Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Info In Fame Cinema,seatings

: Planning a beach with Wall. Christmas

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With the end of the year the beach season starts off the coast of Ecuador. Unfortunately, the beaches of our country are not free of architectural and urban atrocities, and this situation becomes more worrying when we realized the large volume of work being carried out today, off the coast of Ecuador.'s why I decided to make a brief analysis of Salinas, the main resort town in the country. Maybe so, Beaches, Crucita Tonsupa are on time and avoid mistakes that can be counterproductive over time.

Unfortunately, Salinas began his life as a resort city beach mutilated. The current military base Salinas-inherited from the American army, who settled in this place, to fend off a possible attack Japan to the Panama Canal, the city took away one of the best beaches, the natural cove that is below the beach Chipipe. In addition, this military presence prevented the privilege exploited Salinas have geographic sea on two fronts coast. The airport runway Renella Cosme is adjacent and parallel to the coast of Mar Bravo would have been excellent location for a second pier and beach resort could become the construction of a breakwater ordinary.

Currently, private developers are interested in harnessing the potential of the southern coast of Salinas, on the beach beside the Punta Carnero, beyond the limits of the military base. However, the lack of planning is taking the next sector to a stifling of public space as they are making the same mistakes made in the zonal Malecon Salinas. Sad, but true.

's Malecon Salinas no longer an attractive beach for more than twenty years. That is why today the beach is Chipipe overwhelmingly received from all the tourists who are still willing to fight against a sea of \u200b\u200bpeople, in order to get a square meter of beach. This also is the reason why many tourists choose to travel to many nearby towns, beaches less crowded with people, or used as barracks for Salinas-from there, take trips to the beaches of the surrounding towns.

is urgent to conduct a beach regeneration on the Malecon de Salinas. It would be interesting that such regeneration is not only understood as an extension of the stretch of beach, and taking the opportunity to carry out an underwater ecosystem regeneration, with the coast. The first Holcim Awards, a group of participants from Asia, established a structure to "replant coral" in areas that have been affected by the hand of human being. The implementation of ideas like this could broaden the spectrum Salinas tourism, transforming it into a beach diving nearby and a spa.

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One aspect of Salinas now has to do with urban layout. The line of tall buildings, adjacent to the Malecon ended up killing the surplus land later because its continuing growth prevents subsequent land longed to enjoy the sea view.

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would be interesting to insert blocks of high density blocks of low intensity, as in other resorts on the continent. This technique allows many more lots to benefit the landscape, and allows low blocks covering density commercial areas become meeting points that vent the occupation of part of the beach, both tourists and traders.

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must be recognized that Salinas has managed to overcome these adversities. Little by little, and perhaps unconsciously-Salinas stopped being "just" a spa, and has become an entertainment center of young adults. Many travelers now arrive in the city go with the intention of enjoying the nightlife of the site, and most of them do not even touch any beach throughout the weekend.

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However, there is more that Salinas wants to recover and improve their quality of resort, returning many of its activities and improving its tourism infrastructure. Thus, the city recover many of its passengers now choose more distant beaches.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

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... Let this holiday season, reaching the bliss and quietness of the trade, but not buy anything from anyone.

... That the reflection and the joy of the spirit in you to turn on, with a flame light bulbs last longer than the Christmas trees in the windows.

... That the brotherhood arises in us, & # 160; above rivalries, grudges and bad taste.

... That the gathering of human hearts to all of us the strength to leave the eyesores of the policy differences, and allow us to keep breaking the windows of bad taste throughout the year 2010 and for many years more.

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... Modernism visit our customs, traditions and thoughts.

are the sincere desire to "bricks."

PEACE TO THE WORLD!

Friday, December 18, 2009

How Much Ccs Can A Weedwacker Have

City without light and silence. Guayaquil

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My city living without light. My city is part of a country composed of cities without light, in a continent full of hydroelectric dams dry.

My city has traveled back in time, merging with the present two chapters from the past. The XXI century is presented in a burlesque, dressed in the darkness of the Middle Ages and the smoky corners of Victorian toxicity.

When the light goes, it goes much people, and displayed the generators. They come in all sizes and colors. The city is full of them. The talks were off. When power is lost, also up the silence with her.

