A line in the Andes = Una linea en Los Andes / [edited by Felipe Correa, Ramiro Almeida].

Title & Author:

A line in the Andes = Una linea en Los Andes / [edited by Felipe Correa, Ramiro Almeida].

Publication:

[Cambridge, Mass] : Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2012.

Description:

411 pages : color illustrations, color maps, plans ; 28 cm

Notes:
"This publication is part of the South American Project (SAP) research initiative."--Title page verso.
Features detailed mapping.
Notes from Quito -- Introduction / Felipe Correa -- The foundational City 1 / Typological inventory of the historic core -- The elastic grid / Pablo Perez Ramos -- The foundational city 2: Morphological inventory of the historic core -- The distant gaze: Jones Oriozola and En Route modernity / Martin Cobas -- The compact city: Urban expansion along a perched valley -- The symbolic dimension of transportation infrastructure in South America: From the sublime to the everyday / Graciela Silvestri -- The draped city: A metropolitan region in extreme topography -- A design policy: The road to new urban centers / Ana Maria Duran Calisto -- Sub-surface spines: The transformative role of subways in the contemporary city -- The metro as spine: A system of recreational loops along a linear city -- Singular projects: A selection of design proposals for a valley- city.
In English and Spanish.

ISBN:

9781934510346
1934510343

Subject:

City planning Ecuador Quito.
Architecture Ecuador Quito.
Urbanization Ecuador Quito.
Urbanization Ecuador Quito History.
Subways Ecuador Quito.
Urban renewal.
Urbanisation Équateur Quito.
Urbanisation Équateur Quito Histoire.
Métros Équateur Quito.
Rénovation urbaine.
Architecture Équateur Quito.
urban renewal.
Architecture Ecuador.
City planning Ecuador.
History.
Subways Ecuador.
Urbanization History. Ecuador.
Urbanization Ecuador.
Architecture
City planning
Subways
Urbanization
Ecuador Quito

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Correa, Felipe.
Almeida, Ramiro.
Harvard University. Graduate School of Design.

Linea en Los Andes

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285068
Call No.: BIB 224409
Status: Available

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