CASAS DE BARRIO

The subject of this artist's sketchbook is an artistic and environmental project that was inaugurated by Cristina Iglesias on November 6, 2010. It concerns an underwater labyrinth, consisting of three submerged rooms built in cement, in the waters off the Espiritu Santo Island in Baja California's Candelero Bay. This house will slowly be inhabited by life. The project was promoted by the Fundación Mexicana para la Educación Ambiental A.C. (Fundea), in collaboration with the marine biologists and conservationists of the La Paz Coasts and The San Diego Oceanography Institute. This portfolio...

Puertas adentro, dentro y fuera, interior y exterior, envolvente y espacio. Existen, sin duda, pocos dialogos que se vinculen de un modo tan determinante con la identidad mas intima del hecho arquitectonico. Pareceria que todo el conflicto que supone la concepcion del espacio se resume, precisamente, en la magia que integra y divide estos hemisferios complementarios en permanente interaccion. El presente trabajo decide explorar el fenomeno de la interioridad desde la determinante investigacion espacial que supone el diseno de la vivienda. Se aleja voluntariamente del espiritu comprehensivo y...

This series was the winner of the American Institute of Architects' prestigious "Award for Excellence in International Book Publishing". Each volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projects. No other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' works. The volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings.