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Javier Mozas includes in a+t 38 Strategy and Tactics in Public Space the article 'Public Space as a Battlefield'. It looks at the context from which public space emerges and develops the system of tactics applied to public space offering his view of the actors involved, the modus operandi and the realms in which it takes place.

Extracto del artículo de Javier Mozas publicado en Rashomon La triple verdad de la arquitectura.

Extracto del artículo de Javier Mozas publicado en Rashomon La triple verdad de la arquitectura.

This image shows the influence that the architecture of a small town in Málaga called Frigiliana has had on the design of the 8 House housing complex by Bjarke Ingels.

a+t visited the facilities of the international competition of solar homes, which took place in late June.

The Víctor-Hugo residential complex, 1955-1957, is made up of 282 dwellings and a small shopping area. The original land for this development came from a former distillery which fell into disuse after the Second World War...

The Point-du-Jour residential complex, 1957-1963, is contemporary with Le Parc in Meudon, a work by the same author. In this case it is somewhat smaller. It is made up of 2,260 dwellings and a shopping area...

Rem Koolhaas  has stated that at this moment in time we are unable to evaluate, as they deserve to be, the works and projects of the sixties and the seventies: 'I would like to state the contrast existing between the 'acceptance of life' of Pouillon and the 'artificiality so as to recognise life' in Nouvel'. (1)

The lament is generalised. The crisis is downsizing architectural studios, devastating technical offices and removing many construction companies from the yellow pages. A change of cycle is being produced which will starve off all the superfluous fat lubricating the property business.
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