
Form and Pedagogy
The Design of the University City in Latin America
Carlos Garciavelez Alfaro(Author)
Oro Editions (Publisher)
Published on 5. January 2015
Book
Hardback
426 pages
978-1-940743-07-3 (ISBN)
Description
The book traces the continental and transcontinental design influences that shaped the creation of the University city. It maps their spatial evolution by exploring the relevance of the autonomous university campus as a pole for urban development. Culled through extensive site visits and the examination of archival material, the book constructs a campus atlas that links campuses into a de-facto Pan-American urban project.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Rafael
United States
Product notice
Paper over boards
Illustrations
400 colour
Dimensions
Height: 317 mm
Width: 228 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-940743-07-3 (9781940743073)
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Persons
Carlos Garciavelez Alfaro is a Mexican designer, architect and urbanist. His research and design work departs from a transscalar approach to design that spans from fashion and interior furnishings to urban landscapes and open territories. Before establishing his own design practice, Carlos worked for diverse design studios including Gabellini Shepard Associates in New York City and the Alexander McQueen fashion house in London. He holds a BFA and a B.ARCH from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MAUD with distinction from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Carlos is a Lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, teaches in the Urban Design Core Studio. Carlos has expanded his thesis research Concrete Matters: Beyond Stillbirth Infrastructure and last spring co-taught a studio at Harvard with Felipe Correa titled: Between Geometry and Geography: Mexico City. In 2012, he received the Druker Traveling Fellowship from the Harvard Graduate School of Design for his project: 'Form and Pedagogy: An Atlas of the Twentieth Century University City in Latin America' that explores the historical evolution of these campuses across Latin America and the diverse design synergies that tie them together.