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Published by Rene on April 28, 2009


Place for All or No Man’s Land? The Experiential Approach in the Quality of Downtown Rio de Janeiro Denise de Alcantara

Date & Time: April 30, 2009, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Location: Deutz Room, IOA Complex, UCSD Campus Campus

This work presents the results of a cognitive study of urban design in the historic center of downtown Rio de Janeiro. The work in historic Rio focuses on three case
studies within the downtown zone – Praça Quinze, a historic public square, Saara, a popular commercial district, and Lavradio, a dynamic and festive commercial and residential area. These places have been integrated into a design zone called the Cultural Corridor Project, the first major inner-city revitalization effort in Brazil. The “Cultural Corridor” concept has sparked a rehabilitation movement, revitalizing abandoned or rundown central neighborhoods in Rio. It then spread to
other cities throughout Brazil.

Denise de Alcantara, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is an Architect-Urbanist with Masters and PhD degrees in Architecture (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). She has been a Visiting Professor at the School of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and also at Bennett Institute. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies at UCSD. Alcantara has been a practicing architect in Rio for 15 years. Her design portfolio includes over 120 projects— from office buildings, stores, factories, condominium apartments and single family houses to resort hotels,
restaurants, a sports complex and a samba stadium. She also worked on the Favela-Bairo redevelopment project in Rio, and has won architectural awards, including an award for the design of the “Economist House” in Rio, and a Fellowship from the Brazilian Ministry of Education. More recently she was co-author of Observing the Quality of Place: Post Occupancy Evaluation Procedures, (in press), and a chapter on the Cultural Corridor for the 2009 book Beyond Brasilia: Contemporary Urbanism in Brazil.

Published by Rene on April 16, 2009


This lecture is in collaboration with UCSD Visual Arts Dept. and Woodbury University School of Architecture.

Wednesday April 22, 2009 7:00pm

Raumlaborberlin began working on the issues of contemporary architecture and urbanism in 1999. in various interdisciplinary working teams we investigate strategies for urban renewal. raumlabor does urban design, architectural design, build, interactive environments, research.

http://www.raumlabor.net/

Published by Rene on April 1, 2009

Canclini would be proud!!!

ill stick to being a modernist for things like this!

Published by Rene on March 31, 2009




estare en este evento el viernes.



Aesthetics vs Post-Aesthetics



In response to the pressure that globalization exerts upon our world, often resulting in homogenized environments/aesthetics, art theory there is increasingly has returned to an apolitical, universal, and transcendental definition of aesthetics that relies upon the autonomy of the object. This perspective offers a seductive appeal, for the designation of inherent value to art objects themselves; subjectivity no longer overtly negotiates its meaning and returns as the repressed other. Conversely, alternative art discourses which focus on historicizing or contextualizing aesthetic judgments in order to decode their social imperatives, seem to be rapidly loosing purchase. Architectural theory, in turn, responds to these contradictory approaches with a parallel discourse that opposes the competing aesthetic drives of ideology and autonomy. Within this narrowing critical climate of visual arts and architecture, is there a possibility to seek a third interpretive path, which negotiates through steadfast notions of beauty and style, while remaining open to differentiated, cultural and contextual aesthetic sensibilities?

The 2009 Schindler debate, “The Aesthetic vs. the Post-Aesthetic,” will explore these issues in architecture. The debate proposes to construct an open framework for discussion based upon the positions offered by two influential texts written by authors from the ‘outside’ of architecture’s disciplinary boundaries–Jurgen Habermas’s “Modernity an incomplete Project,” (1980) and Dave Hickey’s “Enter the Dragon: On the Vernacular of Beauty“ (1993). In this forum for discussion Woodbury architectural theory students will present points of view from both sides of the debate, structuring a conceptual apparatus that will allow participants to wrestle with the role and significance of the always-elusive question of aesthetics and aesthetic experience in architecture.\



