ARKHÉ #5

Estudios Patrimoniales despliega un estado del debate contemporáneo sobre la producción intelectual en el campo multidisciplinar de nuestro patrimonio local. Sus autores comprenden al patrimonio como un fenómeno más complejo que un tema o una disciplina. Un fenómeno relacional que acontece en casos concretos, los que necesitan de prácticas reflexivas para una discusión transversal que movilice la responsabilidad disciplinar del saber universitario. Hoy día, cuando la palabra patrimonio está raptada por el sentido común de lo políticamente correcto, desde el voluntarismo activista y ...

The shopping mall is one of the typologies most succesfully developed in the twentieth century. The work of the Mexican architural firm Grupo Arquitech has ventured into this fertile territory. Directed by Juan José Sánchez since 1987. In the space of a few years, Arquitech has designed the main malls in Mexico, perfecting a model that accurately define the limit. This is the first major documentation of their work.

Llus Domnech i Montaner is the author of such extraordinary buildings as the Palau de la Msica, the museum of zoology and the hospital of Sant Pau. This publication gathers a collection of articles that treat the same works and present-day photographic material.

Colombian architect Rogelio Salmona has translated pragmatic and poetic concepts and intentions into physical form. These result from the architect's deep communion with and understanding of the materials and processes, as well as of the historic-cultural context in which his architectural intervention takes place. Salmona's oeuvre, including such notable examples as the Torres del Parque (1967) in Bogota, the Presidential House for Illustrious Guests (1981) in Cartagena, the Quimbaya Museum (1983) in Armenia and the National Archive of the Nation (1992) in Bogota, is without doubt one of the ...