Understanding architecture from the concept of an institution can help determine the character of buildings. Conceiving the city as a meeting place for institutions is what leads to recognizing the value of these institutions as dynamizers of the city to the extent that, in addition to functioning as a guiding element (landmark), it can also give it a symbolic character. (monumentality) and, therefore, requires architects and urban planners to consider its fundamental presence when initiating the intervention of the urban space. The concepts of monumentality, landmark, meeting and character come together in the design process along with the institution to understand that architecture is a totality in the action of human beings’ habitation. This totality is what will shape what we consider the identity of the architectural project, which is what this article aims to explain.

This study develops a journey along the urban scenario of five places in Lima with at least two different socioeconomic characteristics and cultural contexts. Initially, it deals with the origins, types and expressive forms of graffiti, as well as with the meaning of this expression in different scenarios. It develops the basic elements of communication: text and image as basic components of its graphic language. The identification of writing and painting as the links of their future reference to a plastic and aesthetic language, elements that have gradually become the common thread of the aesthetic configuration of this expression. The fact that these expressions exist in contrasting socioeconomic scenarios implies, at least, a reflectionleading to the search for meanings beyond the visuals. Turning eyes to other districts, with very distinct social class and diverse cultural spaces has...

The forms of production, emission and consumption process of messages have been modified significantly with the advent of digital technologies. Museography doesn´t escape to this phenomenon, as long as the users of the museums have new paradigms in the way of consume information. The museums have also been developing with regard to their function and increasingly come to the idea that they, conceptually, must be outside and not just wait visitors. Education is a factor that founds in museums a valuable resource to promote the integration and assertion of identity. The  enclosure, the architectonic place becomes the element that completes the articulation of the elements of exhibition. Although structurally its variation in favor of a type of exhibition is not significant, it is clear that we must consider the space as modi...

La rápida evolución de las nuevas llamadas tecnológicas en los últimos años también  viene modificando las formas de comunicación en sus distintas manifestaciones, especialmente, en las redes sociales. Los distintos elementos que intervienen en este flujo, tanto emisores como receptores participan de la creación de nuevos códigos motivados u obligados por las condiciones en que se presenta el medio: nuevos formatos, velocidad, nitidez de pantalla, inmediatez y todo lo que genera estas características. Los elementos de la comunicación visual siguen intactos: textos,  imágenes, sonidos, y todo lo que permite su materialización: color, movimiento, tipografía, etc. El lenguaje y la comunicación que se encuentran en este contexto son un desafío para quienes transitamos en el campo de la docencia universitaria, a medida que generacio...

La rápida evolución de las nuevas llamadas tecnológicas en los últimos años también  viene modificando las formas de comunicación en sus distintas manifestaciones, especialmente, en las redes sociales. Los distintos elementos que intervienen en este flujo, tanto emisores como receptores participan de la creación de nuevos códigos motivados u obligados por las condiciones en que se presenta el medio: nuevos formatos, velocidad, nitidez de pantalla, inmediatez y todo lo que genera estas características. Los elementos de la comunicación visual siguen intactos: textos,  imágenes, sonidos, y todo lo que permite su materialización: color, movimiento, tipografía, etc. El lenguaje y la comunicación que se encuentran en este contexto son un desafío para quienes transitamos en el campo de la docencia universitaria, a medida que generacio...

The forms of production, emission and consumption process of messages have been modified significantly with the advent of digital technologies. Museography doesn´t escape to this phenomenon, as long as the users of the museums have new paradigms in the way of consume information. The museums have also been developing with regard to their function and increasingly come to the idea that they, conceptually, must be outside and not just wait visitors. Education is a factor that founds in museums a valuable resource to promote the integration and assertion of identity. The  enclosure, the architectonic place becomes the element that completes the articulation of the elements of exhibition. Although structurally its variation in favor of a type of exhibition is not significant, it is clear that we must consider the space as modi...

This study develops a journey along the urban scenario of five places in Lima with at least two different socioeconomic characteristics and cultural contexts. Initially, it deals with the origins, types and expressive forms of graffiti, as well as with the meaning of this expression in different scenarios. It develops the basic elements of communication: text and image as basic components of its graphic language. The identification of writing and painting as the links of their future reference to a plastic and aesthetic language, elements that have gradually become the common thread of the aesthetic configuration of this expression. The fact that these expressions exist in contrasting socioeconomic scenarios implies, at least, a reflectionleading to the search for meanings beyond the visuals. Turning eyes to other districts, with very distinct social class and diverse cultural spaces has...

El presente estudio analiza diversos aspectos de la edificación de cuatro museos nacionales para identificar los elementos que configuran la identidad de la arquitectura peruana. Se contextualizan los conceptos de museo y patrimonio en el marco de las políticas públicas y la idea de identidad en la sociedad peruana. Igualmente, se explora la teoría de la arquitectura que permite conocer los criterios del lenguaje arquitectónico en el proceso histórico de la concepción de la arquitectura como arte, ciencia y tecnología en el devenir de la invención de nuevas tecnologías que propiciarían nuevas expresiones en la arquitectura. Finalmente, se aborda una visión de la línea de tiempo de la historia del Perú, particularmente del período que atesora patrimonio del antiguo Perú con la finalidad de identificar los elementos que configuran la identidad de la arquitectura peruana que...