Friday, April 3rd

6:00pm Friday Fix

6:30pm Schindler Debate


Schindler House

835 N. Kings Road,

West Hollywood, CA 90069

323-651-1510

Published by Rene on March 31, 2009

Ultima Conferencia del Semestre

Andrew Zago Zago Architecture

Es un placer tener a Zago en Woodbury, uno de los arquitectos que mas aprecio y admiro

Jueves 2 de Abril 7 pm
Woodbury University School of Architecture
2212 Main Street
San Diego, CA 92113
en Barrio Logan

Published by Rene on March 30, 2009

Zocalo de Tijuana

El proyecto en el que colabore con, Adriana Cuellar (CalPoly/ Harvard) Marcel Sanchez (Ibero/UCLA) Jose Parral (UC Berkely/AA Londres) Miguel Escobar (UABC/ETSAB) Daniel Carrillo (IIT) y Arturo Gonzalez – Jose Blas (alumnos de Woodbury University) , esta publicado en la pagina zocalotj.blogspot.com. Es el Proyecto Invisible 2 – Hoja Urbana. Junto con otros proyectos de muy buena calidad.

“El objetivo de dar a conocer las propuestas no seleccionadas es que salgan a la luz una variedad de visiones diversas sobre este mismo tema, toda propuestas urbano-arquitectónica lleva implícita la propia visión e interpretación del o los creadores, y el hecho de darlas a conocer es para enriquecer la reflexión de lo que debería ser un espacio urbano en Tijuana, sin intentar manifestar que son la respuesta correcta no seleccionada.”

Published by Rene on March 23, 2009

Today, and for only 200 pesos I bought this great book at Comercial Mexicana, titled “df a la mano” – a sort of illustrated guide of Mexico City with a pinch of ethnographical perspective. The book covers all kinds of things to do, buy and experience in the infamous mexican capital, from churros and hot chocolate to nightclubs, galleries, tailors, masons, computer repair, shoe repair and many other activities and places that not only make this book useful to visitors, but for the common chilango living there ,a must have A-Z of DF -the short prologue explains it well “…a guide to help make better use of the city”

As I walked in the store it caught my eye, specifically because it resembles somewhat Here is Tijuana in its cover and paper quality and it has basically the same dimensions. This 400 page guide is easy to read, the pages and illustrations are direct and elegantly designed and while it has the quality of a coffee table book , the info inside plus its compact size makes it a perfect companion while visiting this monstrous and fabulous city.

Published by Rene on March 23, 2009

Black Dog or Copy Cat?




Articulo 125 – Ley Federal Del Derecho De Autor

Los Editores de libros tendrán el derecho de autorizar o prohibir:

I. La reproducción directa o indirecta, total o parcial de sus libros, así como la explotación de los mismos

II. La importación de copias de sus libros hechas sin su autorización



Por medio de este post quiero aclarar que si participe con un proyecto en el concurso Zócalo 11 de Julio. El proyecto se hizo en conjunto con los arquitectos; Adriana Cuellar, Marcel Sánchez, Miguel Escobar, Daniel Carrillo y los alumnos de Woodbury University, Arturo González y José Blas. El proyecto NO fue seleccionado para la votación que se esta llevando acabo en estos momentos. El proyecto que esta dentro de los cinco finalista con el pseudónimo “black dog” no es nuestro y tampoco conozco a los que lo elaboraron. Ver pagina del patronato. Sin embargo las imágenes utilizadas por el participante “black dog” escaneadas del libro Aquí es Tijuana y Here is Tijuana están protegidas por derechos de autor de la casa editorial (Black Dog Publising, LTD. Londres), los co-autores Fiamma Montezemolo, Rene Peralta y Heriberto Yepez.

Es triste que no se respeten los derechos y esfuerzo de tantos años de trabajo que toma realizar una obra como la de “Aquí es Tijuana”. Las Imágenes del equipo “back dog” fueron utilizadas sin permiso y con intención de hacer uso de ellas para fines de lucro, que lastima que dentro de un concurso -que me imagino serio y justo- se autorizen presentar trabajos que violen las derechos de la obra artística y literaria presentada en Aquí es Tijuana.

Atentamente

Rene Peralta