Castillos de Arena en Hormigón

Desarrollo de los frentes costeros como laboratorio de atracción turística.

El turismo es un fenómeno extensamente palpable en Puerto Rico. Sus implicaciones arquitectónicas, territoriales y culturales han transformado la manera en que se percibe, se vende y se desarrolla la ciudad. El interés de atender y atraer las necesidades de los turistas, ya sean locales o extranjeros han llevado a una apropiación extensa del litoral costero de la isla.

Estos desarrollos cercanos a la zona maritimoterrestre han ocasionado grandes erosiones en las playas donde cada vez es mas latente el hormigón que la naturaleza misma.

¿Es posible [re]pensar nuevas estrategias territoriales para atender las necesidades y el interés turístico en las zonas costeras?

Cotton Head City: [Re]interpreting Space for the Elderly

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Loop City by BIG

Transformation of Modernity by Raquel Franklin,DSc

“Mexican Modernity” as described byRaquel Franklin, DSc in TRANSFORMATIONS OF MODERNITY: THE MEXICAN CASE

In 1949, the “Multifamiliar Miguel Alemán”, the first housing unit built in Mexico City by architect Mario Pani, introduced the multi-family high-rise building system, standing in a super-block in an arrangement containing housing, commercial, sporting and recreational facilities. The buildings, as in Moisei Ginzburg’s Narkomfin, or Le Corbusier’s Marseilles “Unité de Habitation”, were organized in a two-in-three scheme, where each two apartments occupied three floors.

Literature vs Traffic: Street Art by Luzinterruptus

Literature won the battle again against New York traffic during the early hours on the 17th February under Brooklyn Bridge in Water St. in the gentrified Dumbo district which was free of cars then.

Luzinterruptus had to  change their original project in which they wanted to set up 2,000 books in a main avenue in Manhattan. But it was not possible as they didn´t find help with the licences and funding. In the end with 800 books and their corresponding lights they achieved a fabulous installation the way they like them to be – self-managed and aided by friends.

Street Art by Mark Jenkins

Mark Jenkins is an American Artist that is known for his awsome street installations. His work has been featured in various publications including Time, The Washington Post, Reuters and many others. Exhibiting his work in many galleries in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Brazil Mark has taped his way up as a recognized street artist.

Experience Archigram as a LEGO Man

It seems Archigram has taken over the minds of LEGO users all around the world. Have you ever wished you could be a little yellow head man so you could build your own city or block house? Well, Dave DeGobbi’s “Crawler Town” not only shows the extremes the creative mind can go, but it also makes us envy the little guys even more. I bet Dave has no idea that in his conception of “Crawler Town”, he is actually re-living a 1960′s posture of a new kind of town proposed by Archigram.                                                                            .

Archigram was founded in 1961. Their pop-inspired ideas of mobility – walking cities in particular – and radical urban design have inspired many contemporary architects and continue to inspire futuristic designs today. For Archigram, mobility was important and omnipresent, even for the urban landscape that became a “Walking City”. Buildings can form new clusters anywhere to deal with the changing demands of a city. Yesterday’s offices could change into tomorrow’s museums and kindergardens.

“Pole Dancing”@ PS1 New York

The P.S.1 installation competition seems to be an increasingly popular, creative, and fun way for architects / designers to express themselves simply for architecture’s sake – while creating an interesting space to be used, seemingly, as a kind of rallying point for architecture and design related events in NYC. With a new year comes a new installation, adding to a growing list of impressive work by up-and-coming designers.