Diseño arquitectónico

Revealing the pleasure of contemplation, a well-known aesthetic professor journeys to the four corners of the earth, admiring the arts, architecture, and the people.

The book analyses a selection of 10 houses and 14 buildings constructed in Costa Rica from 2000 to 2005 and that represent the current urban San Jose's growth trends. The domestic architecture reflects a higher purchasing power with an appreciation oh natural surroundings, the office and industrial buildings are aimed some at rescuing the historic downtown area while others were constructed in the suburban area of the city. Includes biographies of mentioned architects.

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.

El terreno es el resultado de la labor de recopilacion y sintesis a partir de la experiencia docente de la autora en las asignaturas de Mecanica del Suelo y Cimentaciones, Geotecnia basica en Arquitectura, Fonamentacions Profundes y El terreny, impartidas a lo largo de los ultimos 19 anos. En esencia, comprende los fundamentos de la mecanica del suelo aplicables a la practica de proyectos y a la direccion de obras en el ambito de la arquitectura. Se distribuye en 11 diferentes temas. Los tres primeros son de presentacion, nomenclatura de los suelos y sus principales caracteristicas,...