Entrevista a José Juan Terrasa por Angélica Dávila, candidata al grado M.L.A. en la Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico. La entrevista se realizó el 8 de abril de 2025 en las oficinas de Marvel, en Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Category Archives: urbanismo
Paseo Lineal Enrique Martí Coll
Human Culture and Nature: Making the Relationship Work
Based on a lecture given at CAAPPR on 13 April 2022, as part of the celebration of World Landscape Architecture Month. Culture and nature have been portrayed as contradictory or in conflict throughout many expressions of the Western tradition. From biblical literature to Christian theology to Moby Dick to La Charca, this conflict between natureContinue reading “Human Culture and Nature: Making the Relationship Work”
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SKETCHES: Their Three Lives An intimate exploration of sketches and their role in the creative life…. Link to Sketches (eBook) Link to Sketches (PDF) Link to Sketches (Paperback at Amazon.com)
En memoria de Thomas S. Marvel Jova, arquitecto
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”
Los árboles en el diseño urbano
Un escrito sobre el uso de los árboles en el diseño urbano, con especial referencia a Puerto Rico. Ver PDF adjunto:
Notas sobre dibujo arquitectónico-paisajista
Materiales de dibujo y representación arquitectónico-paisajista recomendados para uso “en plein air” Pluma fuente Lamy Safari o Lamy AL-Star, punta Extra Fina (EF), cargada con tinta negra Pelikan 4001 o tinta negra J. Herbin Perle Noire Lápiz de carpintero, 4B Lápices de carbón, 2B y 6B Lapicero Staedtler Mars Technico para minas de 2 mm,Continue reading “Notas sobre dibujo arquitectónico-paisajista”
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”
La ciudad ecológica / The Ecological City
Presentation (in Spanish) on ecological urban design: La ciudad ecológica / The Ecological City
The Mindful Designer
The Buddhist tradition is essentially about the discipline of the mind to attain Enlightenment or transcendental wisdom, but its techniques and outlook can (and should, for the Buddhist) be applied to any task at hand, including design. The application of Buddhist thought as a non-religious, philosophical outlook to engage daily life, from psychology to literature,Continue reading “The Mindful Designer”
Flights of the Mind 
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