The first period He had his influences on the ideas of the Bauhaus In Germany and Le Corbusier in France, which O'Gorman used and regionalized to build, in 1929, what he called «Mexico's first functionalist house” This is located in the San Ángel Inn neighborhood in Mexico City and was projected for his father. The project was controversial because it separated from the architecture that was done at that time and showed that it could be done «more with less» and that it was not necessary to decorate buildings or hide their structure.
Thanks to their friendship with some figures from the Mexican artistic world, O'Gorman built several houses-studio For personalities such as the editor of Mexican Folkways Frances Toor, historian Manuel Toussaint, astronomer Luis Enrique Erro, the painter Julio Castellanos and, of course, for Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Maybe it is O'Gorman's best known project
The second period, called organic or regionalist, It was based on the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and Antoni Gaudí. Here, O'Gorman established the idea that architecture is a tool for connection between the human being and natureincluding the place where buildings move, advocating for respecting geography and history. From this time, the most important project was its «Casa-Cueva» in San Jerónimoa shelter that reminds us of prehistory and pre -Hispanic architecture.
Juan O'Gorman's most important works
Cecil O'Gorman house
This house, built in 1929, was a novel project in modern Mexico, called «Mexico's first functionalist house» He was planned as a study for his father, the engineer and painter. Two characteristic elements stand out that would be part of O'Gorman's functionalist period: the large windows with steel cancellation and the apparent concrete helical stairs.