El oro, como elemento mágico en la historia de la mitología y la cosmovisión del mundo andino, acompañó al hombre indígena en la vida y la muerte. Por sus virtudes míticas –la perfección y la inmortalidad– contribuyó a ...

Konstantine Melnikov’s work is a representative apartment in the twentieth century, where the combination between the ideas of modern space combined with the limited techniques that adapt to a crisis and scarcity ...

This analysis addresses one of the most representative works of modern single house: Villa Mairea from the nordic architect Alvar Aalto. This work is an excellent example of a modernity that seeks local roots and is not ...

This text is the result of unprecedented conversations that have grown over 2013, about the teaching of architecture in design workshop at the University of Lima. Thinking about architecture presents two basic questions: ...

En la última década se ha registrado un incremento significativo en la vivienda multifamiliar y la presente investigación intenta hallar los factores que han influido en el diseño de la vivienda multifamiliar e intenta ...

This article establishes the relevance of calling Lima a renaissance city. This, both due to the time in which it was founded, on the 16th century, and to the accordance of its layout with models that arose from architectural ...

Los procesos de transmisión de conocimiento en contextos formales son definidos en términos de enseñanza-aprendizaje, una actividad dual que involucra a los estudiantes y a los docentes, así como al ambiente donde se ...

Over all these years, Lima has been a city aspiring modernization, but the city may not forget it houses an important historic burden. Since 1991, and after several efforts, Lima´s Historic Center entered the list of World ...

Architecture adds value to historic buildings creating monuments about facts considered worthy to be remembered. What happens when something sought to be preserved is not material? Is there a criterion from an architectural ...