Journal — chronological
Espacio Escultórico, a Sculpture on Lava

Architectonic·
Nov 2, 2020
The Espacio Escultórico is a monumental circular sculpture, 120m in diameter, located on a bed of volcanic rock, south of Mexico City.
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Dejima through the eyes of Kawahara Keiga

Painting·
Oct 21, 2020
Kawahara Keiga offers through his paintings a glimpse of the mixed and circumscribed universe in Dejima. This island was the only entry point for Dutch ships to Japan during the Edo period.
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Lina Bo Bardi, Casa sul Mare di Sicilia

Architectonic·
Oct 16, 2020
La Casa sul Mare di Sicilia is a theoretical project by Lina Bo Bardi designed in 1940 for the magazine Domus. She designed a Mediterranean house, integrated in the landscape, and built using the collective cultural imaginary.
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Hassan Fathy, Building in the Desert in New Baris

Agriculture·
Oct 10, 2020
With the New Baris project, Hassan Fathy experimented for a new community a project combining urban planning, social organization, natural passive cooling and vernacular architecture.
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Hassan Fathy, Building With the People in New Gourna

Architectonic·
Oct 8, 2020
With the New Gourna project, Hassan Fathy experimented for traditional communities a project combining urban planning, citizen participation and vernacular architecture.
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Musée d’Art Musulman d’Alger, André Ravéreau

Architectonic·
Oct 6, 2020
André Ravéreau was a French architect, emigrated to Algeria, who knew how to inscribe his projects in the entirety of a culture, its climate, its location, its constructive knowledge.
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Seljuk Architecture, The Tughrul Tower

Architectonic·
Oct 5, 2020
The Tughrul tower is a representative monument of Seljuk architecture dating back to the 12th century. Its cylindrical brick structure ensured its resistance to Mongolian invasions and earthquakes.
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La Maison au Bord de l’Eau, a Project for the Right to Leisure

Architectonic·
Sep 30, 2020
Charlotte Perriand left her mark on modern architecture. Although she was erased from history, her activism for the recognition of women in society or her projects claiming the right to leisure and rest, make her a key figure of the 20th century.
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Map of Havana, a Witness to Cuban-American Relations

Cartography·
Sep 29, 2020
Cuba is a Caribbean country that has maintained discontinuous relations with its American neighbor. An economic pump on the one hand and a fiscal refuge on the other, this map from the 1950s is a witness, frozen in time, of the American presence in the city of Havana.
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Hannsjörg Voth, Connecting the Earth to the Stars

Architectonic·
Sep 28, 2020
Hannsjörg Voth is a German artist mainly known for his Land Art constructions in the Moroccan desert. There he built different structures to connect the arid plain to the stars.
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