por Sandra Reyes
La reconstrucción del paisaje urbano, la arquitectura, el reciclaje y el estudio solar como directrices del diseño arquitectónico son sólo algunos de los elementos conceptuales en el trabajo del arquitecto y paisajista Iñaki Echeverría (México, 1982). Su línea de producción está enfocada en las problemáticas ambientales y la arquitectura sostenible. Es el caso de uno de sus más recientes proyectos: El Parque Ecológico Lago de Texcoco, que propone la rehabilitación del espacio público, infraestructura y dotación de espacios verdes en la región oriente del Estado de México.
¿Por qué decidiste dedicarte a la arquitectura?
De inicio fue por instinto… era eso o cocina. despues entender a la ciudad como paisaje, descubrir la maravilla del acto de construir, la arquitectura como una filosofia de la historia y su capacidad de influir mas alla del mundo de lo concreto a traves de la forma me enamoraron.
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Coordination LandscapeArch Fabiola Vargas, Project: LandscapeArch Yazmin AlarcónOmaris Zúñiga, Paola González, Arch: Janisse de la Rosa
Landscape design is done by managing native vegetation to create three thematic areas: Hortus deserta, Hortus essentia and Foresta.
Native species were selected with the purpose of recognizing their biological value, as part of the identity of typical Monterrey landscapes. These species have adapted to the site’s natural and weather conditions and require low maintenance and irrigation, being ideal for urban reforestation.
Integrated by two large zones, the Access Patio, and the Green Roofs and Gardens, this areas cover the project and integrate to the adjoining landscape. The access patio is the space located between the two existing structures and where the main access will be located. On the other hand, the green roofs have been conceived as the fifth facade of the project, and will help integrate the new construction to the park.
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Christopher Dell will give a conference at the office of Inaki Echeverria Friday, November 25,2011, theoretical knowledge, German musician and urbanist
Christopher Dell (1965), known theorist, musician and German urban planner, will give a talk at the offices of the architect Iñaki Echeverria, the talk offer is titled “The Cage Composition Class and The Transparent Grid”
Christopher Dell studied philosophy at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Music and Composition at the Hilversum Conservatory in Rotterdam and later received a scholarship to attend Berklee School of Music in Boston where he graduated with honors. He continued his studies in composition with different teachers in Germany and earned a Masters in Human Resources and Organizational Development at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern.
He was Professor of Theory of Architecture at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin and later taught urban design theory HafenCity University in Hamburg. He has been guest lecturer at several universities as the AA in London, the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Columbia University in New York and the Academie for Bouwkunst Arnhem.
Dell has been honored with numerous awards in the field of music, literature and art in general, is considered one of the first vibraphonist worldwide and along with bassist and drummer Christian Ramond Felix Astor formed the jazz group DRA.
