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These book develops an alternative and inclusive approach-based on the hypothesis that the impact of digitalization on architectural culture is similar to the effects of the linguistic turn in philosophy- and steers clear of exclusive dichotomous approaches, without the foundational reconsideration of the discipline or its ontological conservation.

Esta compilación de textos escritos desde 1986 revela una actividad paralela a la vida profesional de Alejandro Zaera-Polo. El libro es como el registro de un francotirador, un registro de eventos con el fin de acumular experiencia para futuras misiones, ya sea academica o profesional, tratando de identificar las tendencias y evaluar los resultados, en lugar de establecer la verdad. Escrito para diferentes medios y formatos (revistas profesionales, charlas, presentaciones academicas ...), los textos son hilos juntos como parte de una experiencia biografica determinada por factores temporales y geograficas. Una textura grafica de casi 500 imagenes capta el marco temporal de estos escritos y proporcionar un fondo para disparar asociaciones.

The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia and the technology company HP have developed an international competition with the idea of "self-sufficient city." This is an invitation to reflect on how we will live in the near future in light of the social, cultural and technological changes in which we are immersed. This publication presents 107 projects among 708 finalists competing proposals. From connected metropolises, eco neighborhoods, self-sufficient buildings, Intelligent homes or any other proposal for short, medium or long term. Among the winners found the "HURBS" draft Spaniards Sergio Castillo Tello and Maria Hernandez Enriquez and "WATER FUEL" American Rychiee Espinosa and Seth Mcdowell.El Instituto de Arquitectura Avanzada de Catalunya y la empresa tecnologica HP han desarrollado un concurso internacional con la idea de ciudad autosuficiente. Se trata de una invitacion a reflexionar sobre como viviremos en un futuro proximo a la luz de los cambios sociales, culturales y tecnologicos en los que estamos inmersos. Esta publicacion presenta los proyectos de 107 finalistas entre 708 propuestas participantes. Desde metropolis conectadas, barrios ecologicos, edificios autosuficientes, casas inteligentes o cualquier otra propuesta para proyectos a corto, medio o largo plazo. Entre los ganadores encontramos el proyecto HURBS de los españoles Sergio Castillo Tello y Maria Hernandez Enriquez y WATER FUEL de los americanos Rychiee Espinosa y Seth Mcdowell.

"The secret warp is the invisible structure that architecture sustains, whatever its scale is, without subjecting it to formal constraints. It is the inner order of a complex reality that refers to a noble jobat the service of individuals. They are the subtle threads that tie architecture to a place and a time and thereby guarantee its authenticity. It is the pentagram for a very quiet music that admits variations in its interpretation.Eduardo Delgado Orusco, through his experience as an architect and as a professor, offer us in a few pages, accurate keys to approach architecture with the attentive and unprejudiced look of children and go beyond what is already known."

Beloved and contemplated by philosophers, architects, writers, and literary theorists alike, Bachelard's lyrical, landmark work examines the places in which we place our conscious and unconscious thoughts and guides us through a stream of cerebral meditations on poetry, art, and the blooming of consciousness itself. Houses and rooms; cellars and attics; drawers, chests and wardrobes; nests and shells; nooks and corners: no space is too vast or too small to be filled by our thoughts and our reveries. With an introduction by acclaimed philosopher Richard Kearney and a foreword by author Mark Z.

In recent years, Brazil has discovered vast quantities of petroleum deep within its territorial waters, inciting the construction of a series of cities along its coast and in the ocean. We could term these developments as Petropolises, or cities formed from resourceextraction. The Petropolis of Tomorrow is a design and research project, originally undertaken at Rice University that examines the relationship between resource extraction and urban development in order to extract new templates for sustainable urbanism. Organized into three sections: Archipelago Urbanism, Harvesting Urbanism, and Logistical Urbanism, which consist of theoretical, technical, and photo articles as well as design proposals, The Petropolis of Tomorrow elucidates not only a vision for water-based urbanism of the floating frontier city, it also speculates on new methodologies for integrating infrastructure, landscape, urbanism and architecture within the larger spheres of economics, politics, and culture that implicate these disciplines.

