From encounters and disencounters. Stories about modernity and community life: The "Siete Hermanas" Residential Housing in Viña del Mar

Authors

  • Carolina Carrasco Walburg Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso

Keywords:

Modernity, oral history, community spaces, neighbourhood, place

Abstract

Nowadays, some modern Chilean housing complexes exhibit an evident state of deterioration. Therefore, their effective characteristics for solving housing problems have been questioned due to excessive rationality and limited capacity for urban integration. However, while the housing market has established a model based on standardization and individuality, an evaluation is necessary of the real characteristics of the main modern constructions. Is it possible that the architectural characteristics of public spaces have driven community development?

This article presents the specific case of the “Siete Hermanas” housing complex in Viña del Mar and its process of community development. As will be seen, without a doubt the formal and functional qualities of common spaces prompted the neighborhood’s evolution, which in turn created a neighborhood connected to the location. Through a retrospective analysis, carried out with the memories of the original inhabitants, this paper reviews the current state of the complex and its singularities.

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Published

2014-06-13

How to Cite

Carrasco Walburg, C. (2014). From encounters and disencounters. Stories about modernity and community life: The "Siete Hermanas" Residential Housing in Viña del Mar. ARQUITECTURAS DEL SUR, 32(45), 48–63. Retrieved from https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/AS/article/view/748

Issue

V.32, N.45 (Junio 2014): ARQUITECTURA MODERNA EN LATINOAMÉRICA

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