The elements of drawing & the lamp of life : J. Mª. Jujol desde una mirada contemporánea

The main objectives of the thesis are: to verify and confirm the fundamental role of drawing in the training of the architect, portraying Jujol as a reference as a master of this discipline. Analyze his evolution, subsequent to his nonarchitechtonical drawing, inseparable from his underlying ideology in his conception of architecture and finally, comparing him with other archirectural masters, such as Ruskin, Le Corbusier and Asplund among the modern architects and art classic artists and others such as Enric Miralles among the contemporary masters. The research would show that the Jujol method and his seemingly remarkable intimate way of acting in which architecture is mixed with disciplines such as drawing, painting, sculpture, crafts and all forms of design. Concluding that it actually presents important coincidences comparable to that of some architects of his time such as Asplund and Le Corbusier, later to Miralles and currently to Llinás. Former students and famous architects such us,Coderch de Sentmenat,Federico Correa y Oriol Bohigas, recognize Jujol as a great architect and professor assessing his great creativity and greatly influential in their training. Recognized researchers such as Carlos Flores, and renown international contemporary artists as Antonio Tapies, consider Jujol as such a great artist that he should be given the recognition he deserves. Flores sets his standard of creativity and imagination up to Picasso’s level. His architecture is a mix of artistic disciplines, with drawing as reference but combining it and making drawing as the starting point element, but together with sculpture, crafts and all the modalities of design. He could be considered a renaissance architect or an “artist and craftsman”. The thesis, which is based on drawing as a discipline, includes plenty of original and unpublished material from to "Archivo Jujol" directed by his son José Mª, and the E.T.S.A.B. library's documentary collection, work´s of the students he had during the period he taught in the university. Jujol as well as those who met them know the extraordinary importance of drawing and handcrafts in general as the best and most indispensable training tool. It gathers important testimonies, highlighting among them those of : • Recognized architects who were his students as Oriol Bohigas and Federico Correa who later became professors at Architecture School of Barcelona. • Others who have collaborated during his time as a student in his office as Joa