When power is lost, we take a little death. The city breathes more rubbish than usual. Curiously, no one gets a environmental impact study to talk about the consequences of both generator put in the public space. I pity my old friends who make their living in the arcades of the streets, they put soot in the lungs. Whenever I can, I recommend entering their homes. In my study

cope through batteries portable computers. Allocate time so that traditional examinations made during the blackouts. Before, when we snatched blackouts half the day, we had to become nocturnal. Freehand drawings and models of day digital shots at night. The monastic architecture became more than ever. Beyond

responsibilities, present and past policies that are involved in this situation, I interpret this as a symptom rather than reveals the imminent arrival of a second obscurantism, which is complemented by a world that is tired of living tamed by us . Power outages are not only in Ecuador; also occurring now in Venezuela, Bolivia and parts of Colombia. Peru and Panama are barbarians efforts to avoid having to restrict electricity. So far this decade, California, New England and parts of Canada have had similar situations, although not as prolonged. Not only do we return to the past, we repeat in a higher stratum. As the Romans razed to crops, livestock and forests in their baths and orgies; power we gorge, swallowing more than they produce.

Maybe we just the tip of an iceberg degenerative global infrastructure. After all, the chain always breaks at its weakest link. Even well, nothing remains but to ask for better times.

Friday, October 30, 2009

How Long Will It Take For Std Results

Five Pearls. Guayaquil

The "Top 5" most accomplished guayaquileños buildings.

Lost in this sea of \u200b\u200bconcrete and ugliness that has swamped our city since the last century, we may occasionally with architectural us slightly cool the soul. Here, I share with you my selection.

5 .- Terminal Airport "José Joaquín de Olmedo."

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nice tropical Modernism. Earns its presence on this list for its exterior, which combines two elements so refreshing. The vegetation and stone "Marble Habano Guayaquil.

has some weaknesses in its internal distribution. It feels very" shed "from within, and must travel great distances to find a bathroom or trash. This flaw makes it a "bitchy building", ie outside and cozy empty inside.

4. - Building "The Universe."

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Maybe it's building that claimed Guayaquil say goodbye to the classics. Sober, orderly. Follow the classic parameters to the letter. I must confess that it is difficult talk about this building in an objective, as I have a personal relationship with him. I spent my early childhood in front of him, in the building "Properties" and there was nothing I enjoy more than out on the balcony and peer over their forms visually. Other than that, at that time was full of nests swallows, and see them fly around the capitals was a spectacle.

addition to its architectural simplicity, I consider that the building of the newspaper "El Universo" is a vivid reflection of the institutions in the city and the necessary capacity to adapt to changes and circumstances. Originally built as the Temple Masonic city was handed over to the mortgage lending bank, and was immediately bought by its present owners. Until a couple of decades, were inside the newspaper's offices and machines printers. Currently comprises the offices of the foundation "The Universe."

3 .- The Municipal Palace.

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The city landmark. By the Italian Francesco Maccaferri. Peak of the neoclassical expression of the city. It was jointly incorporated new materials at the time. The concrete, glass and metal are combined with forms and orders of architecture Republican, to express the transition of times in which it was built.

Few things are said about this building, which can safely hold titles as the building most studied and most published in the city.

2 .- The Central Bank building.

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Guayaquil architectural jewel of modernism, designed by architect Guillermo Cubillo Renella. Modern, owner of a pure geometry, stylized in form and is enhanced by the elegance of its materials. Unlike the vast majority of buildings in downtown Guayaquil, withdrew its boundaries, providing more room space to the city and easing the burden visual landscape. & # 160; Its portico columns flown without giving a feeling of lightness. As if the building is floating.

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top of that, this building has a "look" impressive night with a light kit so simple, but yet so elegant.

Undoubtedly, their presence near Plaza San Francisco collaborate in the quality of public space there.

1 .- The Park Convention Center Rodolfo Baquerizo.

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a building's success can be measured in two areas. The first, which is almost always the only one that takes into account-is the efficiency and comfort with which allows the development inside the activities for which it was built. The other area is his relationship with the environment, ie if the site has been improved or worsened by the presence of that construction.

