(b Montevideo, 1922; d 2002).
Uruguayan architect. Bayardo had a keen interest in bioclimatic architecture, which made for a sharp and austere architecture, consciously freed from traditional expression and the excessive use of ornament. His search was for “a work that is only structure,” where architecture and sculpture “define the same unit of expression.” He named his architectural principles as his “Coordinates”: Man, Site, Technique, Economy, Function, and Aesthetics.
Bayardo was a master who performed as “the architecture master to a whole generation of architects beyond architecture culture,” in Uruguay and also in Venezuela, leaving many valuable texts dedicated to the teaching of architecture. Some of his most noted projects are a series of national competitions he won in Uruguay in the 1950s and 1960s, such as Municipal Consumer’s Cooperative (Montevideo, 1951), the National Association of Civil Employees (Montevideo, 1963), and the Maldonado Municipal Intendency (Maldonado, 1962). Later recognition of his oeuvre came with his inclusion in the exhibition ...
