Libros

HERSUS project Intellectual Output 3, titled “Statements for Teaching through Design for Sustainability of the Built Environment and Heritage Awareness” presents a strategy containing (1) necessary qualifications that an architect has to obtain in order to be competent for architectural and urban design, as well as (2) up-to-date qualification that architectural educator needs to obtain in order to advance teaching about the sustainability of the built environment and heritage awareness. Having in mind that the development of IO1 and IO2, as well as, HERSUS Webinar have posed different challenges for all HERSUS researchers, the IO3 aims at reaching a consensus among the HERSUS consortium on concepts and fields of action relevant to sustainability and heritage. In this sense, the initially defined fields are reviewed and hence, the IO3 enables a consensus established through a multi-geographical and multicultural perspective across Europe.

The idea for IO3 arose from the need to bring together teaching staff and experts in disciplines of the built environment to formulate the new unique students’ profiles. Statements for teaching bring the innovative element through the implementation of interdisciplinary teaching based on learning by design methodology. Upon completion of the IO3 publication, the HERSUS target groups (students/teachers/trainers/tutors) could use this book to gain a clearer picture of specific training and teaching activities that can enable the alignment of the needs of the practice and teaching of the sustainability of the urban and architectural heritage.

IO2: Questionnaire for the State of Art forms the second deliverable of the first phase of the HERSUS project, whereby analytical, process and problem-based research is carried out in order examine the state of the art in the field of urban and architectural design education, in line with the concepts of sustainability and heritage.

Intellectual Output 2: Questionnaire for the State of Art is the product of a survey design, dissemination and analysis strategy, managed by the AUTH HERSUS team and undertaken by all HERSUS participating institutions. The survey consisted of a two-pronged approach focusing on two target groups, experts and students, residing in the Hersus respective countries, aiming at creating an argumentative and critically analyzed report on the state of learning of sustainability and heritage in the field of the urban and architectural design of higher education.

The purpose of IO2 is to support the participating Architectural Schools in establishing high-quality standards connected to teaching in the field of sustainability of the built heritage, through cross-cultural communication and problem solving at an international context.

The process allows the results of IO1 and IO2 to serve as a basis for creation of Statements for teaching through design for Sustainability of the Built Environment and Heritage Awareness (IO3), all with the aim of creating a professional profile of a designer for the sustainability of built environment and heritage. Furthermore, all these intellectual outputs should result as a basis for future research in the subject area and as a value framework and an occasion for other European schools of architectural and urban design to engage in action for thematic innovation of study programs.

The “Review: Best practices in educating sustainability and heritage” presents data collection from each of the participating schools of Architecture, as well as from other relevant associated organisations. The purpose of this Review is to support the participating Architectural Schools in establishing high-quality standards in the terms of sustainability of the built heritage, through cross-cultural communication and solving problems in an international environment. The development of the Review should encourage (1) teaching possibilities on the sustainability of the built environment and (2) teaching possibilities on heritage awareness.

The applied approach balanced between different geographies, cultures, and scales is providing new insight into the complexity of the definition of heritage in the contemporary context, testifying that heritage transposes from an urban artifact to the urban landscape. It confirms the increasing complexity of thinking about urban and architectural heritage, representing a growing challenge for both researchers and educators to implement such topics in curricula.

This publication presents the results of the first four months of the project, and is structured in three main parts:

• Built Architectural and Urban projects (20 projects, four from each of the five partner organizations)
• Pedagogical and Educational Models (20 courses, four from each of the five partner organizations)
• Influence of National Policies on the Sustainability of Heritage (one report per each partner organization

The prepared publication’s quality was contributed by architectural offices and individuals from five different countries, public bodies, and students whose works were used to illustrate the specific course methodologies.

Sinuosidades de un itinerario nunca interrumpido

Con este libro la Universidad de Sevilla rinde homenaje al legado académico investigador de Víctor Pérez Escolano, Catedrático de Historia, Teoría y Composición Arquitectónicas de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura. Premio FAMA de nuestra universidad, esta publicación recorre en 11 capítulos temáticos el excepcional itinerario recorrido por Víctor Pérez Escolano, que reivindica a cada paso la misión investigadora del arquitecto, su compromiso con la docencia y una decidida vocación pública.

Su trayectoria ha abierto caminos poco transitados por la investigación arquitectónica y es en la actualidad referencia obligada de la historia de la arquitectura. Esta publicación aúna las voces de instituciones a nivel nacional e internacional y el reconocimiento de aquellos que hemos tenido la fortuna de aprender, investigar y trabajar con él.

El litoral turístico como sistema de diferencias. La Costa del Sol

Estudia en toda su complejidad la Costa del Sol, conurbación urbana de más de 100 kilómetros de longitud cuya extensión y transformación acelerada en poco más de medio siglo hace necesario un análisis actualizado. “Costa-grafías” propone trascender el entendimiento de este territorio litoral como una unidad turística homogénea; a partir de un micro-análisis de la costa supera su aproximación topológica, presentando desde la especificidad de cada uno de sus tramos la diversidad como valor.

La metodología utilizada combina el análisis histórico y crítico con un trabajo intenso de campo y con la elaboración de cartografías y diagramas que recogen gráficamente la diagnosis de la costa.

New York City: Guastavino Co. y la reinvención del espacio público de la metrópolis estadounidense

La contribución de la Compañía Guastavino en la historia de la arquitectura estadounidense no se limita a la voluntad de modernización del objeto arquitectónico sino que sus interiores trascienden a la dimensión urbana. La obra guastaviniana refleja así el compromiso academicista con el carácter urbano que la arquitectura debe asumir en la nueva ciudad Estadounidense. La cultura americana eminentemente rural en sus orígenes es empujada por la industrialización en el siglo XIX a una concepción urbana de sus sistemas productivos. La transformación de las meras aglomeraciones en ciudades acontece a principios del siglo XX, acompañado del compromiso urbano de los academicistas y de los ideales de la City Beautiful. Las aspiraciones puramente funcionales y especulativas de su trama en constante regeneración, dejan paso a una arquitectura estable y representativa, capaz de acoger los nuevos usos demandados por la ciudad capital.

La construcción de las nuevas infraestructuras, equipamientos culturales y corporativos, docentes y religiosos, e incluso aquella arquitectura que recoge las demandas higienistas, simbólicas o de ocio de la sociedad moderna, hace posible la introducción del espacio público en la retícula funcional heredada; la ciudad penetra en la arquitectura y se queda en su interior. La Compañía Guastavino suple la inexistencia de espacio público en la nueva metrópolis Estadounidense de principios de siglo XX excavando auténticos espacios urbanos en el interior de los edificios.