Abstract

Access by corridor, is an architectural principle that has been used in modern resi­dential projects, whose possibilities have been developed by european criticism of the twentieth century. The corridor is a linear element that runs sequentially and fa­cilitates transitions between housing and city. The hypothesis of the article is to re­veal new possibilities explored by Bonet, by placing the corridor on the ground floor of buildings, and linking to higher order urban structures, through the analysis of four proposals of Bonet’s Spanish period: apartments “Madrid”, Salou (Tarragona) 1961; hexagonal Set, La Manga del Mar Menor (Murcia) 1963; “Babilonia” build­ing, La Manga del Mar Menor (Murcia) 1965; worker’s dwellings at Hifrensa settle­ment, L’Hospitalet de l’Infant (Tarragona) 1967. The Works studied, are part of an urban plan. The scope of the corridor beyond the limits of the buildings. In Bonet’s work no clear distinction can be seen separating architecture and urbanism

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