Journal — chronological
Another Rome: EUR District
Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana
Architectonic· Apr 16, 2020
EUR is a residential and business area of Rome. The initial project was developped for the 1942 World Fair. It was supposed to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of PNF’s March on Rome, but the exhibition never took place due to World War II. The architecture is the execution of Italian fascist ideology, widely inspired by Roman Imperial Town Planning mixing it with Italian rationalism.
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Brick by brick, 36 dwellings in Ciudad Pegaso
Elena Almagro Ciudad Pegaso
Architectonic· Apr 16, 2020
The architectural proposal of Luis Martínez Santa-María was thought to follow the identity of the neighborhood of Ciudad Pegaso. In order to do so, he used brick as the main and almost exclusive material. The project stages the exploitation of this single material, to get its full expression.
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Mundus Subterraneus, Athanasius Kircher
Athanasius Kircher Mundus Subterraneus
Geology· Apr 15, 2020
Athanasius Kircher was a 17th century jesuit scholar. Polymath and extremely prolific he published 39 major and highly influential works. After an excursion in the Vesuvius, Athenesius Kircher wrote the first published treatise on geology: Mundus subterraneus.
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Voyages of scientific exploration: La Description de l’Égypte
Fac-Simile Des Monumens Coloriés De L'Égypte
Exploration· Apr 14, 2020
La Description de l’Egypte (The Description of Egypt), is the first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to Egypt. It is a work from Bonaparte’s Egyptian campaign, recounting the discoveries made during this scientific voyage.
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Geographical Atlas of the Argentine Republic
mapa buenos aires
Cartography· Apr 12, 2020
This is the second edition of the maps that were published in 1887 in a geographical atlas of the argentine republic. It contains maps of every provincia of Argentina and a map of Buenos Aires.
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Cemeteries: le champ de repos
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Architectonic· Apr 11, 2020
Following his appointment as administrator of the department of the Seine in Paris in 1799, Jacques Cambry discovered the Parisian cemeteries in an appalling state. He then published a report augmented by an urban and architectural proposal. This came in a context favourable to the evolution of the Parisian cemeteries.
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Cinema· Apr 10, 2020
Crouching tiger, hidden dragon is the staging of two friends torn between their duty and their secret passion, in the emblematic landscapes of China. They are each involved in long choreographed battles, where violence gives way to poetry and dance.
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Brasil, Rio Grande do Sul: Wall Map
Wall map of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Instituto Gaúcho de Reforma Agrária, 1966
Cartography· Apr 10, 2020
The 99x104cm map is suitable for a classroom’s wall. It includes the morphology, topography, hydrography, geomorphology, infrastructures, demography and external political boundaries of the state as it was in 1966. The scale is 1:750 000.
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Bathing Pavilion: Dante’s Inferno
Stanley Tigerman Dante
Architectonic· Apr 7, 2020
Tigerman's bathing pavilion presents a separation of functions and uses, each with an altar space. The representation of the project is largely inspired by illustrations of the beginning of the Italian renaissance. It is also a tribute in the form of inspiration from Dante’s Inferno, from the epic poem Divina Commedia.
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Strange Beauty: geothermal activity
Zac Henderson Yellowstone
Geology· Apr 6, 2020
The Yellowstone National Park is known for its geothermical activity, centered around the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest supervolcano on the continent. Zac Henderson explored the canyons, rivers, geysers, lakes of the Park to capture the markers of geothermal activity on earth's surface. This series shows what forms these landscapes, the natural sculptures made of water, minerals and bacterial activity.
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