| Abstrakt: |
Throughout history, the coasts have been an important source of wealth as well as strategic points for defending the territory. From the 1950s onwards, a vast number of buildings began to appear on the Spanish coasts, colonizing the surroundings and turning them into an enormous tourist space. Although a significant proportion of this construction is of appalling architectural quality, forming part of a chaotic urban development process which destroyed natural ecosystems, some alternative models also emerged, seeking a different kind of relationship with the environment. Fernando Higueras, who, together with his friend César Manrique proposed a distinctive approach to the island of Lanzarote, is an outstanding figure in this respect. Blending into and respecting the habitats in which they were planned, his proposals responded to the demands for new tourist accommodations by drawing on the traditions of local vernacular architecture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
