Recovery of modernist architecture in the Colombian Caribbean, through the rediscovery of architectural archives. The case of the domestic architecture of Miguel Farah Zakzuk

The present research aims to study the phenomenon of modernism in the Caribbean region of Colombia through architecture archives as documentation and tools of graphic representation. Considering that this territory is home to a large number of modernist works that continue to be discovered today, thanks to recent publications that have unveiled the work of authors who were instrumental in modernizing the different cities of the Caribbean through architecture, leaving a significant impact on the region. Therefore, just as the modernist lessons of Colombian and foreign masters have long been studied in major cities such as Bogotá and Medellín, the intention is to also continue this investigation into the Caribbean territory, where new authors emerge, leaving behind an important modernist architectural legacy and in some cases also a graphical heritage. In this way, a research on the architecture of Miguel Farah Zakzuk begins, who was one of the young architects of the mid-20th century responsible for generating a syncretic fusion between traditional language, tailored to the specific conditions of the Caribbean tropics, and the new emerging modern style of the time, which allowed for new ways of conceiving and constructing architecture. The rediscovery and consistent exploration of an unpublished graphic archive containing part of the professional work of the studied author, together with architectural surveys, elements of graphic representation, and oral sources, allowed the initiation of this investigative work where the design methods of architect Miguel Farah are analyzed to conceive the new architecture of the mid-20th century in Caribbean cities, maintaining the essence of the tropical spirit in his works, under the international style that was in full swing.