Nurturing architecture: Education, research and practice for health and wellbeing (2021)
Journal Article
Meraz, F., Marco, E., Rice, L., & Drozynski, C. (2021). Nurturing architecture: Education, research and practice for health and wellbeing. Charrette, 7(2), 1-9

Nurturing Architecture explores how an ethos of care, of providing nourishment and supporting growth and development, might be understood as a founding principle for architectural education and practice. The term allows multiple interpretations, whic... Read More about Nurturing architecture: Education, research and practice for health and wellbeing.

A la búsqueda del lugar del estar-a-la-mano (2020)
Journal Article
Meraz, F. (2020). A la búsqueda del lugar del estar-a-la-mano. Arteoficio,

Based on Graham Harman's original interpretation of Heidegger's concepts of ready-to-hand (Zuhandenheit) and present-at-hand (Vorhandenheit) (Harman, 2002), this essay looks for the consequences of such an analysis applicable to an existentially reve... Read More about A la búsqueda del lugar del estar-a-la-mano.

Cesare Brandi (1906 to 1988): His concept of restoration and the dilemma of architecture (2019)
Journal Article
Meraz, F., & Magar Meurs, V. (2019). Cesare Brandi (1906 to 1988): His concept of restoration and the dilemma of architecture. Conversaciones, 7, 160-174

This article offers a theoretical review of the origin of the concept of restoration in Brandi's view, proposing a critique centered on architectural restoration. Brandi's theoretical trajectory is outlined in his approach to the discernment of art i... Read More about Cesare Brandi (1906 to 1988): His concept of restoration and the dilemma of architecture.

In search of the place of being ready-to-hand. Uncovering reciprocity between architectural design research and philosophy (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Meraz, F. (2018). In search of the place of being ready-to-hand. Uncovering reciprocity between architectural design research and philosophy.

Based on Graham Harman’s illuminating interpretation of Heidegger’s concepts of ready-to-hand and present-at-hand, the paper elucidates some of the consequences of such an analysis for an architectural design research existentially revealing. Once th... Read More about In search of the place of being ready-to-hand. Uncovering reciprocity between architectural design research and philosophy.