GATEPAC

GATEPAC (Grupo de Artistas y Técnicos Españoles Para la Arquitectura Contemporánea) was a group of young forward-looking Spanish architects who assembled during the Second Spanish Republic. The group was formed in 1930¹ and consisted of three subgroups throughout the eastern, northern, and central parts of Spain. The eastern group was called GATCPAC (Grup d’Arquitectes i Tècnics Catalans per al Progrés de l’Arquitectura Contemporània) and was the main group that was the most prominent and influential of the three. This group also carried out multiple government contracts during the Second Spanish Republic. The ideals GATEPAC sought to incorporate and bring to Spain through architecture were rationalism, modernism, urban reform, efficiency, and overall, an improvement to the quality of life for ordinary people. GATEPAC also published the magazine A.C., or Actividad Contemporánea, which remains an important document for the history of Modern Movement in Spain. The magazine ran for 25 volumes until the group dissolved many years later after its initial conception . Most, but not all GATEPAC members fought on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War. Some members died fighting in the war while others would go on into exile or disappear after the war.…

GATEPAC (Grupo de Artistas y Técnicos Españoles Para la Arquitectura Contemporánea) was a group of young forward-looking Spanish architects who assembled during the Second Spanish Republic. The group was formed in 1930 and consisted of three subgroups throughout the eastern, northern, and central parts of Spain. The eastern group was called GATCPAC (Grup d’Arquitectes i Tècnics Catalans per al Progrés de l’Arquitectura Contemporània) and was the main group that was the most prominent and influential of the three. This group also carried out multiple government contracts during the Second Spanish Republic. The ideals GATEPAC sought to incorporate and bring to Spain through architecture were rationalism, modernism, urban reform, efficiency, and overall, an improvement to the quality of life for ordinary people. GATEPAC also published the magazine A.C., or Actividad Contemporánea, which remains an important document for the history of Modern Movement in Spain. The magazine ran for 25 volumes until the group dissolved many years later after its initial conception . Most, but not all GATEPAC members fought on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War. Some members died fighting in the war while others would go on into exile or disappear after the war. GATEPAC became taboo and reference to it was often censored until the 1950s, when their works were taken up by a new generation of Spanish modern architects.

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