El presente volumen compila una decena de trabajos que fueron presentados como ponencias en varias mesas temáticas que coordinamos en el marco de las Jornadas Interescuelas-Departamentos de Historia entre los años 2005 y 2015.En el espíritu de aquellas reuniones ya estaba presente el enfoque interdisciplinario a partir del diálogo entre historiadores y arquitectos que ya prefiguraba nuestro…
Loose-Fit Architecture: Designing Buildings for Change September/October 2017 Profile 249 Volume 87 No 5 ISBN 978 1119 152644 Guest-Edited by Alex Lifschutz The idea that a building is 'finished' or 'complete' on the day it opens its doors is hardwired into existing thinking about design, planning and construction. But this ignores the unprecedented rate of social and technological change. A…
El volumen III de la Serie EPC tiene como propósito explicitar las condiciones teóricas, metodológicas y técnicas de los primeros dos Talleres Proyectuales de la Maestría en Investigación Proyectual, FADU-UBA. El proceso pedagógico se basa en pensar alternativamente las condiciones contemporáneas del habitar, promover un posicionamiento crítico-propositivo y abonar su sentido último: …
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia calls its 8th Advanced Architecture Contest titled "Design for Living, " an opportunity for a global reflection to rethink human habitats where 126 proposals from all around the world help to shape our understanding of contemporary design and architecture. This effort offers the opportunity for a global reflection to rethink human habitats, a…
This complete guide to the evaluation, selection, and use of sustainable materials in the landscape features strategies to minimize environmental and human health impacts of conventional site construction materials as well as green materials. Providing detailed current information on construction materials for sustainable sites, the book introduces tools, techniques, ideologies and resources fo…
Este libro plantea sistemas de análisis y métodos de proyecto de la vivienda contemporánea. Se basa en datos de la realidad de España extrapolables a otros contextos con las necesarias adaptaciones. Se aborda la vivienda como encrucijada de la complejidad actual en la que convergen, a través de la arquitectura, cuestiones urbanas, sociales, tecnológicas y medioambientales. También se pla…
Leader Scott. THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS (From a photograph by Alinari.) Frontispiece See page 66. THE CATHEDRAL BUILDERS THE STORY OF A GREAT MASONIC GUILD BY LEADER SCOTT Honorary Member of the Accademia...
This working manual provides complete information on the technical aspects of designing, building, and maintaining waterwise landscapes in the Mountain West. Written particularly for professionals, including landscape designers, architects, contractors, and maintenance and irrigation specialists, it has an attractive, well-illustrated, user-friendly format that will make it useful as well to DI…
How architectural monuments survived and historical preservation was reinvented during the destructions of the twentieth century. The twentieth century was highly destructive, but from its landscapes of ruins was born a new architectural type: the cultural monument. In the wake of World War I, an international movement arose which aimed to protect architectural monuments in large numbers…
Da tempo l'esperienza è diventata una parola chiave che lega indissolubilmente la persona umana agli spazi architettonici, sottolineando gli aspetti fenomenologici dello spazio vissuto, le relazioni tra l'uomo e il suo ambiente. L'esperienza dello spazio assume centralità per un'architettura di relazioni, che conduce alla pratica della progettazione architettonica, urbana e del paesaggio come…