The photograph below captures afternoon sun shining down over hundreds of homes that step quickly up an urban hill. The buildings are constructed of terracotta bricks and concrete piers and clad with a varied palette of
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In France, working on my doctoral thesis on architecture and the city, I found that my research brought me closer to my homeland after six years of investigation into the Venezuelan context…
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Back in my homeland of Venezuela, I became interested in urban resilience, the public realm and how the values of society are represented in the urban fabric as I carried out my architecture studies
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Quarantining during the coronavirus pandemic is a new and unexpected experience in our lifes. I am writing to you at the middle of an academic year in which the world in which we operate is fundamentally different. The covid 19 epidemic has caused the loss of lives…
I remember very vividly that in third grade, I lived at a walking distance from my school, and I used to walk with my classmates. We took the time to catch up on the homework and show off our new soccer players cards. It was a nice 10-minute walk. However, twice a week, we had to face a quite interesting obstacle: There was a train station near the school. Every other day, a cargo train parked there…
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