This paper addresses socio-ecological, community-led resilience as the ability of urban system to progress and adapt. is based on socio-cultural, self-organized case study CanFugarolas in Mataró (Barcelona), for recovery a derelict industrial building given lack attention emerging from grassroots. Facing rigidities (stagnation) observed under provisions regeneration policies (regulatory realm), evidenced proliferation voids (infrastructural arena), social subsystem stands enabler...

When dealing with the existing stock of buildings, energy strategies usually focus on improvement their performance by means technical upgrading. However, taking architecture as a resource helps raising another question: to what extent embodied in already built structures could be key factor develop sustainable based an adaptive reuse and subsequent extension lifespan. The aim this paper is discuss benefits architectural implications public policy addressed establish protocol reusing...

The origin of Barcelona’s food system can be determined at the time when open-air markets were moved to covered spaces. Since then, market halls have adapted many different scenarios: they been built form public support for sanitary control, a guarantee quality and variety edibles or tool regeneration urban fabrics. While in second half twentieth-century comparable systems other European cities began decline, thirty-eight active end 2010s out city as result policy that accompanied expansion...

The concept of resilience remains vague as it pertains to the buildings’ scale and architectural dimension, particularly when dealing with recovery reuse former industrial premises. This study advocates for socio-ecological (bounding-forward) use Panarchy heuristics analyze embedded building stock. research is based on a case CanFugarolas, in Mataró (Barcelona), workshop converted into socio-cultural centre. Here, becomes repository latent urban dynamism, where spatial transformation...

Este trabajo recupera las propuestas arquitectónicas y artísticas de décadas posteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial que -según principales líneas pensamiento esos años- redefinen el espacio habitable partir los factores perceptivos emocionales del sujeto habita. El objetivo es demostrar cómo estas producciones vinculan sus contenidos estéticos e ideológicos con obras anteriores pero, al mismo tiempo, son coherentes recientes ya dan respuestas aplicables necesidades mundo actual. La revisión...

The relationship of Le Corbusier with the street is complex and sometimes contradictory. young Jeanneret seems to be persuaded by certain sites, which we may define as urban scenarios, during his visits cities like Istanbul in formative years. Unlike hometown La Chaux-de-Fonds – identified a regular set streets these places have been picturesque coun- terpoint activated significant topography. Streets meandering along ‘Dom-ino’ houses Oeuvre complete, tracking rails long shot recording,...

Este artículo analiza el vacío urbano como síntoma de la falta resiliencia los planes transformación antiguos tejidos industriales ciudad Mataró (Barcelona). A través del análisis cronológico proceso formal y funcional dichos sectores sujetos a planificación, aparece aproximación lineal disciplina urbanística, incapaz abordar complejidad fenómeno urbano. Edificios vacíos, solares plantas bajas comerciales vacías, además bifurcaciones inesperadas, son las distintas formas en que se manifiesta...

RESUMEN El tercer viaje de Le Corbusier a Chandigarh, un año después su primer contacto con la India, está íntimamente ligado definición del Capitolio en tanto que plataforma activa, capaz poner tensión los palacios institucionales forman parte, y realidad aislada ciudad únicamente vinculada experiencia las vastas dimensiones país, al llano sustenta, techo cielo montañas ponen fin terreno horizontal. Durante veinticinco días permanece el lugar, define como recinto determina sus límites,...