Elemental – A.mag 16

Description

In its architectural practice, Elemental responds to an awareness of the intervention context, the socio-cultural and economic dimension, and the recognition of the necessities and eventual deficiencies present. Examining the elementary way this Chilean collective approaches subjects is the focus of this issue. Developing works of very different scales, from individual dwellings to intervention studies at the urban scale, or even provincial planning, founder and Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena and his team clearly have their origins in South American architecture, yet also show an increasingly socially-engaged and global dimension: simplicity, perpetuality, efficiency, and utility.

CONTENTS

ESSAYS BY José Manuel Pedreirinho, Raquel Geada Paulino
PROJECTS
SPECIAL HOUSING
QUINTA MONROY 92 HOUSING COMPLEX
VILLA VERDE 484 HOUSING UNITS
PRE FAB HOUSE E2E
ST. EDWARDS NUNIVERSITY NEW RESIDNECE AND DINING HALL
LAS CRUCES – LOOKOUT POINT
BICENTENNIAL CHILDREN’S PARK
ANGELINI INNOVATION CENTER
NOVARTIS CAMPUS OFFICA BUILDING
AYELÉN SCHOOL
OCHOQUEBRADAS HOUSE
ART MILL COMPLEX
EDP (ENERGIA DE PORTUGAL) HEADQUARTERS
BRIDGE BUILDING
SOMOS CHOAPA SUSTAINABLE PROVINCE
RURAL RODEO OF GUANGUAQLI
“EL POLIGONO” SPORT & COMMUNITY CENTER
SAN AGUSTÍN SQUARE
CANELA BAJA’S CULTURA CENTER
“CERRO CHICO” HILL PARK
SPECIAL PROJECTS
SOFT MONOLITHS
A THING NOT AN OBJECT