The Natural House in the Modern City: Ideological Principles, Technical Devices and Urban Projects

Chairs: 

Joaquin Medina Warmburg – Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany

Horacio Torrent Schneider – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile

Wladimiro Acosta. Integral City Block. From: Acosta, W. Vivienda y ciudad. Buenos Aires: Aresti. 1936.

Presentations:

– The Natural House in the Modern City: Ideological Principles, Technical Devices and Urban Projects      

Horacio Torrent                                                                              

Joaquín Medina

– Devices for the Perception of Nature. Richard Neutra’s Suburban Single-Familiy Houses   

Matthias Brunner

– From Eden to Babylon. The role of Nature in Lima’s Unidades Vecinales

Sharif Kahatt

– Modern Housing Production on the Axis of Industry: The Expanding Boundaries of Istanbul

Yıldız Salman

Burak Ozturk

– The Growing City. The Hybrid Character of Nature in Schwagenscheidt´s Raumstadt Concept.    

Moran Lev

– Villages, houses and gardens. Catholicism contribution to social housing in Uruguay          

Mary Mendez