That's why I give the first place Park Convention Center Rodolfo Baquerizo. Before its construction, this park was a place less traveled, avoided by pedestrians. This building is well matched to the site. Just rests on the square, leaving much of its lower level open plan. Additionally, it is the only building that meets some fundamental to improve public space in Guayaquil: cast shadows. If this does not count convention center with its impressive portico of bankruptcy-soles, people do not sit on the benches placed around it. Similarly, the theater would not be used outdoor has his own side. Finally flattery, I must stress how effective that is integrated with the Malecón del Salado, becoming the public space badly needed students at the University of Guayaquil.

This building makes me think about the shortcomings of public space in Guayaquil. Shortcomings that the City could easily meet, through the reforms of certain rules. There should return to the requirement of arcades in new buildings of the city, not only in the center. The benefit of walking covered by the shadow of the houses is invaluable.

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And we played the theme from the shadows, it's time we put a stop to palm so I just got back acacias, willows, rubbers, ficus and ceiba trees to provide shaded streets the city. I can not believe they have people who call themselves "technicians", and to change those beautiful and ancient trees, replacing them with palm trees, with the stupid intention to protect the concrete.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Five ugliness. Bridges

The "TOP 5" of the ugliest buildings in the city.

5 .- The Building "The Previsora."

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Of the ugly, this is the tallest building "complimented." Unlike many ugly buildings in the city, "La Previsora" has a "good distance" ie, the distance is not what is wrong. It does not kill, nor love, but it happens. By far, it happens.

The disappointment comes when the distance is shortened. The building ever wanted to boast of being the tallest tower in South American South Pacific (which was never true), does not have decent access to a tower of its size. This project should have had a triple-height atrium such as access and porch. It seems that, once again, appeared on the scene our character guaiac to launch on the plane the poisonous idea that "unbuilt area is wasted area." The present building of the Ministry of the Coast, the former parent of Banco del Progreso, has some ugliness at its main entrance, but despite being a much smaller building that "Previsora" has a triple height at entry level. It would be interesting to see something so in this era bank tower.

Apart from the overwhelming entrance and porch, we can add that it is too monolithic in form. No play, no grace in their design, as the tower ascends to the highest point constructed Guayaquil.

Hopefully the next project that aspires to be the tallest building in the city to propose a more agile, bold and pure, new future for the highest point of the city is not only remarkable for high, but above all, however well designed and elegant.

4 .- The Mall "San Marino".

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THE "FRANKENSTEIN" shopping centers. Just as legendary Swiss scientist created the horrible creature, taking parts from different bodies, the front of this mall is the product of disproportionate fusion of different architectural elements Guayaquil culture considered "indigenous." My congratulations and envy the inhabitants of the capital city, who knew how to avoid that transformed time the "Quicentro"-the older brother of "San Marino" - in a circus tent, made of concrete.

The sad thing is that "inside" space "San Marino" is very nice. And when you realize the contrast between inside outside YSU has the same feel of going out with someone trying to look good, and that the recharge well, but fails to hide his natural charm. One

anyway, you go to "San Marino", but after eating or shopping there, it is inevitable that the user's mind come auqella song "VIVA LAS VEGAS!".

3 .- The Hotel Sol de Oriente. "

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eye scandal. I pity the residents of the building. At the same time, I suggest a regular psychiatric review, because living next to a building so loud you can bring dire consequences for the mind and soul. It is a living historical document. Thanks to him, we know all types of glass available in 1983.

Believe me I try to look for something positive, but we just do not.

No way!

2 .- The Building "FORUM."

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If in the sixties, the building "Huancavilca" surplus improved in the area of \u200b\u200bCentennial Park, the "Forum" was responsible for sinking the goodwill of that sector to underground levels.

This building is worthy to be studied in depth by students of architecture today, with the intention not to repeat in future atrocities like this. Originally intended for office use, poor infrastructure (elevators damaged, poor drinking water supply, public spaces dark and narrow) were responsible for clearing the site for the emergence of ephemeral seedy nightclubs, and improvised suites, in areas assigned to lawyers, economists and accountants.

The building "Forum" has two local records to his credit:

1 .- It is the building that has more often been published, not "PLOT", but in the section "Red Chronicle" the newspaper "Extra."

2 .- Due to its adaptation to use, offices suites, the "Forum" has earned the title "The biggest Conventillo Guayaquil."

