Deconstructing the Metropolis: Polycentrism and the Urban Entropy Puzzle
The city, that ever-shifting and complex ecosystem, has long defied simple definition. From the singular, dominant cores of industrial yore to the sprawling, multi-nodal landscapes of today, urban forms are in perpetual flux. Understanding this evolution is more than an academic exercise; it’s crucial for shaping sustainable,...
Spatial entropy to design the 15 minute city
The concept of Spatial Entropy casts some light into the relationship between urban design and thermodinamycs, something that has been intriguing me for some time. Basically, what I realized was that cities, as any other set of matter in our Universe, should obbey the 2nd Law of Thermodinamics. I had a thread there I could …...
Master in Collective Housing (MCH) – UPM/ETH
(MCH), an international postgraduate program of advanced architecture design in cities and housing presented by Universidad Politécnica of Madrid (UPM) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). Because of its prestigious faculty and program, MCH is currently considered the best housing architecture master in the world...