, Fernando (2004). Diccionario de arquitectura en la Argentina: Estilos, obras, biografías, instituciones, ciudades. Diario de Arquitectura de Clarín, p. 69. ISBN950-782-422-7(in Spanish)
^Tandil y Mar del Plata: dos historias, dos ciudades, dos tipos de patrimonio modesto, by Lorena Marina Sánchez and Fernando Cacopardo. Arquitextos, May 2012 (in Spanish)
^Harris, Juan I.; Gómez, José Carlos (1 August 1943). "Audición de LU 6 Radio Atlántica de Mar del Plata". La Construcción Marplatense (in Spanish). Mar del Plata: Centro de Constructores y Anexos de Mar del Plata. 7 (580): 21 – via Colegio de Arquitectos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
^ abCravero, Fernanda; et al. (8 July 2014). 'Piedra Mar del Plata': An Argentine orthoquartzite worthy of being considered as a 'Global Heritage Stone Resource'. Geological Society, London. ISBN9781862396852. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
^Quintas y canteras en Mar del Plata Mar del Plata.com (in Spanish)
^Patrimonio Arquitectónico Marplatense 2016-04-06 at the Wayback Machine(in Spanish)
^ abSánchez, Lorena Marina: Chaleterapia. Estructura administrativa municipal para la preservación de los chalecitos "estilo Mar del Plata"(in Spanish)
^Zuppa, Graciela (2001). Construcciones y representaciones en los nuevos escenarios de la naturaleza costera: Mar del Plata norte en sus orígenes. Londrina, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, p. 77. (in Spanish)
^Sánchez, Lorena Marina; Benítez, Analía Ester (2021). "Arquitectura doméstica y protección devota: imágenes religiosas en las fachadas de los chalets marplatenses". Revista Legado de Arquitectura y Diseño (in Spanish). 16 (29).
^"Paseo Sierra de los Padres de Mar del Plata". www.puntomardelplata.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-08-20.
^"La Perla, el barrio en el que el boom inmobiliario "demolió" la identidad". www.0223.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-02-10.
^"LA OBRA DE LOS ARQUITECTOS CÓRSICO PICCOLINI y TIRIBELLI Su aporte a la identidad barrial marplatense" (PDF). Colegio de Arquitectos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.
^Sánchez, Lorena Marina: Chaleterapia A preservation guide (in Spanish)
References
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Gómez Crespo, Raúl Arnaldo, Cova, Roberto Osvaldo (1982). Arquitectura marplatense: el pintoresquismo. Editorial del Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Historia de la Arquitectura y del Urbanismo. (in Spanish)
Haumont, Nicole (1998). L'urbain dans tous ses états: faire, vivre et dire la ville. Collection Habitat et sociétés, Harmattan. ISBN2-7384-6434-3(in French)
Sáez, Javier A. (1997). La máquina promiscua. El Estilo Mar del Plata y la formación del espacio doméstico entre 1935 y 1950. Mar del Plata, Ciudad e Historia, Chapter VII. Alianza Editorial. ISBN950-40-0155-6(in Spanish)
Sánchez, Lorena Marina: Chaleterapia A preservation guide (in Spanish)
Sánchez, Lorena Marina (2008). Patrimonio modesto en movimiento: diálogos urbanos entre historia social e arquitectura. Vitruvius magazine. (in Spanish)
January 16, 2023
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The Mar del Plata style Spanish Estilo Mar del Plata chalet Mar del Plata or chalet marplatense 1 is a vernacular architectural style very popular during the decades between 1935 and 1950 mainly in the Argentine resort city of Mar del Plata but extended to nearby coastal towns like Miramar and Necochea 2 A typical chalet marplatense Contents 1 Origins 2 Features 3 Preservation 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 Notes 7 ReferencesOrigins Edit Early example of Mar del Plata style The style is also often associated in Argentina with the californiano Californian another vernacular type of house close connected with the American Mission Revival style 3 Mar del Plata style s features however are more related to the older Mar del Plata s picturesque architecture an eclectic style already popular among the upper class people who used to spend summertime in this resort city between 1885 and 1945 4 and to the American Craftsman style 5 The precursor of the style was the Italian born architectural engineer Alula Baldassarini who popularized the use of stone on the frontispieces in 1925 5 Some of this early examples were labeled chalet ingles English chalet a type of bungalow or cottage which flourished between 1925 and 1935 6 Baldassarini also developed a cladding technique known as baston roto broken stick which consisted in rectangular stone bricks irregularly arranged on vertical and horizontal joints 7 At the beginning of the 20th century the upward social mobility was quite more dynamic in Mar del Plata than in Buenos Aires itself paving the road for a strong middle class based on tourist services the building industry and a prosperous commerce 8 It was during this time that a new urban profile was born in the city not by