Departament de Projectes Arquitectònics
Recent Submissions
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El corte vertical y las casas modernas en las laderas de Quito (1960 - 1985)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-12-02)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) Modern architecture arrived in Quito through a complex process of assimilation of the lessons and values that emerged in Western Europe and the United States in the early 20th and late 19th centuries. The location ... -
El Panecillo de Quito, de monte-artificio a artefacto urbano
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-13)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) The urban fabric of many cities, as they grew, engulfed hills found on the edges of their colonial layout. Cities and their inhabitants developed a complex relationship with these protrusions that questioned the ... -
Arquitectura moderna en la latitud 0º: la ciudad de Quito y la Cordillera de los Andes
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-02-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) This doctoral thesis examines the process of adaptation of Modern Architecture in Quito over a period of twenty years (1960-1980). The city's location at latitude 0 and an elevation of 2850 meters above sea level ... -
Acontecimiento y ciudad. Cuando lo extraordinario transforma lo ordinario. Las fiestas de la Mercè y Barcelona
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2024-01-18)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) The object of study of this investigation is centred on the potential that extraordinary events of the city have as a project design tool. We refer to instances in which the city is transformed into a laboratory ... -
Interior-exterior en arquitectura
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-02-13)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) The purpose of the doctoral thesis is to study interior spaces - built in the old tradition of closed and contrasted architecture – relativized in their interior condition. In the classical opacity and the ... -
La forma urbana en áreas naturales protegidas : el caso del archipiélago de Galápagos : Puerto Ayora en la Isla de Santa Cruz y el proyecto de la ciudad endémica
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-25)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe Galapagos archipelago is one of the best preserved protected natural ecosystems on the planet. It is recognized around the world as a privileged tourist destination and advertised as a haven of pristine nature. Thanks ... -
La forma en la arquitectura residencial de Richard Neutra : 1950-1965
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-25)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe PhD thesis THE FORM IN RICHARD NEUTRA'S RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE. 1950-1965, investigates the maturity of the professional career of the architect Richard Neutra (1892-1970) focusing on the single-family house. From ... -
Enrique Ciriani y la Escuela de París (Grupo Uno) : entre la pedagogía y la práctica
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThis PhD dissertation deals with the importance of having a methodological teaching for architecture education and its future professional practice, taken as a reference Enrique Ciriani and the Grupo UNO pedagogical ... -
Juha Leiviskä : una aproximación fenomenológica a su arquitectura
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-03-22)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThe interest in the impact of architecture on its inhabitants and their perception of space lead to question how the spatial experience is considered during the project phase to understand the influence of project decisions ... -
Ridolfi a Terni, 1944-1964. La Palazzina com a síntesi entre forma urbana i tipologia domèstica
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-11-09)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessRoman architect Mario Ridolfi (1904-1984) made a substantial contribution to the transformation of European cities and to collective housing after the Second World War. For a period of twenty years, he used the city of ... -
El mercado de Querétaro : una visión alternativa cronotópica desde el hoy y desde el lugar
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-09-27)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessIn Mexico, in the city of Santiago de Querétaro, inside the so-called Barrios de la Otra Banda, El Tepetate market is located, which background dates since pre-Hispanic times. The environment of the area denotes a low urban ... -
Urban park a new typology of built-up nature : towards a new urban green language for Barcelona
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-03-19)
Doctoral thesis
Open AccessThis thesis aims to generate a new vision for the park division and introduce a new model of parks called Urban Park. Urban Park should follow specific features and unique characteristics that made it suitable to be ...