GATEPAC (Grupo de Artistas y Técnicos Españoles Para la Arquitectura Contemporánea) was a group of architects assembled during the
Second Spanish Republic
The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of democratic government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931 after the deposition of Alfonso XIII, King Alfonso XIII. ...
. Its most important members were:
Josep Lluís Sert,
Antoni Bonet Castellana,
Josep Torres Clavé,
José Manuel Aizpurúa,
Fernando García Mercadal and
Sixte Illescas.
The group was formed in the 1930s as a Spanish branch of
C.I.A.M. The Eastern (Catalan) and founding section of the group, called
GATCPAC (Grup d'Arquitectes i Tècnics Catalans per al Progrés de l'Arquitectura Contemporània) was much more successful than the Central or Northern sections, and carried out government contracts during the Second Republic. GATCPAC also published the magazine ''A.C.'', or ''Actividad Contemporánea'', which remains an important document for the history of Modern Movement in Spain.
Most, but not all GATEPAC members fought on the Republican side during the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
. Torres Clavé was killed in action.
Josep Lluís Sert went into exile in the United States, where he would teach at the
Harvard Graduate School of Design. Antoni Bonet established himself in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Having been associated with the Second Republic, GATEPAC was taboo in
Francoist Spain and reference to it was often censored until the 1950s, when their works were taken up by a new generation of Spanish modern architects like the Catalan
Oriol Bohigas.
External links
«La arquitectura contemporánea en España» ''Cahiers d'Art'', 1931, n.º 3, págs. 157-164 (in Spanish)
In Artehistoria.
«''A.C.'' La revista del GATEPAC (1931-1937) en el Museo Reina Sofía» ''Revista de Arte Logopress''
* Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
«''A.C.'' La revista del GATEPAC» Pamphlet from an exhibition 29 October 2008 – 5 January 2009
* «
ttp://arxiudigital.ateneubcn.org/items/show/691 El GATCPAC (Grup d'Arquitectes i Tècnics per al Progrés de l'Arquitectura Contemporània) : de l'arquitectura a la revolució� (audio). ''l'Arxiu de la Paraula''.
Ateneu Barcelonès, 2014.
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