Another interesting fact of the "Forum" are the present occupants. Apparently, who see a certain fascination in that hoary pile of concrete are members of the gay community Guayaquil, especially the economically disadvantaged. Besides them, the building remains occupied by one or two distinguished lawyer of our city.

1 .- The MAG Building

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Other "Fankestein" of concrete. Niemeyer porches, combined with a circular tower and a conical roof, as a Chinese hat. On this ugliness perennial, and have written on previous occasions, especially after they finished him off with a cup of "Nescafé" on its top. Aimed at the complete abandonment, but is occupied by 18% of its capacity, no elevators, few lights, no water and the glass facade breaking one at a time.

Today, this building is expected to give a future much more dignified, like a planned demolition by explosives, such as "Las Vegas". It is not for anything else.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Cowards.

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short time ago, a group of former students of mine had to go to photograph the new pedestrian bridge over the estuary Salado. That allowed me to access information about that photo-project by itself, would never have captured my interest.

Interestingly, moving in that cocaine cyber called "Facebook", I found a friend of mine has also seen a visual appeal to that bridge, and has taken some photos. In one of his photos, my friend wrote the title: "Guayaquil is progressing." Yes

Guayaquil progresses. I totally agree with that statement. But let's be clear: Guayaquil progress, despite works so weak and poorly planned, including a new pedestrian bridge Barcelona stadium.

bridge is a coward. Any bridge that use guy wires, but that has less vertical foundation is a COWARD BRIDGE, probably designed by an architect and an engineer capricious coward.

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Fifteen years ago we had already a very bad precedent in the city. I refer to the bridge "El Velero" Aguirre street linking the Avenida Barcelona. Unlike Monumental Bridge, Sailboat Bridge, fails if you want to be a "bridge coward, but only a bridge and nothing effeminate. Its cables never had the intention to appear some kind of structural support. Just put them there "to make it look nice" . A few years ago, noted that decorative function of the cables, putting LED lighting on them, so that that bridge is an attraction for those who die from Guayaquil immortalize postcard photos . That is, recently, Sailboat Bridge "came out of the closet."

Admittedly, the maneuver of the LED lighting on the tensioning cables bridge "El Velero" if it was positive. Leaving aside architectural fees, whether to admit it was a way to make this more attractive to urban infrastructure and of way that it bypassed the neighborhood kids continued to decorate with items similar to that presented in the graph that is below these lines.

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Finally, it remains to continue praying for you in this city architects and planners begin to think, not as decorators. Similarly, We pray that engineers City engineers become more daring, at least at the time of designing bridges.

ERRATA.

November 5, 2009.

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Previously, this post was a fifth paragraph, which read "

" cowardly addition, the pedestrian bridge is selfish Monumental stadium. And only communicated to the southwestern suburb of the city with the stadium, does not inform the suburb to the other neighborhoods surrounding the stadium. So, that resident the suburb you want to go visit a friend who lives in the San Eduardo, you must provide a huge return, and use the 17th Street bridge or the street Gómez Rendón (one that the government dubbed "Bridge homeland. "I do not understand the desire of all politicians for using the bridges as a means of propaganda, rather than as means of urban traffic)."

I must say on behalf of all staff that makes "bricks" (ie, on behalf of myself and my cat), we are not afraid to rectify and correct our mistakes. Yesterday we passed the bridge pedestrian Barcelona stadium, and found that it has regressed the enclosure, so that the descent of the bridge is off the premises of the Monumental stadium. Thus, the lowering of the bridge is in the village of Barcelona Av.

We believe very well that that bridge is not actually a "bridge selfish", as we feared. Therefore, we remove that qualifier. It is then a "BRIDGE COWARD" and nothing else.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Setting Up A Dual Cs 503-1

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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Is It Ok To Freeze Chinese Take Away

Ephemeral.

(fiction)

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architects-that rare, a thousand drawings to build 3 things-migrate to New York. It happens every hundred years. They come from all over the world. They stay in the city, hovering about the wonders that are built into it. Buildings, museums, temples, parks and skyscrapers are alharaquientas suddenly besieged by these creatures, which covered far and near these works, as they learn to dribble without losing their dignity.

