Se ha enriquecido la vida urbana del distrito incorporando nuevos usos privados, sin renunciar a las ventajas paisajísticas de la organización moderna mediante bloques y torres.
The housing crisis of the 1960s led to the construction in the northen part of the city of Bordeaux of the Cité du Grand Parc, a large-scale urban project that addressed the growing demand for dwellings in the aftermath of World War II. Now, in the f
The endeavor to improve the typology and energy properties of obsolete buildings, whilst preserving their formal virutes, defines an altogether new way of regarding heritage.
Architecture is center, life is periphery. We associate the European city with the medieval quarters and the extensions of the 19th century, but most of the population lives in the peripheries. The political and social will to improve the everyday li
Each year, Renzo Piano puts the salary he receives as a senator for life into developing projects addressing one of the major challenges of Italy’s cities: the degrading outskirts.
With a foreword by Norman Foster, Vishaan Chakrabarti’s book shows through intuitive diagrams the advantages of the dense city in terms of land and energy use, transportation and social cohesion.
Al sur del centro de Los Ángeles viven el cuarenta por ciento de los indigentes estadounidenses. Se concentran junto a los edificios de servicios sociales, alrededor de las tiendas y en plazoletas. Según las entrevistas, muchos viven aquí por elecció
