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El concepto de la reforma arquitectónica se ha concebido siempre como una solución para la conservación del pasado en el presente. Hoy en día podemos decir que la rehabilitación o la renovación de edificios es una manera interesante de solucionar los problemas arquitectónicos referentes a las nuevas realidades urbanas, sociales, ambientales y económicas del mundo globalizado en el que vivimos. Estamos preparados para el colapso de las ciudades debido a la carencia del espacio. El movimiento continuo de personas alrededor del mundo y la mezcla de costumbres, de tradiciones y de culturas nos conducen a una sociedad que esté intentando adaptarse a un cambio constante. Los edificios y la arquitectura deben desarrollar y seguir este constante devenir, reinventándose teniendo en cuenta los nuevos requisitos. .El objetivo de este libro es dar un ejemplo de las diversas posibilidades para restaurar arquitecturas, mostrando nuevas ideas para nuevos conceptos de espacio. Cómo un arquitecto puede modificar y reinventar las funciones, destacando la posibilidad de jugar con el espacio ya construido en busca de nuevas soluciones para nuevos usuarios.
The Places and Spaces of Fashion, 1800-2007 brings together art, design, fashion, and a much neglected concern for its spatial realities. The spaces and places of fashion have often been overlooked in the writing of fashion history and visual culture. More often than not, however, these environments mitigate, control, inform, and enhance how fashion is experienced, performed, consumed, seen, exhibited, purchased, appreciated and of course displayed. Space, as this volume attempts to illustrate, is itself a representational strategy on par with and influencing the visibility and visuality of fashion. Innovative and challenging, the essays in this volume explore various physical and conceptual...
This is a superbly illustrated showcase for some of the most creative and exciting designs and ideas for environmentally-friendly packaging. As consumers become ever more environmentally aware, the need for companies to address their green credentials is of major importance. One of the most visible ways to do this is introduce eco-friendly and/or recyclable packaging for products. "Eco Packaging Design" brings together a selection of some of the most creative, exciting, and unique design, ideas, and concepts for eco-friendly packaging from around the world.
Exploring 35 years of creative output, this richly illustrated book offers an unprecedented look into Giorgio Armani?s unique aesthetic, corporate and cultural strategies. More than any other designer, Armani best represents the global success of the ?Made in Italy? label. His impact is palpable not simply in women?s fashion and red carpet glamour, but is also inseparable from the evolution of the menswear industry. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book includes thoughtful and provocative chapters exploring: the evolution of the man?s suit; boutique culture in a global reality; the influence of Orientalism; the designer?s ambivalent relationship with the fashion press; the busin...
Situated at the crossroads of visual culture and consumerism, this essay collection examines visual merchandising as both a business and an art. It seeks to challenge that scholarly ambivalence that often celebrates the spectacle but denies the agenda of consumerism. The volume considers strategies in the imaging of selling from the mid nineteenth century to the present, in terms of the visual interaction that occurs between the commodity and the consumer and between body and space. Under the categories of Promotion, Product and Place, contributors to the volume examine the strategies in the presentation of retail goods and environments that range from print advertising to product design to store display and architecture. Visual Merchandising: The Image of Selling is located directly at the nexus of business practice and cultural myth, where the spectator never loses sight of their status as buyer and the object of desire is always still a commodity.
The Whole Building Handbook is a compendium of all the issues and strategies that architects need to understand to design and construct sustainable buildings for a sustainable society. The authors move beyond the current definition of sustainability in architecture, which tends to focus on energy-efficiency, to include guidance for architecture that promotes social cohesion, personal health, renewable energy sources, water and waste recycling systems, permaculture, energy conservation - and crucially, buildings in relation to their place. The authors offer a holistic approach to sustainable architecture and authoritative technical advice, on: * How to design and construct healthy buildings, ...
Una de las aficiones o movimiento mas popular de los últimos años es el coleccionar muñecos de vinilo de diseñadores actuales. Esta tendencia comenzó en la década de los 90 en Hong Kong, cuando los artistas Michael Lau y Eric So emplearon el vinilo para crear versiones limitadas de juguetes coleccionables dirigidos a un publico adulto. Lo que hoy conocemos como ART TOY o VINYL TOY, juguetes producidos en edición limitada, los cuales son creados por diseñadores y artistas del mundo del diseño gráfico, dibujantes de cómic e ilustradores, grafiteros
The integration of nature in architecture is a key concern of sustainability. However, all too often sustainable design is reduced to improving the energetic performance of buildings and the ornamental application of natural green. Dense + Green explores new architectural typologies that emerge from the integration of green components such as sky terraces, vertical parks and green facades, in high-density buildings. The book describes green strategies in a comparison across different design tasks and climate conditions. In-depth case studies on the most relevant building types, consistently presented with analytical drawings made exclusively for this book, are complemented by expert essays t...
"A balance of sophistication and clarity in the writing, authoritative entries, and strong cross-referencing that links archtects and structures to entries on the history and theory of the profession make this an especially useful source on a century of the world's most notable architecture. The contents feature major architects, firms, and professional issues; buildings, styles, and sites; the architecture of cities and countries; critics and historians; construction, materials, and planning topics; schools, movements, and stylistic and theoretical terms. Entries include well-selected bibliographies and illustrations."--"Reference that rocks," American Libraries, May 2005.