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This project is almost a statement of how to accomplish architecture in Latin-america.
The process was so unsteady, that all possible architectural design resources available where exercised to cope with the challenge of this house in the Chilean Central Valley.
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The city of Talca is divided in two by the railroad and the panamerican road in the north–south axis. Surrounding the surviving train station, a surface of 8 hectares remains almost abandoned in between both urban barriers.
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Alamedas should come back as a participative part of the city. The more punctual lightening the more urban activity. These are the two premises taken to approach the recovery of the tree range original from the Spanish colonial city.
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A competition for low cost housing (50 m2 initial), we proposed to transcend the depressing idea of “social housing” to motivate the idea of a diverse neighborhood.
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The extension of the arts and crafts museum (proposed new name: Museo de Arte y Artesania del Maule: MAAM) located in a semi restored, semi abandoned, centenary colonial house was a great opportunity to rethink how to make attractive a permanent exhibition.