a process in which guidelines were designed by technocrats but by a democratic one 9 By the decade of 1940 the construction sector was regarded as the main industry of Mar del Plata 10 This is the environment in which the Mar del Plata style emerged 9 The chalet marplatense became the materialization of the middle class ideals and it is at crossroads between the upper class summer picturesque residences and the domestic scale regarding both its social and architectural syncretism 9 The houses also developed among the immigrants a sense of belonging to their new country 11 The rise of the style broke the hegemony of Buenos Aires within Argentina s architectural scene 12 Features Edit A two story Mar del Plata style chalet designed by Raul Camusso The chalets were at first the production of builders with a great experience in the building of eclectic style mansions for summer but without the skills of a real technician 13 Nonetheless the first generation of architects and architectural engineers from Mar del Plata led by young professionals like Auro Tiribelli Alberto Corsico Piccolini Jose V Coll Gabriel Barroso or Raul Camusso played a key role in the consolidation of the style during the late 1930s an early 1940s 14 15 Some sources think of architect Tiribelli as the creator of this type of house 12 16 The chalet marplatense is the translation of the main characteristics of the eclecticism to the domestic space quartzite stoned facades pantiles or monk and nun roof tiles gabled roofs dormers blind dormers attached garage usually with a gable or a dormer on top chimneys blind chimneys ornamental timber frames or log structures wooden lintels flowerbeds front gardens decorative door ironworks decorative mission style lanterns and grilles prominent eaves and stone cladded porches commonly vault shaped or portico style 17 The orthoquartzite is also known in Argentina as Piedra Mar del Plata Mar del Plata stone 18 both because its use on the houses of this style and the abundance of sandstone quarries southwest of the city 19 The orthoquartzite has been proposed for nomination to the Global Heritage Stone Resource 18 There is the possibility of a subcategorization depending on the main style upon which the chalet is based In fact Alberto Corsico Piccolini used to characterize some of his works as normando simplificado simplified Norman when the basic design of the houses displays some features of the Norman architecture at domestic scale 20 The style raised some criticism mostly because the overlapping of rooms and spaces on a reduced area 21 This characteristic however adds contextual value to the townscape where the chalets are homogeneously grouped usually semi detached 22 Architect and researcher Javier Saez describes this type of house as one of domestic ostentation of the home of your dreams He goes even further by coining the phrase domestic obscenity 23 24 Saez also notices rather than a syncretism a conflict between the bourgeoisie pretense of the facades and the obvious taylorization of the floor plans 25 Preservation EditThe neighbourhoods of La Perla Stella Maris Playa Grande Punta Mogotes and Alfar have today the main concentrations of Mar del Plata style houses 26 These seaside areas attracted many middle class tourists particularly La Perla thus the chalet played the dual role of home in winter and house for rent in the summer season 27 A survey conducted in the earlier 2020s listed more than 1300 picturesque houses only at Stella Maris and La Perla more than 700 of them Mar del Plata style strictly speaking 28 The oldest residences built in Sierra de los Padres a hilly area 12 miles west of the city are also Mar del Plata style chalets 29 Mass tourism since the 1950s however put at risk the survival of the traditional picturesque architecture in Mar del Plata including the chalet marplatense in favour of condominiums 30 31 There is a municipal agency which provides tax benefits for the owners to secure the maintenance or restoration of the houses and a handbook with preservation guidelines created by architect Lorena Marina Sanchez 26 The style gives a strong identity to Mar del Plata s urban environment and marks Mar del Plata s transition from a seasonal resort town into a permanent city 32 Gallery Edit Typical vault shaped porch on front false front gable attached garage with dormer on top and chimney A very similar arrangement showing signs of what Lorena Marina Sanchez describes as ataque organico or deterioration by mold fungi 33 Porch propped up by a stylized wooden beam windows with wooden lintels and roof ending in prominent eaves Another two story chalet with hiped roof and dormer Arch shaped porch with wooden double gate and a flowerbed at the facade A Mar del Plata style chalet featuring some Norman characteristics also known in Spanish as normando simplificado A facade resembling those of the Basque traditional houses with a two sided roof A