Ciudad Memoria y Paisaje

A study by the founder of the Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad del Bío-Bío. The first part is a history from pre-Columbian times to 1973, omitting the long colonial period. The second part considers the evolution of urbanism in Chile and includes a chronology of national and international architectural events and several annexes.

The book is a thorough analysis of the architectonic and urban development of the city of Oaxaca from the last decades of the colonial period to the early 20th century. The author presents a novel revision of the city during the Porfirio Diaz regime, concluding that Oaxaca was the natural historic consequence of previous periods. Enclosed booklet is a graphic appendix.

Ya no podemos conformarnos con enriquecer siempre las mismas críticas y diagnósticos, con estar al tanto de los temas de moda e incorporarlos a medias, con acostumbrarnos a entregar a los ciudadanos un deficiente producto lleno de justificaciones, sin diseñarles las nuevas herramientas de respuesta urbana. Considero que se ha perdido ya mucho tiempo, energía, y acumulado una gran experiencia, para sólo dar vueltas y vueltas sobre una misma baldosa. Cansado de estas reiteradas y poco útiles variantes de "un poco más de lo mismo", quiero invitarlos a recorrer un nuevo espacio...

The recent boom of Chilean architecture of international and national recognition has been widely documented and promoted in mass publications, books and specialized journals. This book is a collaboration project between different architects that contribute to this process with critical texts of the historic contexts and problems faced by the urban-architectural practice in Chile, highlighting how the political-cultural events of the last 3 decades has influenced local construction. With texts by Jorge Fco. Liernur, Fernando Pérez, Federico Deambrosis and Pedro Bannen, and a prologue by...