Práctica arquitectónica I

Cuando hace cuatro años pusimos en marcha esta aventura que respondía fundamentalmente a la inquietud de conocer cómo otros estudios de arquitectura se enfrentaban a la hoja en blanco, no dedicamos mucho tiempo a pensar dónde podríamos desembocar. Ahora, con la edición de este tercer volumen de Práctica Arquitectónica / Architectural Practice, se acumulan 20 textos y 20 visiones, veinte formas de enseñar y veinte maneras de proyectar. Este número veinte consolida un referente teórico de creciente valor para estudiantes y arquitectos. Tres libros con un total de casi seiscientas...

Esta historia inconclusa se inicia en la colonia colonial. Trata del transcurrir de un edificio que nació a partir de un Concurso, y que se intentó destruir mediante otro Concurso. Muestra la evolución de las maneras de pensar la Salud Mental, y formular la Arquitectura concebida a partir de la ideología dominante. Esta es puesta en crisis. A partir de los fracasos genera nuevas propuestas, no siempre propicias. Los recursos destinados a la Salud Mental siempre fueron insuficientes. Vemos las riquezas y miserias de lo realizado, y la creatividad puesta en diversos esfuerzos. Rescatamos la ...

The Magic Box, carried out by Dominique Perrault Architecture, is more than a public sports facility. It is a whole conceptual, urbanistic and constructive manifesto through the insertion of a radically contemporary building in a sensitive environment, which has helped to regenerate the southern edge of the city of Madrid and to round off the urban banks of the Manzanares River. The book includes unpublished texts by Andreas Ruby (a didactic essay) and Hans Ulrich Ibrist (an exclusive interview). It also includes a technical dossier dedicated to the construction of the building highly...

An analysis of the subject of the identity that has characterized historically the cultural and urban-architectonic development of the towns of Latin America, the Caribbean and Mexico.

Ask Americans to think of a famous architect and the person they are most likely to name is Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright's work, his reputation, and his long and colorful career have made him an icon of modern American architecture. But despite his status as America's most celebrated architect, his influence throughout an active practice spanning the years 1896 to 1959 is so wide and complex that it has been difficult to grasp fully. The essays in this book look not at the United States, the context usually associated with Wright, but at countries around the globe. Anthony Alofsin has assembled ...