Manuel Gausa, Vicente Guallart, Willy Muller, Federico Soriano, Fernando Porras, Jose Morales, Willy Mller In the format of a selective dictionary of cross-referenced terms, Metapolis identifies a new architectural will within the contemporary social and cultural panorama. It contributes to a global vision of the emerging new architectural action that participates in advanced culture and visual art disciplines and technology. The book speaks of an architecture inscribed in the information society and influenced by the new technologies, the new economy, environmental concerns and individual interests. The diversity of authors and works is invaluable for the generational intersections in theory discourse. Featuring Manuel Gausa, Vicente Guallart, Willy Muller, Federico Soriano, Jose Morales, Fernando Porras, Iñaki Abalos y Juan Herreros, Jose Alfonso Ballesteros, Xavier Costa, Enric Ruiz-Geli, Alejandro Zaera Polo.

Introduces the basics of green building and to the related projects Employing interviews case studies more than 50 photos tables and charts this book shows why and how to start thinking about designing building and operating high performance environmentally aware LEED certified buildings on conventional budgets

Una ventana al mundo. Viajar por el mundo con ojos de arquitecto El arquitecto Harry Seidler se ha pasado más de 50 años viajando por el mundo y fotografiando extensamente los máximos logros de la a

The Generic Sublime recognizes the normative consistency across prevailing developmental forms in the age of globalization and explores how a contemporary notion of the sublime emerges out of the generic.Visionary in nature and awe-inspiring in scale, The Generic Sublime anticipates groundbreaking territorial forms of architecture, complex in their organisation and singular in their presence. Co-published with Harvard University Graduate School of Design ( Usa).

A graphic guide to 20th century ornaments. Rigourous drawings of iconic projects unveil the function of ornament as the agent for specific affects

Form follows function. There has never been a more seductive dictum in the history of architecture. In The Function of Form, internationally acclaimed architect Farshid Moussavi provides a provocative critique of the historically opposing relationship between function and form to reveal the contradiction at the heart of modernism. We need to move away from the defunition of function as utility, she argues, to align it with how function is defined in mathematics, biology or music. Form, on the other hand, should be considered not only in the way buildings are produced, but also how they perform sensorially.

"The Edifice Complex" explores the intimate and inextricable relationship between power, money and architecture in the twentieth century. How and why have presidents, prime ministers, mayors, millionaires and bishops come to share such a fascination with grand designs? From Blair to Mitterrand, from Hitler to Stalin to Saddam Hussein, architecture has become an end in itself, as well as a means to an end. This is a book of genuine timeliness, throwing new light on the motivations of the rich and powerful around the world - and on the ways they seek to affect us.

For a better orientation in the blurred panorama of contemporary architecture, it may be adequate to insist on some basic issues that continue to configure the armature of authentic architecture: matter, light, structure and emotion. These issues are essential to architecture as a poetic of construction and a technique of the inhabiting. The specific approach on which Miguel Guitart focuses is the filter understood as tension between geometry, structure, gaze and light, and whose aim is to activate the architectural space in a profound and reflective way. Filters of gaze and light may be found in many cultures and under many guises, but they are always designed for a whole array of functions and made to measure for each region and for each person.

Although rarely explored in academic literature, most inhabitants and visitors interact with an urban landscape on a day-to-day basis is on the street level. Storefronts, first floor apartments, and sidewalks are the most immediate and common experience of a city. These plinths are the ground floors that negotiate between inside and outside, the public and private spheres. The City at Eye Level qualitatively evaluates plinths by exploring specific examples from all over the world. Over twenty-five experts investigate the design, land use, and road and foot traffic in rigorously researched essays, case studies, and interviews. These pieces are supplemented by over two hundred beautiful color images and engage not only with issues in design, but also the concerns of urban communities. The editors have put together a comprehensive guide for anyone concerned with improving or building plinths, including planners, building owners, property and shop managers, designers, and architects.

The Blindspot Initiative: Design Resistance and Alternative Modes of Practice documents the professional work of twenty-one design practices that are expanding their respective fields and hybridizing traditional design outputs through the intersection of other disciplines. The expansion of architectural and design practices toward the domain of robotics, material science, film, simulation, or software, redefine the skillsets required to engage with creative output that challenges the conventions of established domains.

The Berlage Affair is an anthology of critical essays, reviews, and interviews cataloguing 20+ years of work and insight from architectural educator, Vedran Mimica

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