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? …”

El The public space and the landscape in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico Authors: Pérez Bourzac, María Teresa

“…The public space and the landscape in Puerto Vallarta have been tied to the type of tourism that developed in the city (of the Sun and beach) same that he has placed to this city as one of the tourist destinations most visited of Mexico. …”

Architectural heritage and tradition in Pueblos Mágicos of Tapalpa and San Sebastián del Oeste, Jalisco. Authors: Rivero Silva, Carpóforo

“…The indivisibility between tangible and intangible cultural heritage has currently generated a debate that is reviewing the way that heritage issue has been working separately. …”

Solid waste and liquids in the deterioration of the environment and health education community school Los Toldos, Popayán, Cauca Authors: Solarte Martínez, Guillermo Roberto, Solarte Martínez, Paola, Rodríguez Buitrago, Orlando

“…This research aims to determine possible relationships between the end deficient or inadequate disposal of solid waste and damage to human health. …”

La Architecture: a view from the complex. Thinking of space, a space for thought Authors: Castellanos Garzón, Giovanni

“…In each historical period architecture itself has been linked to scientific thought. At the end of the twentieth century, the sciences of complexity were explicity banckrupt in their universal knowledge models. …”

Rethinking the city: sustainable urban development strategies of intermediate Latin American cities Authors: Cifuentes Ruiz, Paula Andrea, Llop Torné, Josep

“…The features, benefits and challenges of intermediate cities are presented. …”

Creation of new knowledge for the city: creation and research practices contemporary higher education Authors: Fracasso, Liliana

“…In the context of higher education in Colombia, the recognition of certain equivalence between scientific research and artistic creation has achieved official recognition. …”

La The public woman, does gender have public space? Authors: Cedeño Pérez, Martha Cecilia, Delgado Ruiz, Manuel

“…It is from this perspective that this article is framed, whose fundamental purpose is to ponder over the places that women occupy in city life, starting from the fact that they have been historically erased from the public sphere, and confined in the realm of the occult, the invisible, the unnamable. …”

La Sustainability: a powerful idea for humanity Authors: Zarta Avila, Plinio

“…Wis question has motivated me to study and write some initial lines that I want to refine, until reaching a greater depth in the subject to present my opinions to the consideration of the readers, until achieving the dynamics of the discussion that deserves the passion between the academic, the cognitive and the sensory in the life we lead.…”