Chilean Modern Architecture since 1950

Index

Index 165 Aalto, Alvar, 2 “absence,” abstraction of, 56, 58 abstraction: of absence, 56, 58; and constructive properties, 118; in local traditions, 19; and material circumstances, 51, 55–62; and tectonics: and box shapes, 134–39; and constructed meaning , 139–47; elemental composition and shape, 93–101; and geographical consciousness, 101–21; landscape as cultural image, 98, 153–55; material realism and language, 121–34; material rhetoric and production of sense, 147–52; overview, 91–93; and urban forms, 98 Achupallas urbanization project, 17 acts/activities, influence of on design, 54, 70, 114, 116, 120–21. See also experience and constructed meaning; ritual acts and design Acuña, Guillermo, 43, 135 adobe, modern interpretations of, 14, 41, 122 Aguirre, Jorge, xi, 8 Algarrobo, Chile, 30, 123 Allende, Salvador, 25 Altamira School building, 140–42 Amereida, 3–4, 26, 119–20 Amereida Sculpture, 87 Amphitheater of the Open City, 150–51 Ancud Hostel, 123, 124, 125, 126 Andrea Palladio award, 39, 133 Antofagasta, Chile, 94–97, 98, 109–12 Antumalal Hotel, 103–105, 106 apartment building design, 49, 97 Aravena, Alejandro, 38, 43, 139 Architectural Analysis Workshop, 113 architectural culture, development of. See modern theory, development of Architecture Biennale (exhibition), 7, 29 Argentina, architecture in, 3, 4, 114 Arica Advancement Board, 108–109 ARQ (journal), 7, 29 Arquitectónica I and II (Morales), 5, 6 art and architecture, 3–4, 5, 70, 87–88, 114, 147. See also poetry and architecture Arteaga, Jorge, xi, 93, 158n 13 asymmetrical structures, 84–87 AUCA (journal), 7 autonomous masses, 94–99 avant-garde influences, xiii, 3, 7, 50, 117 Baeza, Arturo, 117–19 Baixas, Juan, 37, 38 Banham, Reyner, 98 Banquet Hostelry, 26, 27–28 Bauhaus, xii, 113 Beaux Arts model, x, 93 Bellalta, Jaime, 25 Bello, Andres, ix Bendersky, Jaime, 97 Benedictine monastery chapel project, 70–74 Bermejo, Jesus, 4–5, 17, 58–62 Bill, Max, 114 block structures, 98, 109, 116–17, 134–35 Borchers, Juan: Duhart’s similarity to, 63; Electric Cooperative project, 58–62; and human activity, 140; and mathematical foundations of architecture, 16; Meneses house, 4–5, 17, 18–19, 20, 23; overview, 4–5, 58–59; and spatial theory, 6 Borgheresi house, 158n 12 box shapes, 41–43, 109, 134–39 Boza, Cristián, 38–39 bracing structures, 47, 68, 83, 84 Bravo, Rodolfo, 98 Brazilian architecture, 3, 13, 50, 54, 67 Bresciani, Carlos, 9, 94–97, 98 Breuer, Marcel, 8–9 brick: locally manufactured, 49, 76, 77; as paving material, 75; prevalence of, 48; in self-supporting walls, 76–77; Toesca’s techniques, ix; in traditional construction style, 14, 20, 24, 41 bricolage, 41 brise-soleil, 84 Browne, Enrique, 25, 132, 133 Browne, Tomás, 37, 38 Brunet de Baines, Claude François, ix–x Brunner, Karl, xii index 166 Index building codes, 46–47, 84, 85. See also urban regulation and design Bullrich, Francisco, 100 Bulnes, Manuel, ix Burle Marx, Roberto, 50, 63, 67 CA (journal), 7 Caballero house, 43 cable structures, 63–64 California, 47, 49 Campo Culipran, 88 Cancino, Elias, 88 Candelaria Chapel, 117–19 Cantagua, Chile, 41 cantilevered structures, 97, 103–105 Cap Ducal hotel/restaurant, xi, 101–103 Casabella (magazine), 45 Casa Chica (Small House), 41, 42 Casa del Cerro (Hill House), 39, 133 Casa de los Nombres exhibition hall, 77–80 Casanueva, Manuel, 38, 88 Casas Parrón, 25 Castillo, Christián, 25 Castillo, Eduardo, 25, 147, 149 Castillo, Fernando, 9, 25, 123 Castillo house, 123 Catholicism, 70, 117 Catholic University, Santiago, Chile, 3, 9, 13, 113, 122. See also Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile Catholic University, Valparaíso, Chile. See Valparaíso School Caveri, Claudio, 3 Centennial of the Republic, x, 93 centrifugal composition approach, 94, 113, 117, 122 Centromaderas, Santiago, Chile, 48, 80, 81–84 chapel reconstruction project (Corral, Chile), 67–70, 117–19 Chatwin, Bruce, 153 Chilean architecture: historic overview, ix–xiii; international influences on, ix–xiii, 7–14, 91, 131–32; and landscape as cultural image, 98, 153–55; in Latin American context, 2–3; material circumstance as framework for, 45–46; modern culture of, 91–92; and modern theory, development of, ix–xiii, 91–93, 113–14, 120–21, 130–32; originality of, 100; overview of 1920s to 1950s, 93–94; and social aspirations, 100–101. See also climate; Latin American architecture Chillán, Chile, 4–5, 46, 47, 58–62 Chiloé, Chile, 41, 125, 126–28, 128–30 Chinchorro Public Housing project, 107–108, 109 CIAM (Congresos Internacionales de Arquitectura Moderna), 54 Cifuentes house, 94...