After a few days, the invasion ended, at the same time, in the same place. Architects come in flocks in Penn Station, to die on the spot where Louis Kahn died, years ago.

Normally, the administration is forced underground to block traffic at the station until the cleaning pick up the huge amount of inert architects flooded bathrooms, stairs, platforms and rails.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Endmusik Aus Unleashed

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY.

share with you what would be my next article in the MAAC Cine. By the way, gentlemen of the "Ocho y Medio", "will not give me as a columnist chamba?

THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY

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"The Agony and the Ecstasy" film is not alien to us. Surely, many readers have in their childhood memories of TV in Holy Week. Especially, the voice of Pope Julius II yelling "When do you end?" And the magnificent Michelangelo Buonarroti responding with unusual ear superiority of the Pope, with a resounding "When it's finished!".

However, seeing this movie with the filter you are an adult and years, is another matter. The film reflects many shades temporary. It can feel the spirit of two seasons. One is the historic milestone of the Italian Renaissance, which took its maximum Michelangelo expression. The other time is the decade of the sixties, which spawned both the film industry, like the novel that served as inspiration for their implementation.

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could say that 1965 is a year that was provided with a series of interesting coincidences, which reflected a delicate balance, perceptible in the film. Art in the West was in the middle of the second movement of art. The "Picassos", their presence gradually gave way to "Wharhols" but they do not deserve such a seat. The "Joyce" had saved his feathers, and "Keruacks" and the "Dylans" poked took their positions. The Beatles retouched final recordings of "Rubber Soul" and in the midst of all this, the film refused to lose his epic wasteful and pompous. Moreover, even clinging to it with nails and teeth. The explosion propelled the era's artistic curiosity about the past, in which art played a role similar or greater importance.

At that time, Charlton Heston had left behind the glory of "The Ten Commandments," "El Cid" and "Ben-Hur", but this has not yet entered its decadent phase, which ended with shouts films so heartbreaking as false, like "You Maniacs! You blew it up! "Or" Soylent Green is people! ".

Rather than being a "story about history," "The Agony and the Ecstasy" is about stupidity. The folly of Bounarroti, crashing against the foolishness of Pope Julius II. From "Big Bang" produced by this clash of titans, arise frescoes decorating the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, drunk beauty to the planet Earth today.

The Directorate of the film was given by Carol Reed, who had by then directed films such as "Our Man in Havana" or "The Third Man" two works inspired by novels of Graham Greene. Phillip Dunne was on hand to make the play script to write eponymous biography Irving Stone, for Michelangelo. Dunne rightly opts into your script by changing the focus of the literary work of Stone, turning this into a narrative biographical work supported by facts and historical characters. Thus, "The Agony and the Ecstasy" passes to the big screen as the story about the meeting and the conflict between Michelangelo and Julius II, and especially what that job entailed both united and confronted them.

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The tape shows a less Heston bully, capable of overcoming, at least momentarily, the whole myth generated around himself as a cinematic icon. Gives the impression that the actor was able to capture their smallness under the weight of a character is as monumental as Michelangelo. Only this can explain the transformation in this Renaissance foolish and arrogant, but able to stand on your back as shovels and the capricious authority of the Pope. Buonarroti Heston gives us a passion for art, his art spurred on by the warmth of worldly life, but stubbornly determined to leave everything, so to keep alive within him the gift of turning the stone and pigments in solemn events of beauty.

The casting of this film gives the impression of having been made with the intent to prevent the presence of Heston to be eclipsed. English actor Rex Harrison, who had formerly been involved in works such as "Cleopatra" and "My Fair Lady" is the charge of being a counterweight histrionic in this film, playing the Pope Julius II, known in the history books as "The Warrior Pope. " Harrison, training and good English actor, manages to be at the Agony_and_the_Ecstasy_1965 meet the demands of the character, comprising the most interesting aspects of his humanity, as is his preference for weapons and war, his insecurities as a servant of God and capricious willfulness as monarch of the Catholic Church. All this combines in a pontiff capricious, impatient-yet-paternal and protective of their wards.

