Chile | International University WK. Water canals and common spaces.

SANTIAGO DE CHILE

International Workshop 2016

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

WATER CANALS-COMMON SPACES-ARCHITECTURE

Escuela de Arquitectura Universidad Mayor

August 3th – 12th, 2016, 

professor in Charge 

RAFFAELLA COLOMBO

Scuola di Architettura AUIC

Politecnico di Milano

Participating Universities

- Scuola di Architettura AUIC, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

-ETSAB-Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona-España.

-IIT College of Architecture Chicago, USA

-Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño, Universidad de Mendoza, Argentina.

-Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Málaga, España.

-Escuela de Arquitectura Universidad Mayor, Chile.

-IUAV – Scuola di Architettura Venezia, Italia   

 Water Canals, Common Spaces and Architecture.

Two of the most important natural waterways in the city of Santiago run from east to west: the Maipo river and the Mapocho river. For hundreds of years -using these rivers and other waterways as their starting point- a web of artificial canals of different sizes and routes have been built to form an irrigation network. WAUM 2016 will focus its observation and reflection on these canals to form ideas and projects.

As works of infrastructure and engineering that had their origin in the agricultural world and sanitation, and built with a particular logic in mind, today these canals are becoming obsolete when faced with the complexity of variables and necessities that make up contemporary living. These works can be reimagined through architecture, triggering new spacial and urban situations that foster quality common spaces within the city.

On day one of the workshop, more detailed information will be provided about the project, the specific place of intervention and the work to be developed by the different groups of participants.

Claustro Antiguo Universidad Mayor | Santiago de Chile

Raffaella Colombo
Scuola di Architettura | Milano

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