ArquiMática

Este texto está dirigido a estudiantes de Diseño y Arquitectura, y de básica secundaria. Su propósito es mostrar las aplicaciones de la proporción en la escala y el diseño de escaleras y rampas, la aplicación de las funciones trigonométricas en las coordenadas solares ( rumbo y acimut) y, finalmente, algunas aplicaciones de los vectores y la operación suma. La mayoria de las aplicaciones presentadas en el libro están relacionadas con situaciones de la vida cotidiana, las cuales permiten establecer conexiones entre los temas y el mundo real.

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...

This series is the best reference available for information on today's leading architects, and presents their work in an affordable and thoroughly illustrated format. Each book begins with an overview of the architect's style and accomplishments written by a leading architecture critic. Then, approximately twenty noteworthy works and projects are discussed by the architect and presented in detail with site plans, drawings, and black-and-white photographs.

For the first time ever a monograph dedicated to the temporary projects and personal designs created by world-renowned architect Enric Miralles.A quick perusal of the pages makes it patently clear that for Miralles the word temporary could never be synonymous with minor. From the design of the pergolas in the Olympic Village in Barcelona to the changing sets of an Opera that premiered in his own studio each work is a celebration of space, time and movement. 16 projects are featured.