Metodología docente del proyecto arquitectónico

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...

"Taking over the baton from their mentor and friend Eduardo Chillida, the architects Juan Carlos Sancho (San Sebastián, 1957) and Sol Madridejos (Madrid, 1958) have pursued a sensitive dialectic between matter and void that lies at the foundations of a fertile formal laboratory, one where the fold is an instrument with great potential in the attainment of structural, spatial, and material coherence. In these pages Arquitectura Viva presents a selection of four Spanish works – ranging from a small chapel to a large educational complex – in which the duo composes variations on the same...

El objeto de este trabajo es contribuir a una teoría del proyecto arquitectónico en la que la idea de tipo no se conciba como un mecanismo reproductor sino como una estructura de la forma capaz de múltiples desarrollos.

La faceta mas llamativa de la obra de Mendes da Rocha es la del dominio de la técnica estructural, no como alarde, sino como razón formativa de su arquitectura. Sus edificios se pueden leer como un artefacto que resuelve con eficacia y acierto los problemas planteados. De una manera natural, la técnica dispone lo que el pensamiento propone.