Arquitectura & patrimonio sostenible

A compilation of texts by Professor Julio Arroyo previously presented in different academic meetings make up the present edition centered in public spaces in contemporary cities and the architecture that is concomitant, taking as a study reference the city of Santa Fe. Public spaces are a crucial category of urban life. However, in contemporary cities inconsistencies and contradictions prevail against the ethical postulates that define them -social cohesion, democratic inclusion, free expression, symbolic representation of citizen values- and the phenomena of what is public, dissociated in...

Esta obra que habla de Santiago Tejupan, posee variados testimonios culturales de distintas épocas. Se sitúa en un valle rodeado por cerros que se consideraban sagrados y la publicación, en sí, invita al lector a conocer Tejupan e interesarse por su antiguo legado y su singular contexto

This number of the monographic series is dedicated to restoration specialist, architect and watercolor painter Villa Chávez (b. Mexico). This extensive study of Villa Chávez life and architecture is divided in 2 parts: the first reviews his academic career and his professional practice in Guadalajara and Colima. A second part reviews in detail his restoration projects, his architecture, his open space interventions and his pictorial production (watercolors and drawings). Amongst other academic contributions Villa Chávez founded the School of Architecture in the University of Colima and was ...

El título Elementos de control ambiental en la arquitectura docente. Brasil, Chile y México, corresponde al proyecto de investigación financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, dentro del Programa nacional 2007-2010 titulado: Identificación, análisis y desarrollo de los componentes medioambientales del Movimiento Moderno en la arquitectura escolar en Brasil, Chile y México. Este proyecto de investigación partía de la premisa de que las capacidades medioambientales de cualquier edificio se encuentran implícitas en su arquitectura, en la manera como se ha planificado el...