XXL HYBRIDS. The borderline between the building and the city

  • Guillermo Gosalbo Guenot ETSAM / Universidad Politénica de Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANRE.2012.v4.n2.40672
Keywords: hybrid, scale, congestion, intensity, city.

Abstract

The unstoppable progress of technology radically changes architecture possibilities. Throughout history we can find many examples of buildings that try to overstretch the concept of scale. Nowadays, construction of XXL hybrid buildings can create a diffuse borderline between the building and the city. Is it possible to insert the city into four walls?

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Guillermo Gosalbo Guenot, ETSAM / Universidad Politénica de Madrid

Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos

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Published
2012-11-20
How to Cite
Gosalbo Guenot G. (2012). XXL HYBRIDS. The borderline between the building and the city. Ángulo Recto. Revista de estudios sobre la ciudad como espacio plural, 4(2), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ANRE.2012.v4.n2.40672
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Vol. 4 No. 2 (2012)
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