National School of Arts (Escuelas Nacionales de Arte) complex

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The National School of Arts (Escuelas Nacionales de Arte) complex is a renowned group of avant-garde art school buildings in Havana, Cuba, celebrated for its innovative mid-20th-century architecture and role in arts education.

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instanceOf architectural ensemble
art school complex
modernist architectural work
architect Ricardo Porro NERFINISHED
Roberto Gottardi NERFINISHED
Vittorio Garatti NERFINISHED
architectOfPart Ricardo Porro designed School of Modern Dance NERFINISHED
Ricardo Porro designed School of Plastic Arts NERFINISHED
Roberto Gottardi designed School of Dramatic Arts NERFINISHED
Vittorio Garatti designed School of Ballet NERFINISHED
Vittorio Garatti designed School of Music NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Cuban modernism
expressionist architecture
organic architecture
campusType open-air campus
commissionedBy Che Guevara NERFINISHED
Fidel Castro NERFINISHED
constructionStart 1961
country Cuba
hasPart School of Ballet
School of Dramatic Arts NERFINISHED
School of Modern Dance NERFINISHED
School of Music NERFINISHED
School of Plastic Arts NERFINISHED
heritageConcern partially unfinished
subject to deterioration
heritageStatus listed on World Monuments Watch
inception early 1960s
influencedBy Cuban revolutionary ideals
local Caribbean landscape
locatedIn Cubanacán NERFINISHED
Havana, Cuba
surface form: Havana

Havana Province NERFINISHED
Playa municipality NERFINISHED
locatedOn grounds of former Havana Country Club golf course
materialUsed brick
local ceramic tile
terracotta tile
period mid-20th century
purpose arts education
training of artists
roofFeature series of domes and vaults
significance icon of post-revolutionary Cuban architecture
major work of 20th-century Latin American architecture
renowned for avant-garde design
structuralSystem catalan vaults
thin-tile vaulting
usedFor performing arts education
visual arts education

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Playa municipality contains National School of Arts (Escuelas Nacionales de Arte) complex