Arquitectura

Throughout the last century reinforced concrete was often the vehicle for stressing modernity´s universalizing vocation, but it was also used to translate vernacular references. Its acceptance by the general public was, nonetheless, rarely unanimously welcomed. Generally speaking, concrete used as both a building's structural or finishing material became fetishized by architects and disliked by the general public. And nowadays, after being widespreadly used for more than a century, some questions arise: is concrete still perceived as a strange component of the built environment? or, otherwise, is it already a common presence in our everyday? is this material still embedded with such properties as to grant it the status of a privileged support for avant-garde architectural expressions, or has its use already become routine?