Nueva visión de San Francisco de Lima

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...

Iniciar una investigación en el campo de las disciplinas proyectuales puede ser un desafío ya que en estas no existe una tradición arraigada de investigación. Los investigadores que se han animado a hacerlo han debido enfrentar enormes retos e incertidumbres, pues las propias características de este campo dificultan la extrapolación de modelos metodológicos útiles y afincados en otras áreas del saber. Han sido caminantes que, sin brújula o mapa, trazaron un camino en un territorio no explorado. No obstante, producir conocimiento en Diseño, Arquitectura y Urbanismo es una práctica...

"Description of prehispanic quarry sites in the vicinity of Mitla where construction stone was cut and prepared. Includes discussion of technology and petrographic analysis"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

The present edition publishes part of the research papers presented during the "Seminario de Investigación Arquitectura para la Producción" organized by the university of Michoacán between 2001 and 2002 that included the participation of national and international academics. The book gathers 23 collective and individual multidisciplinary works that examine from various perspectives the history of architecture in rural areas. Works are mainly focused in the colonial territory of the ex-bishopry of Michoacán divided in 4 main topics: Space, settlements, technology and environment and...