Critica de la Arquitectura Pura

Una reflexión visual. Después de unas extrañas vacaciones en las que no nos hemos podido desprender de las mascarillas, volvemos a lo nuestro… una pincelada audiovisual y dos recomendaciones. ( Lecturas recomendadas: “Un habitar más fuerte que la metrópoli ” del Consejo nocturno y “Sobre héroes y tumbas” de Ernesto Sabato.) Cuando la metrópoli dondeContinueContinue reading “Critica de la Arquitectura Pura”

Thoughts on Retail Space V

SHOPPING AS AN EVENT As already addressed in our previous articles, the act of shopping, is drifting to a more complex experience then in the previous years. Surprise effect and spontaneity seem to have become crucial to the success of retail. Something part of the new Pop-Up culture, we could say. It makes sense toContinueContinue reading “Thoughts on Retail Space V”

Thoughts on Retail Space II

DIRECTIONS FOR RETAIL The new online tools are having a big impact on the consumption habits of customers, with more visibility within the younger generations. The selling strategies are also suffering major changes, using different media channels and supports which rely more on social media then in traditional advertisement. In order to grasp the newContinueContinue reading “Thoughts on Retail Space II”

Expandability and variability versus façade demands and legal constraints at vertical residential schemes

© Chapman Taylor http://www.chapmantaylor.com Istanbul/ Madrid,  April 2020        “Strategies for optimizing the planning and rationalization of the building process characterize the architecture of the boom years” .  While in the 1960s and 1970s great attention was paid in planning to the adaptability of a building to changing user requirements, at Büyükyali we were facingContinueContinue reading “Expandability and variability versus façade demands and legal constraints at vertical residential schemes”

Coronavirus Made Visible

As the name says, public space is where the members of society move freely and can express themselves in civilized liberty. It’s a common patrimony that all of us, as citizens, use and take care of. MARKS ON THE GROUND During this new pandemic people have been globally required and, in some cases, imposed limitationsContinueContinue reading “Coronavirus Made Visible”