Los nuevos principios del urbanismo

Cuando François Ascher se entera de que tiene cáncer de riñón decide escribir una suerte de diario en el que al hilo de sus experiencias personales analiza lo que él define como hipermodernidad. Para ello elige la forma epistolar y en una quincena de emotivas cartas a sus allegados, amigos y relaciones de trabajo reflexiona sobre los rasgos más distintivos de la sociedad contemporánea: la búsqueda de autonomía de los individuos y su socialización en redes complejas, la reflexividad que se apoya en la ciencia y se aparta de las tradiciones, la mercantilización que impregna todas las ...

M. Zarate EL LUGAR URBANO COMO ESTRATEGIA DE CONOCIMIENTO PROYECTUAL EN URBANISMO.A. Magnaghi SCENARI STRATEGICI E PROGETTO LOCALE: VERSO LA BIOREGIONE URBANA. M. Carta PATRIMONIO TERRITORIALE, DESCRIZIONE STRUTTURALE, STATUTI DEL TERRITORIO, SCENARI DI TRASFORMAZIONE E PROGETTI INTEGRATI. CINQUE PUNTI CHIAVE PER UN APPROCCIO TERRITORIALISTA AL PROGETTO E AL GOVERNO DEI NUOVI PAESAGGI Territorial Heritage, Structural Description, Statutes of the Territory, Strategic Scenarios and Integrated Project. Five Key Points for an Innovative Approach to the Project and the Government of New...

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 ...

Este libro analiza el legado de esta corriente en la arquitectura neoyorquina realizada durante los primeros años del siglo XXI y muestra una cuidada selección de proyectos acompañados de un cuestionario dirigido a sus creadores, que reflejan en sus respuestas el espíritu de la arquitectura de la ciudad.

An in-depth study of Colombian architect Luis Restrepo, this collection brings together a selection of his constructions developed by between 1989 and 2007. In this innovative presentation of architectural work, each construction is thoroughly illustrated with both color photographs and reproductions of the blueprints, yielding a true glimpse of Restrepo's genius. Escaping from any classification, his works restore the essentials of architecture—space, materials, and light—and this compilation is sure to appeal to enthusiasts of both architecture and design. Exentas de artificios y...