Una ciudad histórica frente a los retos del urbanismo moderno

Este livro revela que o design encontra-se pautado pelo binômio estética-funcionalidade. Revela que, independentemente do tamanho das divisões, os conceitos reinantes são o equilíbrio e a harmonia.

Organized chronologically, the aerial photographs that make up this extraordinary collection chart the development of the capital of Colombia over a period of 50 years, from 1935 to 1985. The explosive growth of the city, both formally and informally, transformed it from a provincial town of only 300,000 to the hypnotic megacity it became by the end of the century, when its population had reached seven million. With a focus on the urban and architectural transformations, this collection of photos serves as visual testimony that progress can come with costs as well as benefits. Organizadas...

De la ciudad utópica del Renacimiento a los problemas de la ciudad postindustrial, de la idea de “ciudad barroca” al Milán de nuestros días, de Alberti a Marx, Cesare de Seta aborda en el presente libro algunos de los hitos que han marcado el desarrollo de la ciudad europea desde el siglo XV hasta nuestros días. Más allá de los planteamientos habituales en las historias del urbanismo, su estudio se concibe desde una perspectiva más amplia, en la que tienen cabida aspectos tales como la ideología, la imagen de la ciudad o el concepto de territorio.

1st number of the series printed 10 years ago of an anthology of selected articles written in 1997 and 1998 by members of the Master's degree academic staff. The texts are research works on the different aspects related with the conservation of the cultural heritage, particularly with the urban architectural patrimony.