Little big lessons in day to day design: Corners in Taxco, Guerrero

Authors

  • Alicia Paz González Riquelme Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
  • Eduardo Basurto Salazar Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

Keywords:

Vernacular architecture, public space, corners, urban design, typologies

Abstract

This article addresses urban architecture in general and in particular, the spatial relationship between corners, crossroads and small squares know as plazuelas. It exemplifies the wealth of vernacular solutions in, and specifically the urban-architectural configuration of the city of Taxco, Mexico. To this end, by way of images and sketches it highlights and expresses the way in which this human settlement has responded to a complex topographical environment and achieved spatial synthesis characterized by homogeneity in diversity. When architecture strengthens community life, which has precariously arranged “its places,” it is relatively easy to “discover” the vocation of urban spaces. Therefore, the functional, formal, spatial urban-architectural response reinforces the sense of place and community ties, and strengthens dreams and history.

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Published

2014-12-13

How to Cite

González Riquelme, A. P., & Basurto Salazar, E. (2014). Little big lessons in day to day design: Corners in Taxco, Guerrero. ARQUITECTURAS DEL SUR, 32(46), 54–65. Retrieved from https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/AS/article/view/742

Issue

V.32, N.46 (Diciembre 2014): ARQUITECTURA VERNÁCULA

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