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Metaphysics of architecture: An integral theory framework for sustainability (2023)
Journal Article
Lavaf Pour, Y., & Meraz, F. (2023). Metaphysics of architecture: An integral theory framework for sustainability. ARENA Journal of Architectural Research, 8(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.55588/ajar.374

The paper acts as a critique of prevalent current sustainable architecture and proposes a conceptual framework for sustainable design practice. In this paper, we argue that sustainable building standards,such as Passivhaus and BREEAM, have failed to... Read More about Metaphysics of architecture: An integral theory framework for sustainability.

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.

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.

Cesare Brandi (1906 a 1988): Su concepto de restauración y el dilema de la arquitectura (2019)
Journal Article
Meraz, F. (in press). Cesare Brandi (1906 a 1988): Su concepto de restauración y el dilema de la arquitectura. Conversaciones,

Este artículo ofrece una revisión teórica del origen del concepto de restauración en el pensamiento de Brandi proponiendo una crítica centrada en el caso de la restauración de arquitectura. Se perfila el recorrido teórico de Brandi en su aproximación... Read More about Cesare Brandi (1906 a 1988): Su concepto de restauración y el dilema de la arquitectura.

An investigation of the impact of flood defences on UK residential house prices (2018)
Journal Article
Still, O., & Lamond, J. (2018). An investigation of the impact of flood defences on UK residential house prices

The UK has always experienced flooding, and during the 20th and 21st century numerous flood events caused momentous damage to the state and value of property, occasionally causing loss of life. The detrimental impact of flooding in the UK has height... Read More about An investigation of the impact of flood defences on UK residential house prices.

On the experience of temporality: Existential issues in the conservation of architectural places (2017)
Journal Article
Meraz, F. (2017). On the experience of temporality: Existential issues in the conservation of architectural places. Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology, 3(2), 167-182. https://doi.org/10.1080/20539320.2016.1256070

In discussions of the conservation of culturally significant architecture, awareness about issues of temporality and its theoretical import has been approached from varied, partial, perspectives. These perspectives have usually focused on accounts of... Read More about On the experience of temporality: Existential issues in the conservation of architectural places.