Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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In the last decade of the 20th century, profound social and urban changes took place in the ports of Iquique and Pisagua, in northern Chile. This meant the advent of a new mindset which was modern, liberal and marked by ...
La historia de la conciencia del cuerpo en la arquitectura y las artes, desde los asclepeiones griegos hasta los hospitales modernos, fue consolidada por la investigación anatómica y desarrollada con mayor precisión en ...
The "Material Architectures" PhD thesis is comprised of five parts: 1- An introduction to the formulation and the objective of the PhD thesis . I.e. an interrogarion of the qualities of Matter in the configuration of Form ...
The proposed thesis forms part of the Barcelona model critical analysis frorn a perspective that considers its theoretical formulation and interprets its diffusion, and the role that architecture and tourism play in ...
The thesis shows the first monographs of Aleix Clapés and Manuel Sayrach, two important individuals of Catalonian culture, whose works were developed between 1880 and 1937; a long period which saw many importan historical ...
The thesis investigates the ideological and historical sense of an architecture based on change. Louis XIVs Palace of Versailles provides the thematic framework and serves as the object of investigation. The time frame is ...
The research deals with the historic center of Barcelona between 1979 and 2011. The period is marked by a continuity of government unique in democratic systems, which has allowed the development of almost complete ...
El origen y desarrollo de algunas de las culturas preindustriales más importantes del mundo se basó en la aplicación de estrategias sostenibles para la gestión de los recursos hidráulicos. La investigación en el siglo XX ...
Aquesta tesi explora les formes d’intervenció a l’espai urbà que relacionen l’art amb la transformació de les ciutats contemporànies. L’examen de diverses formes de creació emergents permet descobrir, a través del camp ...
This thesis presents the effects of the distance of separation from sources of Western Culture --European and Mediterranean -- in the learning process of the modern Chilean architect, and the approach toward them through ...
This thesis belongs to the field of the history of architectural theory and criticism. lt focuses on an innovative architectural analysis and design method which was first introduced in the Anglo-American tradition by the ...
A presente tese analisa a obra do arquiteto paulista Fábio Penteado sob um eixo analítico predefinido, estruturado ao redor do conceito de multidão – ente s ocial que o arquiteto frequentemente evocava ao explicar a razão ...
The present doctoral thesis on the theory of architectural design originates in the study of the written traces of design. As the first records of architectural design, lines and words encapsulate a type of thought that ...
The contemporary city, threatened by uncontrolled population growth and the rapid increase of poverty, is not the only possible scenario for future wars and ecological collapse but seems also to have become the catalyst ...
The thesis proposes an analysis of the relationship between literature and architecture at the turn of 19th to 20th century. From the verification of the importance of literature and reading in the period previous to ...
The deterioration of the living environment, urban segregation, the lack of community and local identity, homelessness and lack of living spaces or the impossibility of a collective construction of the habitat have aroused ...
The thesis makes a tour on the shakespearian theatrical creations made at the Teatre Lliure in the last thirty years (1977-2007), offering a vision of their stage poetic, and studying the interrelationships between the ...
Torres del Parque Residential Complex was designed and created by Colombian architect, Rogelio Salmona, of french descent. The complex was built in the 1960s in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. Here and then, the influence ...
The aim of this thesis is to reveal the crucial importance of geometry in the work of medieval builders and artisans, and to evaluate its symbolic significance and its capacity for spreading knowledge. In order to do so, ...
The thesis analyses the debate on the architecture of the European Modern Movement that took place in the United States during the period between the two world wars. With regard to this debate, which not only involved those ...
