El patrimonio cultural de las ciudades de América Latina está intrínsecamente ligado al desarrollo histórico de la época colonial. Si reconocemos el origen etimológico de patrimonium como una herencia que hemos recibido, nos corresponde ahora conservarlo y gestionarlo para transmitir el legado a las futuras generaciones.Por este motivo, establecer una red de haciendas coloniales en el ter…
Landshape è una riflessione sul tema dello spazio a grande scala, della sua forma, o delle forme che lo popolano, che nel corso degli ultimi anni sono diventate anche campo di azioni progettuali innovative. Queste strategie, che trovano il loro cardine nel riconoscimento dei valori naturalistici, patrimoniali, culturali, ecologici, storici e identitari del territorio, tentano di operare una si…
El libro La ciudad o-culta: la marginalidad urbana como reto en el ordenamiento territorial de la ciudad señorial de Popayán, Colombia, se destaca por ser un ejercicio con vocación de impacto en la realidad, así como por la aplicación de sus conclusiones en el ámbito normativo y de políticas públicas de escala municipal. Muestra la complejidad del centro histórico o ciudad patrimonial …
Spatial analysis on the basis of material culture has always been one of the major topics in archaeological research. Designating Place analyses the urban space of Roman Ostia and Pompeii in different ways, namely via geophysical analysis, spatial analysis, iconographic analysis and epigraphic analysis. This book honors the work of Hanna Stöger, the Leiden scholar who died in 2018. Hanna's w…
Filling an important gap in design history, Another Modernism examines how domestic space was conceived by the US home economics movement in the first half of the 20th century. In doing so, it tells the story of how home economists-mainly women-developed design that challenged the traditional architecture of American farm communities and countered the approach of modernist architects. Uncoverin…
In this collection of original essays, twenty-five leading scholars reconsider the long history of proportional systems across numerous periods and places, and from diverse methodological approaches including archival exploration, advanced laser scanning, and more. Prior to the advent of modern structural engineering, architects and builders used proportional systems to imbue their works with a…