Nueva York minimalista

La arquitectura es un artificio que actúa como interfaz entre la naturaleza y el ser humano. La naturaleza genera diversas acciones ambientales que inciden de manera directa sobre la arquitectura, y esta se traduce en una envolvente que tiene que procesarlas para traducirlas en un espacio habitable (véase figura 1). Este concepto, en apariencia elemental, supone diversas operaciones complejas que permiten que el ser humano, con la sensibilidad que lo caracteriza, pueda sobrevivir en un espacio estable y confortable. Figura 1. La arquitectura como artificio frente a las acciones ambientales* ...

This volume focusses on the mosaics and geometric designs from Ecija, the ancient Roman Astigi, the capital of the Conventus Astigitanus, which is one of four conventus iuridici that made the Roman Baetica. This work is part of a much larger study centered recently on the mosaics and the geometrical compositions of the Conventus Astgitanus, whose immediate objective pursued to cover the analysis of the musivaria of the whole of Baetica.In conjunction with the mosaics catalogue, this volume presents a catalogue of geometric designs, which are results of studies of different fields that make up ...

The book examines the long, productive and stormy relationship architect Le Corbusier had with Argentina and the series of events in consequence. His Argentinean disciples Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, Juan Kurchan and Antonio Bonet, although influenced by the master architect had their own architectonic and urban ideas. The book examines the "Austral Net" created towards the productive, plural and complex relationship of these 4 personages where the central figure is the famed Swiss architect. The book is chronologically organized and includes a selection of the most important architecture...

This book has become a classic. With photographs of extraordinary quality, is a copilation of architectural art works performed over the last decade. This book presents a visual history to analyze and evaluate the work of twenty different styles to create spaces and propose solutions where daily life takes place, between tradition and modernism.