Preface

The University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics (PWPL) is an occasional series published by the Penn Linguistics Club, the graduate student organization of the Linguistics Department of the University of Pennsylvania. The series has included volumes of previously unpublished work, or work in progress, by linguists with an ongoing affiliation with the Department, as well as volumes of papers from the NWAVE conference and the Penn Linguistics Colloquium. The current PWPL series editors are Jim Alexander, Alexis Dimitriadis, Na-­‐Rae Han, Elsi Kaiser, Michelle Minnick Fox, Christine Moisset, and Alexander Williams

Preface

The University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics (PWPL) is an occasional series published by the Penn Linguistics Club, the graduate student organization of the Linguistics Department of the University of Pennsylvania. The series has included volumes of previously unpublished work, or work in progress, by linguists with an ongoing affiliation with the Department, as well as volumes of papers from the NWAVE conference and the Penn Linguistics Colloquium. The current PWPL series editors are Jim Alexander, Alexis Dimitriadis, Na-­‐Rae Han, Elsi Kaiser, Michelle Minnick Fox, Christine Moisset, and Alexander Williams

Preface

The University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics (PWPL) is an occasional series published by the Penn Linguistics Club, the graduate student organization of the Linguistics Department of the University of Pennsylvania. The series has included volumes of previously unpublished work, or work in progress, by linguists with an ongoing affiliation with the Department, as well as volumes of papers from the NWAVE conference and the Penn Linguistics Colloquium. This volume presents a cross-­‐section of current work in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. On behalf of both the editors and the authors whose work appears in this volume, we wish to thank the reviewers of these papers for their important contribution

Arquitectura y ambiente: una perspectiva latinoamericana

Habitualmente cuando se habla de los problemas ambientales y la arquitectura se pone el acento en los aspectos relacionados a la naturaleza. Sin embargo, desde la perspectiva latinoamericana se puede verificar que los mayores impactos se darán en la mayor creación artificial del hombre y donde habita la mayor parte de la población: la ciudad. El espacio público y sus connotaciones sociales son protagonistas esenciales donde debe proponerse la innovación.Usually when it is spoken of the environmental problems and the architecture, the accent is put in aspects related to the nature. Nevertheless, from the Latin American perspective it is possible to be verified that the greater impacts will occur in the greater artificial creation of the man and where it inhabits most of the population: the city. The public space and its social connotations are essential protagonists where the innovation must set out.Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanism