La Violence in Colombia: an artistic perspective Authors: Silva-Cañaveral, Sandra Johana

“…The article is the product of a research/creation dealing with the relation between art and violence in Colombia. It begins by giving a brief description of three well-delimited violent periods according to outstanding historians, and by closely analyzing the Massacre of Trujillo as understood by Historical Memory, a group part of the National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission. …”

A sensitive experience of the city Authors: Prada-Jurado, Mauricio

“…It also studies the relationship between art and the city, in view of the fact that artists cast in their works their own vision of the urban, disclosing through them their individual metropolis, meaning, the one they perceive and interpret, becoming the spokesperson of the mass of anonymous inhabitants. …”

Spot-flanked Gallinule Porphyriops melanops (Aves: Rallidae) feeding biology in the Middle Parana River flood-plain, Argentina Authors: F. Olguin, Pamela

“…The resultant spectrum was composed by 10 taxonomical entities, 7 animal fractions and 3 vegetable fractions; trophic diversity by stomach (H) ranged between 0 and 1, while accumulated trophic diversity (Hk) was 2,57; main IRI values were as follows: Polygonum accuminatum 1204, Planorbidae 872 and Paspalum repens 451; alimentary efficiency was 97,5%; more frequent prey sizes oscillated between 0 and 10 mm; habitat preference was 2,4; and the average intestinal coefficient was 2,79.…”

Linear public spaces in Latin-American cities Authors: Arango, Silvia

“…The article undertakes the issue of linear public spaces in Latin-American cities, understanding them as crossing points that involve leisure and amusement, casual and frivolous encounters where collective routines become the stage of city life and —as it also happens in the theater— grow to be locations to see and to be seen, spaces to identify with all social groups, places to assert the sense of community. …”

Public space: narratives and desires Authors: Pérgolis, Juan Carlos, Moreno, Danilo

“…Urban life exemplify the simultaneous, the multiple and the fragmented, and literature, with its capacity to suggest images and convey emotions, depicts life’s sense through small events that become a milestone for individual memories that narrative converts into moments and places for encounters. …”

Bogota at the turn of the 20th century: the end of the bucolic city. The image of the city in Cromos magazine from 1916 to 1920 Authors: Martínez-Osorio, Gilberto

“…The article proposes an analysis about Bogota through the chronicles and photographs published between 1916 and 1920 in Cromos magazine emphasizing on the repercussions and implications that urban structures have had upon city’s inhabitants—, as a research method that complements the conventional historical analysis offered by architecture and urbanism. …”

El Graffiti as an art form and the construction of politics: multiple realms and perceptions. An overview of Bogota Authors: Chacón-Cervera, Juan Camilo, Cuesta, Oscar

“…The article proposes a meditation on art becoming a space for interaction, creation and transformation of different realms in which politics are a cornerstone in the constitution of subjectivities. …”

Multifunctional modular system: children’s furniture for ages 3 to 9 Authors: Charry-Barreto, Antonia

“…It traces a typical profile of direct and indirect users (children and parents/tutors, respectively), and defines the usual activity zones for kids between 3 to 9 years of age in order to identify the specific functions demanded on their furniture and to determine design strategies and guidelines. …”

Reflections on the academic commitment of architecture schools towards current urbanization tendencies in Latin America Authors: Niño Soto, Alexander, Muñoz, Mauricio

“…In this context, the school of architecture at the Antonio Nariño University (UAN, as per the Spanish acronym), benefiting from its presence in 9 Colombian cities  Bogota, Neiva, Palmira, Ibague, Villavicencio, Bucaramanga, Cucuta, Popayan y Puerto Colombia—, aims to bring up its students under an actual state of urban, regional and spatial conditions, revolving its undergraduate program around a curricular structure composed of lines of study, thematic units, key concepts’ application and research projects.…”

Bicentennial memory: Bogota’s Eastern Mountains (1810-2010). A review of the current state of knowledge Authors: Franco, Erika

“…Review article that compiles mostly published literature about Bogota’s Eastern Mountains over the last two centuries, between 1810 and 2010, including 255 written works among research consultancy reports, government projects, regulatory bodies’ follow-ups and evaluations, undergraduate and graduate thesis, letters, news bulletins, scientific papers of national and international journals, books, official policies, and audiovisual presentations. …”

El Spatial planning: towards an integration of recent sustainable guidelines (a methodological approach for Autlan de la Grana, Jalisco, Mexico) Authors: García-Yerena, María Luisa

“…It addresses three main topics: a) the crisis of urban planning and the search for new horizons, b) constructing a social cooperating-bonding project, and c) Autlan de la Grana Urban Development Plan processes and implementation, which particularly focused on formulating spatial planning policies and guidelines to steer the city’s urban furtherance towards the identification and definition of strategic projects and measures guaranteeing sustainable growth for the benefit of its inhabitants, and lastly, on the way to propelling a culture of social participation among all different members of society and the government.…”

Toward a historiography of product design with an emphasis on Colombia Authors: Camacho-Lotero, Sergio

“…The article makes a historiographical revision of product design on three different scales: the world, Latin America and Colombia. It begins by providing a brief recollection of how the history of product design has been addressed over the years, followed by pairing up the most widespread points of view of design historians, mainly American and English, with some histories of industrial design written in Latin America and, particularly, in Colombia. …”

La Main Ecological Structure at a local level. A proposal for the urban renovation of Fenicia, Las Aguas, Bogota Authors: Andrade, Germán I., Montenegro, Fernanda, Remolina, Fernando, Wiesner, Diana

“…The proposal includes planning, public green space design, and urban biodiversity management as a way to overcome the tension between contrasting and conflicting land uses.…”

Social representations and emergent practices of clients attending casinos in Merida, Yucatan Authors: Echeverría-Echeverría, Rebelín, Carrillo-Trujillo , Carlos, Fuentes-Gómez, José, Castillo-León, Teresita

“…That led us to think that beyond economic factors, such establishments must provide incentives and other satisfactions that explain their lure to consumers, and that the study of social representations on casinos should provide valuable information for understanding the reasons behind their use. …”

Urban tree planting: a strategy to mitigate global warming Authors: Vargas-Gómez, Orlando, Molina-Prieto, Luis

“…Trees also decrease temperature in open space,  minimizing urban heat islands, diminishing solar radiations impact on constructions and, therefore, reducing electricity usage for air conditioning— helping power plants drop their CO2 emissions for energy generation. Some cities are beginning to take advantage of these and other benefits of urban tree planting, but in most cases its planning follows a landscaping and aesthetic approach that largely has an effect on urban infrastructures. …”

La Hermeneutics solution to the environmental problem of the biosphere facing globalization of anthropocentrism Authors: Aguirre Sala, Jorge F.

“…This allows the fusion between industrial globalization meanings and values of the habitat and its inhabitants.…”

Methodology for the selection of materials according to LCA guidelines applied to the design of temporary housing in tropical climates Authors: Luciani M, Sara

“…The selection of materials is presented as the basis for a later stage of environmental simulations where different configurations with better performance materials are proposed in order to also evaluate the thermal performance and tend to minimize the environmental impact.…”

Leaks and appropriations: Informal advertising in Bogota’s public space Authors: Gómez, Cielo Vargas

“…The methodology was structured in three stages: the first moment began from the concept of formless and it allowed an approach to the informal publicity, without judgment, found in their strategies and modes of action original and organic practices; a second stage of fieldwork, guided by the Situationist dynamics: photographically documented experience; and finally a phase of information analysis and interpretation and modes of action of advertising in public space, helped by four categories of formless, according to authors Rosalind Krauss and Yves Alain Bois. …”

Forgotten Spaces, distinct places: Social transformation of urban space in Bogotá (1850-1880) Authors: Llano, Fabián Andrés

“…The purpose of this article is linked to some forms of recovery of social and urban spaces fallen into oblivion that are evident in the social transformation of urban space in Bogotá between 1850 and 1880.The following paper presents the preliminary results of the research entitled practices and social uses of water in Bogotá (1850-1888). …”

From the security of supply to energy independence in urban and regional environments in Mexico, transition towards a paradigm Authors: Mejía Rodríguez, Jorge Antonio

“…If national energy security is being violated within some Latin American countries from the high costs of electricity and irregular supply of natural gas bill, among other factors, which are undermining the efficient operation of enterprises and institutions; therefore imposes ask: Is the concept of the prevailing energy security, characterized to ensure adequate energy supply from a macroeconomic perspective, is cracking? …”