Introduction Mexico City has its origins in the foundation of the Ancestral City of Tenochtitlan. Its history relates to the combination of the legends of the polytheistic religion of the indigenous culture. It is said that the Mexicas-in traditional historiography, called Aztecs- left Aztlan (the mythical homeland of Aztec culture,
The article explores the influence of culture and societal believes on the design of buildings.
Originality of Heritage UNESCO and its Heritage Conservation Committees have been working ceaselessly to conserve, safeguard, and list World Heritage Sites, yet more than 95 percent of these sites and buildings remain unexplored. The historic core of society has been a constantly shifting phenomena, adapting to changing societal dynamics. The
This thesis will consider the possibilities of the “urban / landscape misfit” in the context of the contemporary Asian city. In the last four decades, rapid urbanization, massive scales of investment, and weak development controls, have led to landscape of fragments and discontinuities. In this context, traditional concepts of viewing
Resources required to sustain urban life are increasingly supplied from a vast hinterland of productive landscapes well beyond the city’s boundaries. The ecological footprint (food- water- energy- footprints) of a high rise high density city should now be considered at a global scale. Cross boundary resource dependence, however, is subject
In this studio, students considered landscape architecture’s capacity to engage with environments undergoing rapid change. Through map analysis and literature review, students revealed the ways in which landscape systems, cultural practices, and patterns of human settlement are intertwined, reflecting on the role of strategies and proposals to achieve alternate, more
