The Holistic Conception of Paris Sewers
The Sewers. Photograph by Félix Nadar (1864/1865) The rebuilding of Paris between 1850 and 1870 is a crucial moment in urban history. The attempt by Emperor Napoleón III and his […]
Category Archives: Technology
Concepts About Geometry in The Time Machine
A modern recreation of The Time Machine. From http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/00/02/42/21/time1.jpg Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was a British author, specially dedicated to the science fiction genre. He […]
The Hidden Landscape of the Cold War
Survival city’s picture. From southeasternarchitecture.blogspot.com Fort Mc’ Arthur in San Pedro, California. Picture by Myriam Mahiques After the World War II, the foreign policies of the US and the […]
The Nativity Façade of the Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia
Sagrada Familia, detail. From wikiwak.org I´ve found it nice to offer a tribute to the work of architect Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (1852-1926) for the Nativity façade of the […]
Food, Art and Architecture
Arcimboldo’s painting. http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/blogfiles/pimayasevilla/arcimboldo.jpg Although the primary function of food is nutrition and taste satisfaction through its flavors, it also has a cultural anthropological dimension, by which people choose what […]
Stories About Appropriate Technology
Straw house. http://www.villageearth.org/pages/Appropriate_Technology/images/straw_bale_house.jpg Let us briefly describe first what appropriate technology (AT) is. It is technology that has been designed with special consideration to the environmental, ethical, cultural, social and […]
Selections from Thoughts on Architecture and Urbanism 
