Listar por tema "City planning"
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Carefully Reading the Generic City and Junkspace: From an affirmative description of urbanity to an experiential pessimism of our built environment
(School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2009)Koolhaas wrote two enssays seven years apart; The generic City (1994) and Junkspace (2001). Both these works attempt to describe the contemporary city, yet even though they share a common object of study one can notice a ... -
Mobius Geographies: A Topological Reading of the City and a New Take on Koolhaas "Atlanta" Essay
(School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2010)When Rem Koolhaas wrote his essay on Atlanta - a clear extension to his thesis developed in the “Generic City" (1995) - a shift on his stance on discourse occurred. Koolhaas’ moved away from his reapp-aisal of Modernism’s ... -
Un breve escape al urbanismo del súper-pretexto
(School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2009)Dubai, al igual que Orlando, utiliza Ia tabula rasa como ideología para urbanizar. La anterior lo hace al retar el desierto, y Ia última, aI condicionar los pantanos. Ambos emplean una infraestructura complejísima para ... -
Urbanismo y Arquitectura Local en Medellín: Los últimos 30 años
(School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2017)El gran desarrollo urbano de Medellín, Colombia, ha venido gestándose desde hace más de 50 años, aun cuando muchos consideran que el milagro del “Modelo Medellín” se produjo al final del siglo XX. La verdad es que los ...