Three characters make up the immediate surroundings of Michelangelo: the Duke of Urbino, who inherits his father's stormy relationship "Patron-Artist" with Michelangelo, and the sister of the Duke of Medici Tessina. These roles are played by Alberto Lupo and Diane Cilento, respectively. Both were very important presence in the real life of the famous sculptor. However, these interpretations are far from satisfactory. Of these, only the beautiful face of the actress will be in the mind of the beholder.

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Those who do are worthy of honorable mention are those people that make the artistic counterpart Miguel Angel: Old Bramante (Harry Andrews) and the young Raphael, played by Tomas Milian. A Bramante is shown as an old hulk, disciplined and submissive. In a way, Bramante is the future that patrons crave for Buonarroti, and he in turn rejected. Although questions of timing should not be done, the comparison between this character and the Maestro Salieri of "Amadeus" is inevitable. In contrast, Rafael is given a larger role in the film, because he who plays a dual role in the plot; of enemy and competition at first, and then fan and motivating.

Perhaps the highlight of this character is when he opens the eyes of Michelangelo, inviting him to leave his pride aside to apologize to the Pope. Rafael's youth contrasts sharply with his wisdom. "What is the artist in this world, but a servant, a lackey of the rich and powerful? Long before starting our work, to feed our hunger, we must find a powerful lord, a merchant, a prince ... or a Pope. " It is a pity that the capacity of Milian and actor to a character is so strong. To interpret his youth, he set aside his strength, his dynamism. Is the script which is responsible for giving its relevance, with phrases such as set out above.

However, the simplicity of the supporting actors and is very well covered by the main actors. The pinnacle moment of the film occurs near the end, when Michelangelo was surprised to find the pontiff climbed on scaffolding, surpassing their recent war wounds and decipher the cool of Creation. At that moment, there is a passionate and unusual kind of religion, the priest being a student and artist teacher. "Is that how you see Him? "Asks the pope, referring to the figure of the Father, strong and powerful, but absent from all anger. Buonarroti responds sharp and humble, and often the responses based on the simplicity that governs the Cosmos: "This is a God who knows the anger. It is powerful, but the creation is an act of love. "

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All these things have made "The Agony and the Ecstasy" has earned its place in film history. Is a production worthy of being seen and repeated months after Easter, to rid it of so heavy and simplistic cliché.

After "The Agony and the Ecstasy, came lower things. Heston began his films end with horrible screams, the epic movie succumbed to the fashion of the psychedelic and "A go-go" still waiting for real authors of films, that are far from cliché. Then the search began front-sixties art, by art as it did centuries ago such a Michelangelo.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Cute Consignment Names

Two perfect examples of what is Architecture Visceral.

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We understand that all construction was done without any professional supervision. They tend to be design "emerged from the bowels of the customer", who in these cases , often used more or directly to the teacher begins to build his house with their own hands, along with its neighbors and other partners.

In recent weeks, in which I have traveled extensively in the Ecuadorian coast, I have enough time to revel in such a fun and colorful jokes.

The first example I'm showing you this house, located in the road to San Vicente. When I saw her, I end up twisting a few verses of Francisco de Quevedo and end up writing things like:

"Once upon a time, a house to a staircase stuck

A straight superlative ... "

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The second example on this line presents a great solution for those who are short on budget, if you do not have enough capital to make your home windows, Paint!

And do you believe that architecture was not magical realism? Well there

do!

Saturday, April 18, 2009

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LEMONADE AND AWARDS SYMBELMINE

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For some time ago while peacefully enjoyed our holiday, "bricks" received from "VAUMM" two awards symbolic, in recognition of his architect-blogging activity. Again, and publicly, and I appreciate the words and then the winners chosen by the single-member jury to schnitzel

Papas.

Islands and Territory

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to all the winners in this post we recognize them as breakers of the Crystals of Bad Taste ", and urge you to follow that.

Cheers

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Can I Cover A Brick Chimney With Rock

If you're not having fun, do not!

On YouTube one can find interesting and curious things. Before I go on holiday, I leave to your consideration of these I found recently. If the search bar type "how to architect, find a particular character who has placed different videos. In general I would say that what is most striking of these is the affection he feels for the profession. And if you get to work in architecture without loving her, better not do it! There will always be other ways to make a living selling gum or being a sports commentator.

Enjoy the video! I'll enjoy my vacation!

