The historical framework that is underlying the city of Valparaiso, Chile brought a certain type of city planning, one wherein the city operates in fragmentation. Not only in the way how the city operates and solves problems also in the way people deal with each other. Therefore the tackle of bigger problems is not there. In this created lifestyle, these problems tend to come back in a viscus circle. In this project I try to break this circle and the fragmentation. Trying to solve the bigger problems by filtering out key aspects in the city and bringing them together. The project aims to create unity and operates on two scales. The project tries to have effect on a neighborhood by offering different kinds of communal spaces. This part of the program is combined with a ritual which is known in the whole city. To bring smaller expertise’s to one place to solve problems than affecting the whole city. To state what can be down by only the strength of people.

Positions in Practice : Constructing the Commons in the Latin American Metropolis, Graduation Studio (Msc 3 | Msc 4), Valparaíso, Chile, Fall 2017 - Spring 2018. The MSc3/MSc4 Graduation Studio “Positions in Practice” of the Department of Architecture TU Delft (fall, 2017) focused on the urban and architectural context of Valparaíso, as a laboratory for the definition of disciplinary positions and the performance of these positions in practice.