Arquitectura biológica 1

The author describes and discusses the influence Le Corbusier in Uruguay through a series of trips, the first done by the Swiss-French architect in 1929, and the remaining ones from the three Uruguayan architects who joined the workshop of the notable architect: Carlos Gómez Gavazzo, in 1933, Justino Serralta, in 1948, and Carlos Clémot, in 1949. The study also includes aspects of Antonio Bonet Castellana's trip, who was there in 1937 and in Uruguay from 1945 to 1948, and additionally analyzes what Eladio Dieste learned from his "Le Courvoisier partners" Serralta and Clémot as well as the...

Este libro es el resultado de trabajos de investigación desarrollados en la Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Los trabajos constituyen un valioso aporte al tema tratado y un ejemplo destacado de la producción grupal que se genera en el ámbito de la FADU, como parte del proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje que se logra con el esfuerzo conjunto de docentes y alumnos. La supervisión directa y el seguimiento de la tarea realizada estuvieron en manos del Profesor Titular de Cátedra, Dr. Arq. Hernán Nottoli, quien asimismo estuvo a cargo de darle...

"This study goes beyond a formal description and esthetic analysis of house design in Mexico to offer an interpretation based on the complex network of economic, social, and cultural relations. Begins with an analysis of the indigenous home and lifestyle and continues into postrevolutionary, modern, and contemporary periods of historic transition, during which a new conception of urban space developed offering greater possibilities for individual expression. Contains many b/w plates of colonial city plans, 19th-century plans and photographs, and 20th-century photographs up to the...

Text (in Spanish) and images complement each other to create a narrative thread that offers informative insights into the architect's intellectual and visual imagination and expands our understanding of Olgiati's oeuvre.