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Honorable Mention in the 3rd Contest "World Architecture Community."

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I have the pleasure to share with you the words of honor that he received the draft of the "Livable Springs, developed originally as a study, and presented earlier in the "Holcim Awards" last year. I leave you with pictures and a brief overview of the project.

" Springs Livable Environmental Recovery of Guayaquil Salado."

Guayaquil is Ecuador's largest city. It has more than 3 million people, which are distributed in an area larger than the 45,000 hectares which tantamount to an urban area larger than Buenos Aires or Barcelona. And the population growth the city does not stop. Guayaquil is the largest center of economic development and as such, is always an attractive destination for those seeking to improve their income and quality of life. Most of these migrants come from within the country. Unfortunately for most of them, the conditions of life that the city offers are miserable. Sad to say, but has Guayaquil informal settlements that lack optimal urban development, up more than 40 or 50 years.

This project was born out of our concern for the relations that exist between urban and natural events that surround it. Being a port city, Guayaquil consider it appropriate to analyze how events affect the existing hydrographic nearby. Of these events stand the Guayas River and estuary Salado.

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focus our interest in the process of occupation used by invaders that are installed on the banks of the estuary, it is these that have brought the worst consequences for the nature of that sector. The invaders often build their humble homes in a very informal, over the waters of the estuary. These houses are settled on stilts; that most mangrove trunks. The materials used for walls are from recycled wood and cardboard. Also, plastic sheeting and zinc found in the trash were rescued to build the roof. These are not built under the supervision of any calculator. Additionally, do not have any system for sewage, so that its inhabitants are forced to dump their human waste to the waters on which they live and sleep. For everything you explained and must include a municipal law in force, according to which the land arising as a result of the filling done under their homes, gives property right on the lot that they themselves have created. Usually, this stuffing is made of waste from other works, who have nowhere throwing their waste.

All this has caused the disappearance of the original banks of the estuary in the study area. There are cases of mangrove islands that have been wiped out, precisely because the process of occupation.

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In my opinion, what is proposed as an intervention at the site must meet the following requirements:

    • should provide a better place space as well as in the security sector requires people to live on.
    • should allow the banks of the stream can be retrieved, so you can develop mangrove reforestation plan in them.
    • Due to its proximity to the city, the stream can not be understood more as a natural area outside. Instead, the estuary must be understood and city as an urban space with natural features. Po Thus, the estuary will be scheduled activities for its residents, making so I understand the estuary as space itself and as something external and alien.
    • Within the logistics of sustainable construction, would be a great success to the new solution not only benefit those who currently live on the waters of the estuary, but also to those living in adjacent blocks in land.

Met all those considerations together in a structure which we call "The Living Spring."

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is a structure of 30 m. minimum length, with the typical structure of a pier, but oversized. In addition to serving for the berthing of boats and small boats, the dock floor is designed to load on the structure of the houses of the inhabitants of the estuary. These docks would be built to the fabric of the streets perpendicular to the shore of the estuary.

His columns have a separation of 5 meter, and the height of them have more than 5 meters high. This would allow 10 small houses to attach to the top of the structure of the floor spring . The only restrictions would be the inhabitants of the docks, with respect to the construction their homes, have to do with weight and volume. This last detail gives a tinge of "surprise element" to the project, as the final finish of the houses would all residents. We as architects would not have any security on their end walls. The spring floor

promote further activities related to the estuary, which should especially its inhabitants, who tend to be-mostly-seeking employment.

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The spring floor not only provides benefits in the lives of its occupants. The intervention site has water and electricity. The spring floor provides such services to their occupants, connecting to existing networks in the city. However, the sector has not chosen to intervene with a system of sewage collection. ; therefore been considered to implement a small treatment plant sewage beneath the pier, next to its foundation on the ground. These small plants would have sufficient capacity to treat sewage from the houses located in front spring.

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Finally, to comply with the transfer of homes on the lagoon towards the structures of the docks, large open areas on the banks would be reforested with native species of mangrove. This would help to better and prompt environmental recovery of the estuary.

Ultimately, improving the space, improve the infrastructure of the site, and performs the long-awaited recovery of urban event natural event. That's not the mission architecture. bring benefits to residents. Troubleshooting sound and beneficial way.