Shared Structures, Private Space: Housing in Mexico - Couverture souple

Canales, Fernanda

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1945150882 ISBN 13 : 9781945150883

Editeur : Actar Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

A case study that analyzes the relationship between ideas and houses, this book focuses on 100 years of housing projects in Mexico: from the space that lies between bedrooms to that of streets and of society itself; from the space that first appears as a graphic representation to its ultimate role in defining our cities.
This book questions the common tools used to conceive and represent housing projects. It attempts to collate the discourses of different authors in order to trace the meaning of privacy within shared structures. The global phenomenon of massive urbanization that originated in Latin America manifested itself in Mexico at an unseen scale and has since been a testing ground for novel housing and urban solutions. The geographic, social, and economic diversity of Mexico constitute a prime example of the challenges inherent to meeting individual needs in an increasingly crowded world. The drawings and essays comprise new ways of looking at theories and buildings in order to redefine the connection between housing and the city.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Fernanda Canales founded her practice in 2002 committed to architecture, urban design and research. She holds a PhD degree cum laude in Architecture (ETSAM, Madrid), her Bachelor degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana, México City and her MA at the ETSAB (Barcelona). She received the Career Award and Best Young Architect in Mexico (CAM) and was awarded fellowships by the National System of Creators and the Young Creator. Other recognitions include: ArchDaily Building of the Year, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture Award, Concrete WAN Awards and IIDA Design Award. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the world. She is author of books such as Vivienda Colectiva en México (Gustavo Gili, 2017), Architecture in Mexico 1900-2010 (Arquine, 2013), Central de Arquitectura (Arquine, 2009), and coauthor of Arquitectos del Siglo XX en México (Arquine, 2017, 2011) and O´Neil Ford Duograph 4: Mexico (The University of Texas at Austin, 2012). She has been a professor of theory and urban design at the Universidad Iberoamericana and UNAM as well as a visiting critic and invited professor abroad.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Actar Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1945150882
• ISBN 13: 9781945150883
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible