casagave

COMPETITION  SUMMARY Reflection on architecture from the landscape of America, in the cultural context of Mexico and more specifically in the agave landscape from which products of universal fame have been produced that have identified Mexico with these from ancient times. The contest aims to devise a "Casa del Agave" , somewhere in the landscape within Mexican territory and linked to the specific exploitation system of one or more of the products that are extracted from it. The agave characterizes a good part of the Mexican landscape, giving meaning to living in an entire country that has traditionally exploited it. Pulque –the sacred drink of the ancient pre-Hispanic gods-, mezcal and tequila are obtained from the agave plant, the latter fruit of the encounter between the technique and traditions of two different worlds from the sixteenth century. But also, from the same plant, the ixtle and the thorns of its stalks are extracted, which since ancient times ha...

Materials and Construction Systems VIDEO: CD. SAHAGUN

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DWELLING AND HOME IN ARCHITECTURE http://docplayer.net/28554004-The-difference-between-dwelling-and-home-in-architecture.html At first, it seems clear that by using the terms "dwelling" and "home", we mean the same meaning and concept for both, and in a glance,  there  is  no  necessity  to  define  these  two  words, because  both   of  them  are  a  place  to  provide  comfort  and convenience  for  human  beings.   But  with  a  little  thinking, regarding   the   point   that   the   concept   of   dwelling   is something more than a physical place, we find out that it is totally different from the concept of home. In Persian language, Dwelling is  equal  to  the  word  "dwelling" ,  which  means  a...

Mexico’s traditional housing "...how they relate to the habitat and the land; how the builders perfectly understood the cycles of the environment, the seasons, the types of wood available in the nearby hills." COMUNAL drawings of vernacular and contemporary typologies in the Mayan community of Motul, Yucatan. "They think it’s unsafe because it uses biodegradable materials, but in reality, materials like concrete and steel degrade much more rapidly in some environments." Tzeltal house. Credit: Onnis Luque "For example, the government says you have to have a living room, kitchen, and two bedrooms, when the reality is that you can’t divide space like that in rural houses because these big rooms are where people put the harvest, thresh the corn, and dry the coffee. There’s a relationship between the land, agriculture, and living space." Mayan house in construction. Credit: Onnis Luque Social production of housin...