Gonzalo Villa Chávez

Luxurious edition that reviews the history and architecture of the Mexican governmental building "Palacio Nacional" and the rich artistic and political patrimony it holds.

La arquitectura es como un cuerpo que no se entiende en sí mismo sino a través de sus interacciones, en las maneras en que es habitado. Este texto trata de establecer un punto de vista desde el cual mirar a la arquitectura haciendo prevalecer lo temporal sobre lo espacial.

This book revolves around the drawings and scale models especially selected by architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, who was conferred the degree of Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Universidad Nacional del Litoral in 2009. The personal selection done by PMdR resulted in a publishing project that included the participation of a group of academics from Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina convened so that, by means of short texts, freely elaborated their perspective on those drawings. The book is, therefore, the result of a collective work whose purpose is to think the architecture from its most common...

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