Heikkinen & Komonen

Interest in living off the grid, i.e. self-sufficiently without relying on public services such as the municipal water supply, electricity, or local sewage and gas systems, has come on the scene as a greener, cheaper, and more independent way of life. Homes that are off-grid generally allow for a smaller carbon footprint, and a sense of freedom and self-sufficiency. Living Off-Grid sets you free from depending on a company, either using solar panels, wind turbines, a micro water system, or a combination of these technologies. Other times, an Off-Grid system can work as an energy backup or be...

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...

Este catalogo recorre cronologicamente la obra construida desde 1959 hasta 1992 por el arquitecto Umberto Riva con despacho profesional en su ciudad natal.

Una Cátedra de Proyectos puede organizarse de múltiples maneras. Es conocida la condición impuesta por Rem Koolhaas para impartir un taller en Harvard: no tener ninguna relación con el proyecto. Interesado solamente en la investigación, era lo único que quería compartir con los alumnos. El experimento se reveló controvertido y finalmente desapareció. No es así como hemos planteado nuestra docencia. Por resumir, respetamos el viejo dictum, fundado en una sabia experiencia, de que a proyectar se aprende proyectando y reflexionando al tiempo sobre el proyecto. En nuestra Unidad Docente ...