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Arquitectura Viva 139 CASAS LEJANAS I REMOTE HOUSES

Piano en Ronchamp / Ballester y Bernadó, modos de ver / Rehabilitar según Lacaton & Vassal / Koolhaas sobre el Metabolismo

Remote Houses. The house was the laboratory where modernity tested its hypotheses, from mass production to the yearn for a return to Arcadia. This paradoxical hybridization between industry and nature is the argument shared by a family of houses that cover three decades of innovation. The alpine shelter of Perriand (1937), the Packaged House of Wachsmann (1941), the Wichita House of Fuller (1944), the Maison Tropicale of Prouvé (1949), the Engstrom House of Erskine (1955) or the Moduli 225 House of Gullichsen/Pallasmaa (1969) are still today models of typological and environmental efficiency.

Dwelling on the Edges. Remote houses are considered so because they are located in faraway places, but also because they propose a way of living that departs from the conventional one. These are the characteristics of the twelve houses from different parts of the world gathered in this section, and which have been grouped into three families. The first family presents four houses in Japan, Australia and Chile, which have in common their use of lightweight and industrialized solutions; the second includes four from Portugal, Colombia, Costa Rica and Ecuador, which all have in common that they recourse to local construction traditions; and the third and last takes examples of new building types linked to different sites, climates and constructive solutions.

Sacred Landscapes. The architectural and artistic interventions carried out in the unique Ruta del Peregrino (The Pilgrim Route), in Mexico, coincide with the recent inauguration of the Ronchamp extension, by Renzo Piano.
Frontiers of the Eye. Two articles analyze the gaze of two of the best architectural photographers in Spain, also unique artists: the austere and poetic work of José Manuel Ballester, and the precise and carefree one of Jordi Bernadó.
The Return of the Metabolists. An excerpt from Project Japan, the new book by Rem Koolhaas on Japanese Metabolism, heads the section, followed by reviews of works, photography, literature and books received.

Innovation in Detail. The unique typological and energetic refurbishment of the Bois-le-Prête tower, a housing building located in Paris and designed by Lacaton & Vassal and Frédéric Druot, opens the section devoted to technological innovation, which also includes an article regarding the creative relationship between architects and industrialists in the development of a variety of frames, the fourth piece in a series of six on lightweight facades. Moreover, a text about the calculation of the carbon footprint in architecture, and a repertoire of products that presents novelties in sustainable housing, aside from urban geothermal energy, evaporative climate control and plastic materials.
To close, an article on the design principles developed by the recently disappeared Steve Jobs during his career at Apple.

CASAS LEJANAS
Industria y naturaleza, habitar en los límites

Industria y naturaleza. Tres décadas de innovación
Perriand, Refugio alpino
Wachsmann, Packaged House
Fuller, Wichita House
Prouvé, Maison Tropicale
Erskine, Casa Engstrom
Gullichsen/Pallasmaa, Casa M.

Obras / Proyectos

Hasegawa, Casa en Karauzawa
Pritchard, Casa en Adelaida
Supersudaka, Casa Kiltro
Radic, Casa A
Aires Mateus, Casa en Comporta
Plan:b, Casa en Río Cedro
García Saxe, Casa en Avellanas
Al bordE, Casa en Tumbaco
Pezo v. Ellrichshausen, Casa Cien
Li Xiaodong, Casa en Lijiang
Ichiku, Casa Las Cabinas
AFF, Casa Hutznhaisl

Arte / Cultura

Miquel Adriá
Senderos de arte
Richard Ingersoll
Ecos de Ronchamp

Francisco J. San Martín
La soledad del espacio
Ricardo Devesa
‘Troppo vero!’

Historietas de Focho
Piano vs. Le Corbusier
Autores varios
Libros

Técnica / Construcción

Lacaton Vassal / F. Druot
Rehabilitación en París
Paricio y Pardal
Innovación y catálogo

Innovación
Huella de carbono
Sostenibilidad
Renovables
Climatización
Plásticos

Sarah Williams Goldhagen
Píxeles con cuerpo