Para la Dedicatoria de la 38va Asamblea y Convención del Colegio de Arquitectos y Arquitectos Paisajistas de Puerto Rico, 10-11 de junio de 2016, Hotel El Conquistador, Fajardo, Puerto Rico Thomas S. Marvel Jova nació y se crió en medio de los famosos paisajes del Valle del Río Hudson, en el Estado de Nueva York. Continue reading “En memoria de Thomas S. Marvel Jova, arquitecto”
Category Archives: architecture
Nature working for the city: Perspectives on ecological urbanism
Landscape architecture as an occupation, and later as a profession, has only 300 years of history; as a particular human activity, though, it essentially dates back to the emergence of humanity itself. This activity of human beings – to change their environment for their own survival, prosperity and enjoyment – definitely predates the construction ofContinue reading “Nature working for the city: Perspectives on ecological urbanism”
Environmental Design
There can be no higher calling, no older human endeavor, than designing the human environment for the survival and enjoyment of our children. And doing so in an intelligent, mindful, and ecologically sensitive way has never been such an important task.
Flashback to Fields Point
From the bluff, the landscape was impressive…. The field was textured by the presence of mounds, as in a landfill…. And these tombs of culture marched on to the sea beyond, holding inside them the discarded carcasses of useless things…. The traces and scars of human culture over the face of the Earth…. the indelibleContinue reading “Flashback to Fields Point”
Contemporary Issues in Landscape Architecture
Course Syllabus 2013: Syllabus – Contemporary Issues in Landscape Architecture_Fall 2013
Landscape and experience
Landscape is at the heart of all experience.
What do you carry? A Landscape Architect’s Field Bag
For a landscape architect, field work is as important as drawing and model-making in the studio, and a few good pieces of field gear are a must: Small sketchbook and drawing implements – For field work, I prefer a sketchbook with grid paper to make it easier to draw to scale. A Lamy Safari fountainContinue reading “What do you carry? A Landscape Architect’s Field Bag”
La ciudad ecológica / The Ecological City
Presentation (in Spanish) on ecological urban design: La ciudad ecológica / The Ecological City
Designing Nature as Infrastructure – Symposium
La Parguera Analysis Designing Nature as Infrastructure – Symposium – Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany Here’s the Symposium poster and program. We will present on a Green Infrastructure Plan for La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Poster Program, Abstracts, Authors
La Mancha, remembered…
La Mancha is an impossible landscape to understand easily; it is quite difficult to know it deeply… But an amazing landscape it is…. One full of history and meaning to us Spanish-speakers…. The Tajo River is the lifeblood of the Upper La Mancha… A river of contradictions, silent witness of life and death…. Life-giver andContinue reading “La Mancha, remembered…”
Flights of the Mind 
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