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20 February, 2011

Palmira Chapel – Felix Candela

Jorge Parra.

(19 Votes, average: 4.53 of 5)

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The chapel of Palmyra in Cuernavaca (Mexico) is one of the most famous works of Felix Candela constructor. Built in 1959 , this building sums up perfectly Candela's work, highlighting the creativity, simplicity and structural knowledge of the author.

22 February, 2010

Understanding Bridge Collapses

Jorge Parra.

(3 Votes, average: 5.00 of 5)

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This is one of those books that probably no designer wants to see your work reflected. However Björn Åkesson work is very valuable because it shows examples of what happens when things go wrong, very bad.

22 February, 2009

TO ERR IS HUMAN: Failure as Part of the Design Process

Sergio Carratalá.

(1 Votes, average: 3.00 of 5)

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As part of the COLLAPSE(with) conferences IED is holding a three days introductory event. I have been invited as a lecturer as mentioned before here. I invite you to read the abstract and come along:
March 12th, 19:00 h
To err is human! We must acknowledge that even the most engineered systems can collapse. Failure is a [...]

21 February, 2009

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Sergio Carratalá.

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A cycle of conferences
Here I present you an interesting cycle of conferences (click on the poster to enlarge). Sergio Carratalá (Me) has been invited as lecturer and here the prologue.
…complexity, self-sufficiency, spontaneity, incompleteness and other conceptual notions constitute the backbone of a realm of studies which focuses the evolution of systems of different kinds. Scholars [...]

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