History of dentistry, Uruguay, facility design and construction

Abstract

Projected in several stages, the building
of the School of Dentistry was opened in
1940, fulfilling one of the wishes of the
community of dentists in Uruguay. The
construction made transparent its functional
and structural logic, used industrialized
elements and opted for abstraction
in its finishes. In addition, it practically
lacked classical elements, which denoted
once again its claim to objectivity. This,
with its inescapable aesthetic load, referred
to the world of machines, the scientific
revolution and precision, a world
to which dentistry, as a discipline, was not
alien. However, the different projects of
the building show that its designer did not
always support these ideas and toyed with
more expressive projects, alluding to other
architectural traditions.