Urban operations in Chacao Municipality

2014

The book displays the Chacao Municipality, one of the five boroughs of Caracas city. It is divided into three chapters; the first one explores, from a historical retrospective, the foundation and development of the borough. The second chapter presents the contemporary perspective in which different urban conditions are mapped out in plans, diagrams and schemes and an important number of studies, projects and works are shown in a fairly detailed fashion, synthesizing twelve years of transformations in this area of the city. Finally, the last chapter summarizes the local urban development plan that aim to lead the role of the municipality in the future. It includes a prologue by David Gouverneur and texts by Aliz Mena, Franco Micucci and Maria Alejandra Moleiro, the book has been edited by Fundación Espacio with the support of the Local Office of Urban Planning (OLPU in spanish). It is written in spanish.                

Architecture X Processes

2010

The content of the book is derived from the 2008 exhibition Architecture X Processes produced by the Fundación Espacio. It reunites the work of nine architecture offices formed by architects that share the same generation and many of them maintain a close relationship with academic institutions. Their professional practice has developed over the last decade and many of their projects has been built. The book compiles the content of five conversations between the architects, the 27 projects shown in the exhibition as well as an introductory essay by José Rosas Vera and the transcription of the exhibition´s round table discussion among the participating firms moderated by Jorge Villota. It is edited in English and Spanish.