Por una arquitectura propia : el estilo Neocolonial en el proyecto educativo de la Secretaría de Educación Pública, 1921-1924. 

    González Calderón, Silvia Teresa (Date of defense: 2016-01-27)

    The Neo-colonial style in the Mexican architecture of the 20th century is a subject that has not been explored in depth, even though it has had a very singular development built through 3 phases: the post-revolutionary ...

    Environnement architectural, santé et domesticité : étude des effets d'un aménagement architectural domestique sur la qualité de vie, l'usage et la perception de l'espace dans les lieux de vie institutionnels pour personnes âgées 

    Razes Cerese, Fany (Date of defense: 2016-02-05)

    In a global context of population ageing, many research are conducted to improve the quality of life of older people living in assisted living facilities, but few of these works develop an architectural approach .This ...

    Victory over Chaos? Constantinos A. Doxiadis and Ekistics 1945-1975 

    Theodosis, Lefteris (Date of defense: 2016-05-30)

    Constantinos A. Doxiadis (1913-1975) was an important figure in the realm of postwar urbanism, and yet his contribution has been largely neglected. This study reviews his trajectory and analyzes key projects related to ...

    El papel de las asociaciones, sindicatos y colegios profesionales de arquitectos en la cultura arquitectónica catalana 1874-1977 

    Granell, Enrique (Date of defense: 2016-07-05)

    Beyond its renowned role in the field of regulation of the professional work, the corporations of architects in Catalonia have performed an essential role in the development of the architectonic culture since the creation ...

    Robert Delaunay y la Torre Eiffel : fragmentación e interpenetración del espacio pictórico y arquitectónico 

    Capriata Estrada, Pedro A. (Date of defense: 2017-01-11)

    The work of Robert Delaunay and particularly his Eiffel Tower paintings are recognized as an essential symbol of modern art. However, their precise assessment by historians varies and there are aspects of these works that ...

    Universal accessibility : on the need of an empathy-based architecture 

    Bordas Eddy, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-02-10)

    Universal Accessibility: On the need of an empathy-based architecture is a PhD thesis researching the paradigm of accessible architectural design. Starting from the very first understanding of accessibility in architecture, ...

    Karl von Appen : vida docente y teatral : 1945-1954 

    Navalpotro González, Montserrat (Date of defense: 2017-03-17)

    Karl von Appen was an internationally known german stage designer. His international renown is due to his work in the company Berliner Ensemble, which was founded and directed by Bertolt Brecht until 1956. Appen arrived ...

    La Torre Einstein de Erich Mendelsohn en los primeros años de trabajo del arquitecto 

    Rudolph, Lars (Date of defense: 2017-06-28)

    The leading figure of Erich Mendelsohn has been the subject of extensive and in-depth researches, both for his importance as an architect as for his role in the history of modern design. Conversely, not much has been written ...

    Arquitetura e projeto de Catalunha na transição entre os séculos XIX e XX : um olhar desde as discussões desenvolvidas no Ateneu Barcelonês 

    Barretto, Diogo Cardoso (Date of defense: 2017-07-12)

    With the modernity, the idea of architecture as art and autonomous artistic genre is questioned by movements such as Arts-and-Crafts, the Pre-Raphaelitism and the artistic and decorative manifestations such as Belgian ...

    Cartografías cinematográficas de Cali (1971-1995) : modernidad y espacio en el cine de Carlos Mayolo y Luis Ospina 

    Llorca, Joaquín (Date of defense: 2017-07-25)

    In addition to the documentary value of film material, cinema, as a product of modernity, is a relevant and valid instrument for the analysis of the city, its architecture and the society that produces them. The films are ...

    Architectural heritage of Yugoslav-socialist character: ideology, memory and identity 

    Stevanovic, Nina (Date of defense: 2017-09-07)

    "Architectural heritage of Yugoslav-socialist character: ideology, memory and identity" studies the ability of architecture to represent political and cultural endeavors and developments in the period from 1945 until 1990 ...

    Postectónica : ultrabiología, noosfera y màquina, en el hábitar planetario de Teilhard de Chardin 

    Puello Bedoya, Mauricio (Date of defense: 2017-09-26)

    The cosmology presented in the first half of the twentieth century by Jesuit priest and career palaeontologist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (Sarcenat, France, 1881 - New York; 1955), is structured around the hypothesis of ...

    La transformación del espacio doméstico y de los modos de vida en Bogotá 1945-1959 : las casas de las firmas Herrera & Nieto Cano y Ricaurte Carrizosa & Prieto 

    Roa Rojas, Margarita María (Date of defense: 2017-10-18)

    The thesis analyzes the transformation of domestic space and ways of life in Bogotá between 1945 and 1959, as an expression of a fundamental and representative stage in towards the construction of modernity in Colombia. Two ...

    Teoria e desenho da architectura em Portugal, 1956-1974 : Nuno Portas e Pedro Vieira de Almeida 

    Lopes Dias, Tiago (Date of defense: 2017-10-20)

    The research that we presently put forward as a doctorate thesis departed from a hypothesis set in questioning canonical assumptions of Portuguese architecture as an essentially empirical and intuitive practice. This ...

    El vademécum de la ciudad : París y Barcelona en las guías y descripciones urbanas : 1750 - 1920 

    Rodríguez, Carmen (Rodríguez Pedret) (Date of defense: 2018-01-25)

    There is a city, besides the one we visit or inhabit, that arises from its description. It is a city whose appearance influences our experience and cultural heritage, preventing us from distinguishing between the real image ...

    The modernization of an Iranian city : the case study of Kermanshah 

    Pakseresht, Sahar (Date of defense: 2018-04-13)

    The notion of the Islamic city evoked in comparison with European cities and their modernization process and often criticized for its Eurocentric nature, acknowledges the characteristics’ existence that are shared by ...

    La rebelión del espacio vivido 

    Jiménez-Pacheco, Pedro (Date of defense: 2018-07-17)

    The dissertation arises from the awakening of Henri Lefebvre’s work, both in social sciences with Marxist approach and urban studies interested in social issues. This scientific and institutional recovery of Lefebvre's ...

    Le Corbusier y el poema del ángulo recto 

    Salgado Bonnet, Camila (Date of defense: 2018-07-23)

    Le Poème de l’angle droit is a livre de peintre, carried out by Le Courbusier, between 1947 and 1953 and published in Paris in 1955, as part of the collection named Grands livres manuscrits et illustrés par les artistes ...

    La construcción del relato arquitectónico y las arquitectas de la modernidad : un análisis feminista de la historiografía 

    Arias Laurino, Daniela (Date of defense: 2018-10-05)

    There is no history without women as there is no culture without women, and architecture is not an exception to this norm. This research is focused on revealing how official historiographic mechanisms in architecture omitted ...

    El espacio público desde la perspectiva del colectivo infantil y el de los adultos mayores : un estudio interdisciplinar entre la arquitectura y las ciencias sociales 

    Ayala García, Erika Tatiana (Date of defense: 2018-11-28)

    This doctoral thesis focuses on the understanding of the concept of public space by children and older adults. It builds an interdisciplinary theoretical framework between architecture and social sciences that aims to ...