Moteles, de espacios de alojamiento de carretera a espacios de intimidad

Abstract

The forms of intervention and transformation of motels in America are based on the typological and historical study between 1920 - 2020. Although it is true, they were created in North America as spaces for rest and accommodation on the road, upon reaching Latin America their meaning changes and they become spaces for casual sexual encounters; breaking with the domestic and giving way to eroticism. Apart from the historical and typological areas, the social and symbolic changes of the structural elements of the architectural language of the motels, both exterior and interior, will be considered to define how societies perceive, use, ignore and judge them through time. The objective is to understand the transformation of the design, the esthetics and architectural configuration of this establishment, through a chronological study of the last century, starting from the understanding of its essence: the direct connection it has with the street and the concealment for the privacy of its users.