Criterios y valores de la modernidad en la obra de Enrique Seoane Ros. Edificio del Ex Ministerio de Educación del Perú. Lima, Perú. 1951 - 1959

Abstract

The arrival of the modern era in Peru occurred under a scenario that, in its beginning, developed a neocolonial architecture wanting to preserve local features very typical of Peruvian culture, this produced a late arrival of the modern movement, having a main support current called “rationalist”, between the 1940s. During the following decades, the character of Enrique Seoane Ros (ESR) became one of the main exponents of modern architecture in Peru. Among his creations is the former Ministry of Education building, which was designated as the country’s cultural heritage in 2020. The objective of this research is to value the production of the architect ESR, to recognize the formal, architectural values of modernity and urban aspects of his work in the period from 1951 to 1959, since here his modernist rise emancipates the forms, income, hierarchy and other functional strategies of his work. A graphic analysis is carried out, with the methodology proposed by Cristina Gastón and Teresa Rovira in “The Modern Project Research Guidelines” (2007), where the authors recognize that the transcendental characteristics of a building such as its architecture, spatiality, interior design and Constructive definitions are the set of aspects and considerations to be studied in a thorough analysis of the project. The research is expected to determine and identify the criteria and values of modernity, as well as understand the aspects and urban solutions in the work of ESR and the validity of modern Architecture in the city of Lima - Peru.