La construcción social del paisaje

A compilation of texts by Professor Julio Arroyo previously presented in different academic meetings make up the present edition centered in public spaces in contemporary cities and the architecture that is concomitant, taking as a study reference the city of Santa Fe. Public spaces are a crucial category of urban life. However, in contemporary cities inconsistencies and contradictions prevail against the ethical postulates that define them -social cohesion, democratic inclusion, free expression, symbolic representation of citizen values- and the phenomena of what is public, dissociated in...

Describes the degree and license mechanisms for the professional practice of architecture in Peru from the first courses in the 19th century through the beginning of the 20th century, with a detailed presentation of the school formation of the architects from 1910 to 1950 in the School of Engineering of the university. The book was originally the author's masters thesis and won the prize "Héctor Velarde" during the XI Bienal Nacional de Arquitectura, organized in 2004 by CAP.

Este libro no es solo un libro sobre urbanismo o sobre arquitectura, tampoco es un libro sobre historia o poesía, no es un libro sobre viajes o literatura?, es todo esto y mucho más. Con una prosa que vaga de una idea a otra con la libertad que Kahn se otorga, nos lleva a las calles de Pompeya, pero no a una esplendorosa ciudad antigua, nos cuenta la historia de la gente común, gente que nos ha dejado legados de una vida corriente, incluso que ha tenido tiempo de dejarnos mensajes escritos en los muros de la ciudad; después nos desplaza a Oriente para contarnos cómo son las calles de Las ...

As part of the celebration of the Symposium "Shell and Spatial Structures: New Materials and Technologies, New Designs and Innovations -- A Sustainable Approach to Architectural and Structural Design" of the International Association of Special Structures (IASS-SLTE) held October 23-31, 2008 in Acapulco, the Faculty of Architecture of the UNAM developed 3 projects specifically for the occasion: 1) An exhibition of representative scale models of the "golden age" (1950-1975) of the construction of reinforced concrete shells in Mexico; 2) A documentary featuring the characteristics and evolution ...