Formalismo puro

Hasta el ltimo decenio del siglo pasado, las relaciones entre diseo e historia del arte eran claras y satisfactorias: la historia del arte estudiaba los monumentos de las pocas pasadas, los clasificaba en grupos cronolgicos o geogrficos - romnico, gtico, renacimiento, barroco, con sus subdivisiones regionales - y los propona como modelos de la produccin contempornea.Lo que urge a los arquitectos y estudiantes de hoy es la reintepretacin de la arquitectura, estableciendo la relacin y el juego de influencias - econmicas, tcnicas y culturales - en el diseo y ejecucin del proyecto.

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...

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...