A+U 594 Architecture In Chile In Search Of A New Identity

ISBN: 9784900212480

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For many, it is the utopian vacation homes that brought Chilean architecture into the international spotlight, and yet now we are beginning to see a different group of architects investigating less individualistic visions. Chile’s idyllic landscape offers a perfect canvas for its architects to express poetry in their designs. As they engage with public or non-profit projects that focus on social and sustainable issues that had little traction under Chile’s oppressive military regime (1973–1990), they seek to forge a new cultural identity in a united land. This issue features a variety of work by Smiljan Radić, Max Núñez, Cazu Zegers Architects, OWAR Architects, Guillermo Acuña, and others.

168 pages, ills colour & bw, 22 x 29 cm, pb, Japanese/English

Weight 1 kg
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2020

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168

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Paperback

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Located at the “end of the world,” Chile’s idyllic landscapes create a perfect canvas for Chilean architects to express poetry in their architecture. To many, it is the utopian holiday homes that brought Chilean architecture into the international scene, and examples of these houses were previously featured in a+u 06:07 and in this issue, the House for the Poem of the Right Angle (see pp. 24–33) and Loba House (see pp. 44–51). Following 2010, however, we begin to see a different group of architects looking into less individualistic visions. Guided by a moral compass, they engage with the public or take up non-profit projects – Ruca Dwellings (see pp. 120–123) and Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center (see pp. 138–145) – that focus on social and sustainable issues which came to a halt during times of oppression. In an introductory essay, Diego Grass, an architect and tutor at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, shares with us his insights into Chilean architecture since the 1990s. He describes how having gone through years of persistent domestic unrest, the country seeks to forge a new cultural identity that would bring a divided Chile together. 18 projects are selected in this issue to broaden our perspectives into architecture found in Chile, and the many ways these architects respond to its landscapes and urban territories.

CONTENTS

Essay: CHILE #2 – Architecture since 1990, Diego Grass
Works
Sebastian Irarrazaval, Casa 2Y
Smiljan Radic, House for the Poem of the Right Angle
Smiljan Radic, Prism House + Terrace Room
Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Loba House
Max Núñez, Ghat House
Guillermo Acuña, Isla Lebe
Ortuzar Gebauer Architects, Palafito del Mar Hotel
Cazu Zegers Architects, Hotel of the Wind – Tierra Patagonia Hotel
Coz, Polidura, Volante, Soto, Museum of the Atacama Desert
Undurraga Devés Architects, Retiro Chapel
Emilio Marín, Juan Carlos López, Desert Interpretation Center
Max Núñez, Glass House
Undurraga Devés Architects, Ruca Dwellings
OWAR Architects, Housing Complex in Quinta Normal
Izquierdo Lehmann Architects, Cruz del Sur Building
Cristián Fernández Architects,Lateral Architecture & Design, Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center
Joaquín Velasco Rubio, Dinamarca 399
Cecilia Puga, Paula Velasco, Alberto Moletto, Palacio Pereira

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