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Pure SpaceExpanding the Public Sphere through Public Space Transformations in…
This book may seem a simple accumulation of twenty-one public space projects in eight Latin American cities. On closer inspection, the presentation of project descriptions, photographs, and annotated drawings reflects a concern to analytically explain the operative aspects at work. The publication is not intended to serve only as a catalogue, guide, or manual on how to produce public space in s…
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Open CityRe-thinking the Post-Industrial City / Re-pensando la Ciudad Postind…
This publication inquires into the future of post-industrial cities framing and speculating on different industrial contexts: archipelagos (Eibar), fabrics (Cobo Calleja), assemblies (Detroit). Currently 55% of the world's population lives in cities, predictably reaching 70% in 2050. Cities are organisms in continuous transformation: growth, change, but also shrinking or collapse. Open City exp…
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Pure Space (Spanish Edition)Expanding the Public Sphere through Public Space …
This book may seem a simple accumulation of twenty-one public space projects in eight Latin American cities. On closer inspection, the presentation of project descriptions, photographs, and annotated drawings reflects a concern to analytically explain the operative aspects at work. The publication is not intended to serve only as a catalogue, guide, or manual on how to produce public space in s…
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Modern ArchitectureBeing the Kahn Lectures for 1930
Frank Lloyd Wright's classic account of his vision for an organic architecture—in a beautifully designed new edition Modern Architecture is a landmark text—the first book in which America's greatest architect put forth the principles of a fundamentally new, organic architecture that would reject the trappings of historical styles while avoiding the geometric abstraction of the mach…
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Intervención en patrimonio
El presente trabajo es el resultado del quehacer cotidiano y de la reflexión en el Taller de Intervención en Patrimonio, del Programa de Arquitectura de la Facultad de Ciencias del Hábitat de la Universidad de La Salle. Este trabajo, en el campo patrimonial, se ha desarrollado por más de veinte años por un compromiso de la Facultad y del Programa, frente a la necesidad de formar arquitecto…
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Las Almas de la Gente Negra
Este libro de referencia es una obra fundacional en la literatura de protesta negra. W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963) desempeñó un papel clave en el desarrollo de la estrategia y el programa que dominaron las protestas negras de principios del siglo XX en Estados Unidos. En esta colección de ensayos, publicada por primera vez en 1903, afirma elocuentemente que está por debajo de la dignidad de …
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L'Ancien hôpital de Soleure et sa pharmacie
L'ancien hôpital avec l'église du Saint-Esprit à Soleure est un exemple impressionnant d'un bâtiment hospitalier du 18e siècle. En 1788, les sœurs grises, formées en France et dans le Jura, viennent à Soleure. Grâce au dévouement des sœurs, l'unique pharmacie de l'hôpital datant de 1789 est exceptionnellement bien conservée et témoigne du fonctionnement de l'ancien hôpital. Aprè…
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- 9783037976982
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Das Alte Spital und die Spitalapotheke in Solothurn
Das Alte Spital mit der Kirche zum Heiligen Geist in Solothurn ist ein eindrückliches Beispiel eines Spitalbaus aus dem 18. Jahrhundert. 1788 kamen die in Frankreich und im Jura ausgebildeten Sœurs grises nach Solothurn. Dank dem Engagement der Schwestern ist die einzigartige Spitalapotheke von 1789 aussergewöhnlich gut erhalten und zeugt vom einstigen Spitalbetrieb. Nach drei Standortwechse…
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Models and World MakingBodies, Buildings, Black Boxes
From climate change forecasts and pandemic maps to Lego sets and Ancestry algorithms, models encompass our world and our lives. In her thought-provoking new book, Annabel Wharton begins with a definition drawn from the quantitative sciences and the philosophy of science but holds that history and critical cultural theory are essential to a fuller understanding of modeling. Considering changes i…
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The Petropolis of Tomorrow
In recent years, Brazil has discovered vast quantities of petroleum deep within its territorial waters, inciting the construction of a series of cities along its coast and in the ocean. We could term these developments as Petropolises, or cities formed from resource extraction. The Petropolis of Tomorrow is a design and research project, originally undertaken at Rice University that examines th…
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