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Architecture Classics: Mendoza School of Architecture / Enrico Tedeschi

Lucía Brussino — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Some recognize in its facade the organic shape of a tree, while others, on the contrary, see human figures. Observing the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Mendoza, we can attest that we are in the presence of a building that constitutes a paradigmatic case in the context of the 1960s in Argentina.

Mendoza Architecture Guide: 10 Sites to Explore the City of Canals

Fabian Dejtiar — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 05:00:00 +0000

There are reasons to visit the city of Mendoza: it serves as both the gateway to Argentine wine tourism and a diverse collection of historically and architecturally significant buildings. From the Museum of the Foundational Area to the renowned Faculty of Architecture at the University of Mendoza, this guide invites you to explore a cultural and scenic richness reflected in every facade and every street. The city's public spaces not only blend with the natural surroundings of the vast Andes but also harmonize with a system of irrigation channels and urban greenery that can be appreciated at every moment of the journey.

Making America: Sameer Makarius and his Photographs of the Feria de América in 1954 in Mendoza

Cecilia Durán — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Sameer Makarius was born in Cairo in 1924. In 1933, he immigrated with his family to Berlin. At the age of ten, his father gifted him a camera, marking the beginning of his journey with photography. Following the outbreak of the Second World War, in 1940, they moved to Budapest, where he completed his secondary education, began his artistic training, and connected with the protagonists of the local avant-garde. In 1946, he embarked on his return to Egypt with a prior stop in Zurich. There, he organized an exhibition of Hungarian modern art with the support of Max Bill. Back in Cairo, he worked as a decorative artist for advertising and also for an architecture and construction studio.

His artistic work arrived in the Río de La Plata a few years before he did, through his partner Eva Reiner, who was already living in Argentina with her family. In 1948, she lent one of his works for the MADI art exhibition organized in the workshop of the German sculptor Martin Blaszko. After marrying Eva in Egypt in 1952, they traveled together to Paris, where they worked as pattern designers. They finally arrived in Buenos Aires in April 1953, a city that would become their permanent residence. His migratory journey was marked by the drama of war. At the same time, during these displacements, Makarius built a network of relationships around photography, visual arts, and architecture that allowed him to unfold his work in various territories and formats.

Modernity in Mendoza: Pavilion 24 at the Feria de América International Exhibition

Pablo F. Bianchi — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 05:00:00 +0000

The city of Mendoza, Argentina, hosted the international event known as the "Feria de América," an industrial and continental exhibition that took place from January to April 1954. To provide a suitable setting for the exhibition, 30 hectares of land were allocated around the perimeter of Lake Parque General San Martín. Here, 93 pavilions and nearly 20 facilities were set up, including the Allegorical Tower, an open-air theater, and bars. The American countries represented with their own pavilions were Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, and Paraguay. There was also a large pavilion that housed various Latin American countries such as Colombia, Cuba, Bolivia, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico, along with stands for Chilean and local Mendoza-based companies and provincial pavilions for Mendoza, San Juan, Misiones, La Rioja, Eva Perón (now La Pampa), Juan Domingo Perón (now Chaco), Córdoba, Corrientes, Santa Fe, Tucumán, and Buenos Aires. Additionally, there were stands and premises for various trade chambers (Quiroga, 2012). The fair embodied the government's aspiration to showcase a thriving, prosperous Argentina that was connected to regional countries and at the forefront of industrial development.

FCA Houses / MFOLM Arquitectos

Valeria Silva — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:00:00 +0000

The project is located in a suburban neighborhood in Mendoza province, Argentina. The program considers the design of two houses for two young sisters on a plot of irregular morphology. The proposals had to be harmonious with each other, as well as unique since each of them had to respond to the desires, needs, and different materialities required. A joint implementation study is carried out and basic parameters are highlighted such as orientation, use of the land, and the link or articulation between both projects.

Stone House / Estudio Alberto Tonconogy y Asociados

Valeria Silva — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 06:00:00 +0000

The client's request was to build a barn-like shelter situated on an arid place in the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Following this idea, on these mountain trails, there are shelters called "pircas", made in stone by the original inhabitants.

Of.studio Designs a Residential Building Within the Zapata Palace in Argentina

Agustina Iñiguez — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 05:00:00 +0000

OF.studio has unveiled the design of PZ Torre Residencial, a residential building within the Zapata Palace in Mendoza, Argentina, seeking to recreate the traditional courtyard of Cuyanas houses, a common style in northern Argentina.

DCA Building / ONA - Oficina Nómada de Arquitectura + P. arquitectura I Paula Sanchez Abraham I

Valeria Silva — Thu, 09 Apr 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Urban environment. The DCA project is located in a very small lot of 105m2 of surface, in one of the most traditional residential areas of the City of Mendoza, whose urban environment consists mainly of buildings from the 60's and 70's located proximal to the General San Martín Park, the largest lungs in the city. The proposal comprises a continuity of the neighboring facades observing the existing buildings throughout the block. Thus, the morphology achieved follows the immediate urban environment, accounting for both pedestrian and vehicular needs.

LL House / A4estudio

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:00:00 +0000

The project is located in a suburban area of the city of Mendoza and is part of a reflection on isolated houses that we have been developing for some time.

Bugatti House / A4estudio

Rayen Sagredo — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:00:00 +0000

The house’s locate in a private neighborhood to west of Mendoza city in direct relation with piedmont and far views to the city. The terrain of 20 meters front and 50 meters long has exit at two streets to north and south.

ESCALA83 Apartments / GRUPODEARQUITECTURA

Daniel Sánchez — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

It is a small apartment building for rent, located in the Fifth Section of the city of Mendoza, a well-defined fringe of the city, near to the General San Martin Park, with traditional houses that are lately changing to higher buildings up to 12m. In front of the building there is a small park, the Fire Headquarters and the Historical Archives Square, both forming a set of old trees.

Bodega Bauer Winery / Field Architecture

Christopher Henry — Mon, 23 May 2011 08:30:52 +0000

Field Architecture‘s goal for Bodega Bauer was to create an architecture informed by the same particularities of the earth which are embodied in the wine of the region. Siting and materiality are guided by the subtleties of sun and wind exposure, climate, the unexpected nuances of each season, and the presence and absence of water and shade.

Sobrino House / A4estudio

Nico Saieh — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Facing a complex project where the house is also a workplace, we proposed an organized level where all the living uses and human relations are possible: relax, shelter, contemplation and work.

Codina House / A4estudio

Nico Saieh — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The house is situated on a flat land of 1,500 square meters in a residential area within the city of Mendoza, Argentina. A typical continental climatic zone, with large weather amplitudes between stations where natural breeze comes mostly from the South.