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O.J. Andrade Castro

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Ronda: Architectural education and practice from the construction of a milieu in common

The PUCV School of Architecture and Design and Ciudad Abierta, Chile

The focus of this research is on architectural education and practice as a collective experience, examining the specific case of the PUCV School of Architecture and Design and Ciudad Abierta in Chile. The research asks whether the culture of collectivity that characterises the sc ...

Reassemble the co-existence

Design of a culture community in Valparaiso

In my graduation studio, “Constructing the commons” in the context of Valparaiso, Chile, South America is the topic under the theme “Position in Practice”, in the track of Method and Analysis. Since September last year, throughout the nine months of graduation studio, I have obse ...

BSB VALPO (Bodega Simón Bolívar)

Social, spatial, sonic interminglings

BSB Valpo is a project for the revitalization of Valparaíso’s coastline. It is a new hub for listening, dialogue, and recreation showcasing the work of local communities, artists, craftsmen and performers within a haptic landscape open to public exploration.

The scheme w ...

Escalera San Augustin

Building ties in the Cerro Cordillera through co-working spaces

This work investigates the relation between domesticity and productivity in a working-class neighbourhood in Valparaiso, Chile.
The aim of the project was to turn the local manufacturing productions into an economical resource, by providing co-working spaces for the local co ...

Shifting points in the city

Reflection and representation about vertical life in Valparaiso

This project aims to take advantage of the leftover space in the city and create a
new type of public space in the high-density low rise residential area. It contains
three parts: firstly, renovating the existing infrastructure---the funicular on the site, which is an imp ...

Towards a Memorised Perspective

Monumentalising the Daily

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 ...

Landscapes of Care

Weaving nature and culture through environmental care practices

Valparaiso is currently in a state of environmental abandonment that threatens the unique coexistence of rural and urban socio-spatial practices in the peri-urban areas of the city. Local practices of animal husbandry and family farming are dependent on the abundance of water in ...

A Sonic

Designing with sound acts

To listen and to make a noise, as sonic acts, formed the premise of the project. Continuing a lineage of inquiry of human conduct that is underpinned by the notion that humans engage in purposeful behaviour; the sonic act in the field of architecture questions how people behave s ...

The Spectacular City

Inhabiting the Boundary Zone of Valparaiso's City Centre

A self-sufficient Industrial Building, that focuses on the production of 1. Adobe construction materials (mudbricks, rammed earth, la quincha panels, earth-bag technology) 2. Region specific wine (Amphorae clay fermented wine, specialised fruit wines, grappa etc...). Both crafts ...

The Word that Builds

Poetry and Practice at the School of Valparaíso

This article addresses the case of the School of Architecture and Design at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso in Chile, which established an original position in arts and education by exploring the productive relationship between poetry and architecture. The focus of ...

The Commons of Valparaíso

Constructing the Commons in the Latin American Metropolis

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) fo ...

A School Made of Acts

The School of Valparaiso and the Open City of Amereida, Chile

Re-founded in 1952 by a group of architects, artists and poets; the School of Valparaíso represents one of the most long-lasting and original experimental artistic experiences in the Latin American context. The article comments on a fundamental aspect of the School approach: the ...