La Ciudad de Los Balcones (Spanish Edition)

Ciudad de los balcones exceeds the traditional scholarly books categories as well as the stamps prescribed by the boundaries of fields of knowledge and thought, to pass with ease through the urban San Juan history, calling at major stops. Santurce and most notably, in the most emblematic quarter Cangrejos Abajo, Villa Palmeras. Edwin R. Quiles Rodriguez, beyond history, makes his account of what was the construction of a neighborhood as the city lived by its makers and residents. Here, between street and home, between public and private, balconie stands and gets the space at once protected and expose, architectural icon, with a form of a room and socialization. Beautifully written, the text is a reflection on urban informed by knowledge. The experience and eyes of the architect, planner and academic, but articuladapor an almost intimate voice, whose approach is revealed from memory, from the streets of the neighborhood children, from the concerns of citizens. Ciudad de los balcones is a book populated with people, details of architecture seen as a living space, a book to read with the five senses. Complete the text more than 400 images, including drawings, illustrations and photographs of Jochi Melero, all integrated with the design of the artist Consuelo Gotay.