theory unit — Carlos A. Segura

CARLOS A. SEGURA

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Teoría III
Escuela de Arquitectura, LCI Veritas
San José, Costa Rica
2023-2024Second-year theory unit

This theory unit identified and examined in depth the complex interactions between the militarization of urban and domestic environments and the adaptation of technologies developed during the interwar and postwar periods of the 20th century. It analyzed how these dynamics shaped regimes of governance and contemporary urban phenomena, all contrasted with the challenges and transformations of Modernity, and of European and American Modern architecture.
Strong emphasis was placed on the analysis of population migration between rural and urban contexts, as well as on the circulation of technologies and models for the administration of space. Urban research and planning were highlighted as a category that shared strategies and approaches with military planning, turning the city into a tool of belligerence and control, rather than merely the stage on which violent actions occur. The course provided an in-depth understanding of how these interrelations shaped our experience of the urban environment and how they continue to influence it today.

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