refurnished chalet until 2012 home to the Museo del Mar Museum of the Sea Owned by Globant company as of 2022 A Mar del Plata style house with an ample arched porche and a white orthoquartzite facade One of the few extant on the city s sea front still in original conditions by 2022 A full stone covered chalet with a rectangular long layout and embedded portico style porch A recently built revivalist Mar del Plata style house in Parque Luro in the northern outskirts of Mar del Plata A refurnished early example of Mar del Plata style house A rustic example of Mar del Plata style house Typical arrangement of attached garage with gable aboveSee also Edit Housing portalEclecticism Vernacular architecture Ranch style house Mediterranean Revival Architecture Vacation rental Historic PreservationNotes Edit Harris Juan I Gomez Jose Carlos 1 November 1941 Grandes concepciones y pequenos detalles La Construccion Marplatense in Spanish Mar del Plata Centro de Constructores y Anexos de Mar del Plata 5 59 frontpage via Colegio de Arquitectos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Saez p 273 La ciudad que el Peronismo imagino Archived 2017 01 01 at the Wayback Machine by Matilde Sanchez Clarin 1 October 2005 in Spanish Crespo amp Cova p 7 a b Aliata Fernando 2004 Diccionario de arquitectura en la Argentina Estilos obras biografias instituciones ciudades Diario de Arquitectura de Clarin p 69 ISBN 950 782 422 7 in Spanish Saez p 281 Tandil y Mar del Plata dos historias dos ciudades dos tipos de patrimonio modesto by Lorena Marina Sanchez and Fernando Cacopardo Arquitextos May 2012 in Spanish Haumont p 169 a b c Haumont p 167 Harris Juan I Gomez Jose Carlos 1 August 1943 Audicion de LU 6 Radio Atlantica de Mar del Plata La Construccion Marplatense in Spanish Mar del Plata Centro de Constructores y Anexos de Mar del Plata 7 580 21 via Colegio de Arquitectos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Saez pp 285 286 a b Ramella Nino Tiribelli s obituary 5 May 2006 La Capital newspaper in Spanish Saez p 274 Patrimonio en riesgo Colegio de Arquitectos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires issue 9 October 2005 in Spanish Crespo amp Cova p 110 Arquitectura marplatense ARQA ARQA in European Spanish Archived from the original on 2016 04 24 Retrieved 2016 04 10 Saez p 294 a b Cravero Fernanda et al 8 July 2014 Piedra Mar del Plata An Argentine orthoquartzite worthy of being considered as a Global Heritage Stone Resource Geological Society London ISBN 9781862396852 Retrieved 3 April 2015 Quintas y canteras en Mar del Plata Mar del Plata com in Spanish Patrimonio Arquitectonico Marplatense Archived 2016 04 06 at the Wayback Machine in Spanish Saez p 301 Una parte en el todo ciudadano El Contextualismo La Nacion 25 April 2001 in Spanish Anales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones 1992 Issues 29 32 p 124 in Spanish Saez p 293 Saez p 295 a b Sanchez Lorena Marina Chaleterapia Estructura administrativa municipal para la preservacion de los chalecitos estilo Mar del Plata in Spanish Zuppa Graciela 2001 Construcciones y representaciones en los nuevos escenarios de la naturaleza costera Mar del Plata norte en sus origenes Londrina Universidade Estadual de Londrina p 77 in Spanish Sanchez Lorena Marina Benitez Analia Ester 2021 Arquitectura domestica y proteccion devota imagenes religiosas en las fachadas de los chalets marplatenses Revista Legado de Arquitectura y Diseno in Spanish 16 29 Paseo Sierra de los Padres de Mar del Plata www puntomardelplata com ar in Spanish Retrieved 2016 08 20 Sanchez 2008 La Perla el barrio en el que el boom inmobiliario demolio la identidad www 0223 com ar in Spanish Retrieved 2019 02 10 LA OBRA DE LOS ARQUITECTOS CoRSICO PICCOLINI y TIRIBELLI Su aporte a la identidad barrial marplatense PDF Colegio de Arquitectos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Sanchez Lorena Marina Chaleterapia A preservation guide in Spanish References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mar del Plata style Gomez Crespo Raul Arnaldo Cova Roberto Osvaldo 1982 Arquitectura marplatense el pintoresquismo Editorial del Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Historia de la Arquitectura y del Urbanismo in Spanish Haumont Nicole 1998 L urbain dans tous ses etats faire vivre et dire la ville Collection Habitat et societes Harmattan ISBN 2 7384 6434 3 in French Saez Javier A 1997 La maquina promiscua El Estilo Mar del Plata y la formacion del espacio domestico entre 1935 y 1950 Mar del Plata Ciudad e Historia Chapter VII Alianza Editorial ISBN 950 40 0155 6 in Spanish Sanchez Lorena Marina Chaleterapia A preservation guide in Spanish Sanchez Lorena Marina 2008 Patrimonio modesto en movimiento dialogos urbanos entre historia social e arquitectura Vitruvius magazine in Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mar del Plata style amp oldid 1128938869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
