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Juan Navarro Baldeweg´s installation Interior III (1975) was exhib ited at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1975, as a compendium of the research that he began to develop around the exploration of optical phenomena and color, seeking to investigate those mechanisms that allow observation, apprehension, and the understanding of the environment. The installation is part of a series, in which, starting from empty rooms, Juan Navarro Baldeweg explored various concepts and ideas, which, over time, came to be what he called the essential variables that can be found in his architectural designs and works of art. The study of this instal lation and the optical pieces that he created in this context can help us understand in depth some of these variables, which ended up laying the foundations on which his unique professional career is based.

Digital fabrication technologies can be powerful tools for architectural representation, assisting during the fabrication of physical models and prototypes useful in architectural design. The use of these technologies can contribute to complement conventional architectural drawings by allowing the creation of physical models, prototypes and architectural models of constructive details or structural elements, to be used as visualization and communication tools to explore different solutions during the design phase. Therefore, it seems appropriate to reflect and work towards a better integration between the latest digital fabrication technologies and architectural graphic tools to assist the architect. This paper will try to deepen on the applications of digital fabrication in the field of Architecture, based on the projects carried out in Fab Lab Madrid CEU, the Digital Fabrication Laboratory based at CEU University, reflecting about the potential of milling machines, laser cutters, 3D printers and molding and casting technologies to materialize ideas and projects.

El presente artículo se centra en la aplicación de tecnologías inmersivas para la reconstrucción tridimensional y la virtualización del patrimonio arquitectónico y ar-queológico a partir de tres casos de estudio que exploran diferentes tecnologías. En el pri-mero se emplean drones para realizar fotografías aéreas que permitan la reconstrucción tridimensional de un yacimiento arqueológico mediante fotogrametría para su posterior virtualización. En el segundo, se usan escáneres de alta precisión y termografías para su reconstrucción y visualización mediante gafas de realidad virtual. Finalmente, en el ter-cero se ha realizado una reconstrucción mediante un modelado tridimensional para la creación de un entorno virtual.

En este artículo se presenta el estudio epigráfico, la datación y la representación digital de una estela romana procedente de Retuerta del Bullaque, en Ciudad Real, apor tando información relevante a par tir de su estudio y documentación mediante fotogrametría y escaneado tridimensional. Aunque se trata de una inscripción no inédita, los autores de su publicación original se basaron en una noticia anónima y no habían podido ver ni leer la estela, ni conocían su procedencia o paradero actual. Además de aportar un valioso estudio de la estela que incluye la descripción, la datación y la traducción de la inscripción, el hallazgo se ha ilustrado mediante una imagen tridimensional obtenida mediante tecnologías digitales, que puede ayudar a mejorar la interpretación o lectura frente a calcos que quizá, puedan resultar menos precisos o a fotografías con poca calidad para su estudio.

This article presents a series of soundscapes carried out under the direction of György Kepes at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the early 1970s. All of them were oriented towards the regeneration of urban and landscape spaces which were being seriously affected by environmental degradation produced by uncontrolled urban growth based on subtle interventions that arose from experimentation with sound and that promoted collaborative work between artists from different disciplines. Its study must be of interest, in our days, for the quality of the works presented and also, to help reconsider new ways of improving the urban and landscape environment that surrounds us and to project more dynamic spaces that are sensitive to the environment and the needs of some citizens increasingly committed to the sustainable development of cities. Thus, they could serve as a reference in projects aimed at the conservation of the natural landscape that can still be found in some peri-urban areas of cities, seeking to preserve their environmental values through the creation of soundscapes or to regenerate urban areas that are degraded by the environmental impact improving environmental and noise pollution problems.

En el año 1973, Juan Navarro Baldeweg realizará una de sus obras más emblemáticas, La columna y el peso. Se trata de una fotografía tomada en el vestíbulo de la Escuela de Arquitectura y Planeamiento del Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), realizada durante el período de tiempo que permaneció en los Estados Unidos vinculado al Center for Advanced Visual Studies del MIT. Con ella, comenzó a indagar en sus piezas de gravedad y magnetismo, en un trabajo constante y sistemático que ha continuado hasta el día de hoy. Un estudio pormenorizado de estas piezas y de las referencias que las motivaron puede resultar de gran interés para esclarecer parte del universo conceptual del artista.

In 1975, Juan Navarro Baldeweg presented in the exhibition hall of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) the installation Interior IV (1975), in which he clearly manifested the need to capture the imprint of the body in an empty room, through the superposition of some lines drawn on the walls of the room. After a series of exhibitions focused on activating the environment, based on variables such as light or gravity, in this installation, there was an explicit manifestation of the body, establishing a turning point towards interventions on the environment that emanate from his own body arising from his own gestures, as a manifestation of the individual and the organic. From that moment on, the exploration of this new variable became a constant in his professional career. A study of this installation can lead us to a greater understanding of the foundations of the artistic universe of this creator and of some of the motivations that have guided his work since then.

The INARQ innovation project was designed and implemented during the first semester of the 2021‐2022 academic year in the Architecture degree, from the subjects of "Form Analysis I" and "Introduction to Architecture" within the framework of the Exploria project. Its main goal was to increase the motivation of the students, enhancing their creative interpretation of the architectural fact. The strategy was based on designing an emotional approach to Architecture from other Arts, in order to encourage its holistic understanding. The initiative also sought to introduce students to the language of theoretical and graphic abstraction as a tool for thought and expression, as well as to enrich their perceptive, analytical, and interpretative skills in their understanding of architecture. Under this innovative approach, the classroom and drawing workshop work was complemented with the study of bibliographic references, on‐site experience (visits to buildings in Madrid), lectures, visits to exhibitions, individual presentations, and critical sessions with other classmates. The activity favoured the existing synergies between both subjects, and the motivation of students and teachers to take on new challenges, proving that learning transcends the physical and temporal framework of the classroom, expanding the regulated spaces and schedules, to promote at the same time the transversal learning based on other Arts as an innovative way of Teaching/Learning.