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Noah's ark: The art of humanising the greater number

Publicated to:Revista Proyecto, Progreso, Arquitectura. 10 104-117 - 2014-01-01 10(), DOI: 10.12795/ppa.2014.i10.07

Authors: Labrador L

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Abstract

1962. Royaumont (France). Team 10's debate about large urban structures. Van Eyck presented the Noah's Ark proposal, work of his favourite student, Piet Blom, as an example which combined architecture and urbanism to confront the large scale; to humanise the greater number in the difficult task of building for the masses. Praised by some, and harshly criticised by others, the project unleashed controversy in the heart of Team 10. Alison Smithson, who minuted the meetings of the group, and one of the greatest critics of the project, omitted all passages that praised Noah's Arkfrom the publication Team 10 Primer. Blom, exasperated, destroyed the scale model and gave away the plans of the project, which would be lost years later. The present article is focused on the recovery of the Noah's Ark project and its assessment as aturning point between two cultural currents: it was the maximum exponent of the configurative thought, developed by Van Eyck in the 1950s, and announced the characteristics of an incipient architectural movement, Dutch structuralism. The article emphasises the influence of Noah's Ark as a clear departure point, inspiration or seed for the design of works of greater repercussion in the history of architecture, such as the Venice Hospital project of Le Corbusier and Jullian de la Fuente.

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Aldo van eyckConfigurationDutch structuralismPiet blomTeam xThe greater number

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Revista Proyecto, Progreso, Arquitectura, Q3 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Architecture, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-06-09:

  • Scopus: 3
  • OpenCitations: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-09:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 8 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (PALACIOS LABRADOR, LUIS) and Last Author (PALACIOS LABRADOR, LUIS).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Labrador LP.