Narrating the architecture of exile. The magazines and the architects of the Spanish Exile in Mexico

Abstract

The Spanish Republican exile, product of the Spanish Civil War, attracted some 20,000 refugees to Mexico, this migration included a large group of architects, engineers, surveyors, technicians and builders, who developed a successful career in their host country. Part of the contributions of the exile, was the publication or promotion of articles and specialized magazines in the field of architecture, engineering, construction or interior design. This work exposes the work of Spanish refugees in Mexican magazines: Architecture-Mexico, Las Españas, Science and Decoration. Who participated in these journals and what communicative function did they fulfill their writings? What themes did the exiled architects address and what did they contribute to Mexican architecture? What relationship is expressed through articles with Francoist Spain and the rest of the Spanish diaspora? To this and other topics we will try to approximate answers.