David Chipperfield Architects(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-10-27)
[EN] Established in 1807 as Venice s principal cemetery, and enlarged in 1839 when two islands were joined together, San Michele has been under continuous development for over 200 years, but its romantic exterior contrasts ...
Blat Tatay, Andrea(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-10-27)
[EN] The Office Building, designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1923, appears to be a simple prism built with just two materials: concrete and glass. In this project, and for the first time, Mies conceived a structural system ...
Cascales Barrio, Juan(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-10-27)
[EN] The collapse of public housing policies has been accompanied by an impoverished disciplinary debate that accepts without question the regulatory framework, conventional building types, linear design processes and ...
Luque Pulgar, Emilio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-10-27)
[EN] The invisibilisation of death, its medicalisation and bureaucratisation, the denial of its times and spaces in contemporary culture, hinder its cultural treatment through rituals, especially collective ones. A symptom ...
[EN] The nine architectures featured in this issue are intended to exemplify the contemporary diversity of funerary typology. From East to West, from the tomb to the cemetery, the works of architects who have confronted ...