Domestic interiors of Julio Galán Carvajal in A Coruña (1901-1911)

Abstract

During  the  first  decade  of  the  20th  century  Julio  Galán  Carvajal  is  in  A Coruña designing residential buildings in the new expanding area of the city for a   bourgeoisie   which   aims   to   be   linked   to   the   modern   european  artistic movements.  When  arranging  interior  spaces,  he  will  have  to  combine  the local building  tradition  with  the  new  principles  of  hygiene,  domesticity, privacy  and comfort demanded by society. The visión considering the building as a work of art will drive the architect into the embodying, both in the outside and the inside, an homogeneous decorative program with the most various materials.