Yoko Osha Leri Oriaté

Las voces de la pantalla son las que se hacen oír desde el punto en que se mira. Sentados en la sala de cine o ante la pequeña pantalla del televisor, o ante la del ordenador, las voces marcan el tiempo de la contemplación. Voz y mirada se acoplan en la pantalla, se suplementan, se suman para crear la escena, para agregarle un plus de veracidad. Parece haber una ambición de infinito en el ser parlante, al modo de Borges en El aleph, que anhela ver el punto de donde parten todos los sentidos, todos los puntos de vista. En lo que hace a este anhelo, la voz proporciona al menos, un punto de...

A study of Bogota viewed as a museum (outside of the traditional museum). This work offers a critical look at modern city through a series of tours through downtown Bogotá, specifically on Seventh Avenue between Calles 11 and 16 that was transformed from Bogotazo through an urban renewal project. It turned the area into a paradigm of what should be a modern Bogotá. The book discusses the aesthetic character of its architecture, the connections between traditional museums, and reaffirmed the principles of order and functionality of the modern movement and led to rules that have sought...

La lectura d'un llibre és, d'alguna manera, una forma de passeig. En aquest, partim de tres textos a partir dels quals podem fer incursions per territoris limítrofes a l'arquitectura. És, doncs, un passeig intel·lectual, ja que compta amb una mirada especialment atenta, com és la mirada d'un arquitecte. Carlos Martí ens presenta fragments de Manuel Chaves, Agustina Bessa-Luís i John Berger que tenen una cosa en comú: l'ingredient autoreflexiu. La seva lectura aporta claus útils als professionals de l'arquitectura.

How much importance do we give to the settings in which we live, sleep and relax when we go travelling? Nowadays travel usually means spending time in hotels, and these establishments have set about specializing in order to satisfy the varied needs of their guests. In this book we have sought to open a window on today's highly innovative hotels by showcasing some particularly attractive examples from all over the world. All the hotels that we have gathered together are united by a quest for up-to-date design aimed at providing a welcome for business travelers or tourists.