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Brutalism is a priori the diffuse project of a generation whose quasi, fundamentalist revival of the materials of modernism and the striking, no-frills look of béton brut laid claim to more than an authentic aesthetic. Beneath the surface, discourse…
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Alison and Peter Smithson, Secondary Modern School, Hunstanton (1949-54), Alison and Peter Smithson, The Charged Void: Architecture, New York 2001; S. 56
Greenvia is a project that proposes to rethink and work on urban space as a common space of citizenship. Its aim is to encourage the transfer of social innovation processes that generate the practices associated with citizens' initiatives, to public…
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This social housing complex, between urban social housing and greenhouses with lettuce for all, is a project by French studio Tétrarc Architects, in Nantes, France. Tétrac has created 39 social housing shapes as 11 “Houses” gathered side by side,…
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Tetrarc Architectes. Fotografía por Stéphane Chalmeau
We bring the link to an article published in the "Blog of José Fariña" by José Juan Barba, on the theme of diversity and urban complexity, with an excellent foreword by José Fariña professor ETSAM, UPM.

The original article was…
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Deconstructing the Generic City. Photograph by José Juan Barba
On Tuesday April 10 as part of the programming lecture series "ESARQ Forums: Ways of Seeing" organized by the School of Architecture, ESARQ-UIC, together with the Department of Ceramics ASCER, the architect and expert on African culture Peter Rich…
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The installation Ganz Licht und frei in der Frankfurter Küche (Light and Free in the Frankfurt Kitchen), by Darya von Berner is a tribute to the architects Ernst May (1886-1970) and Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897-2000). It takes place in the Ernst…
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Ganz Licht und frei in der Frankfurter Küche. By Darya von Berner
There are many presentations of TED videos and not all interest us alike. Many of them, because moving away from our subject and others simply for its lack of interest. The video has trapped us today from start to finish, his six long minutes worth…
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Video for Congi an UK Producer. , full_html
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This video of Ballet dancers in super slow motion is stunning. If features Marina Kanno and Giacomo Bevilaqua from Staatsballett Berlin performing several jumps captured in slow motion at 1000 frames per second., full_html
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Le vent (ballet super slow motion)
These photos of an "elevator garage" were taken in 1936 Chicago by photographer John Gutmann. , full_html
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John Gutmann, New Deal and Chicago