Espacios para la producción

¿Qué hacer hoy con la noción de límite y cómo concebir los espacios cuando la distinción entre ciudad y cambio, entre público y privado, entre interior y exterior desaparece? ¿Qué ocurre con las nociones de distancia, continuidad, densidad, diversidad, hibridez, cuando la velocidad del desplazamiento de bienes, información y personas crece tan rápidamente? ¿Cómo planificar una sociedad mas abierta en un mundo más incierto? ¿Cómo actuar por la colectividad en una sociedad cada vez más diversificada y más individualizada? “Uno de los mejores textos de síntesis sobre el...

An anthology of articles and essays on Nicaraguan art, architecture and music, by one of the nation's most noted 20th century poets and authors (1912-2002).

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.

As part of the celebration of the Symposium "Shell and Spatial Structures: New Materials and Technologies, New Designs and Innovations -- A Sustainable Approach to Architectural and Structural Design" of the International Association of Special Structures (IASS-SLTE) held October 23-31, 2008 in Acapulco, the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM developed 3 projects specifically for the occasion: 1) An exhibition of representative scale models of the "golden age" (1950-1975) of the construction of reinforced concrete shells in Mexico; 2) A documentary featuring the characteristics and evolution ...