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PALACES OF CARE STUDIO 

Taller de Proyectos Interdisciplinar VI, 2023

Campus Creativo UNAB

Instructors: Gabriel Vergara, Guillermo Muller

 

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The “Palaces of Care” Studio is a continuation of the inquiry into the role of social infrastructure in the urban context. The studio focuses on understanding social Infrastructure as a critical urban and architectural piece that fosters and facilitates connections among diverse groups of people.

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The Palaces of Care Studio responds to Eric Klinenberg’s book “Palaces For The People.” The studio encourages students to design spaces that bring “luxury” to the public, aiming for students to envision built environments that foster equity and social well-being.

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This year, UNAB requested to frame all Interdisciplinary Studies VI under the theme of feminism. In response, we focus on social infrastructure from a gender perspective and analyze its role in different forms of care.

 

The studio is divided into three different units or assignments. In the first part of the studio, students conduct  fieldwork through site visits, video exercises and interviews with relevant actors and users, they develop a spatial narrative of the social infrastructure on the Storymap platform. (LINK TO STORYMAPS >>>)

 

In the next unit, students develop a 'Graphic Essay' and site analysis based on the information collected in unit one, through this exercise they  establish a problem, a framework for action, and possible project triggers. 

 

In the third unit, each student explores a specific architectural response to the social infrastructures investigated. Drawing on the lessons learned, students propose spatial actions such as addition, expansion, maintenance, and restoration.

SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURES STUDIO

Taller de Proyectos Integrador V, 2023

Campus Creativo UNAB

Instructors: Gabriel Vergara, Guillermo Muller

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In his book “Palaces for the People”’ Eric Klinenberg investigates social infrastructures and their function as shared spaces that facilitate connections among people who may not typically interact. The studio focuses on understanding social Infrastructure as a critical urban and architectural piece that fosters and facilitates connections among diverse groups of people.

 

By delving into neighborhoods and urban pieces of the fabric of Viña Del Mar students design spaces that bring “luxury” to the public. The studio aims for students to envision built environments that foster equity and social well-being. 

 

The studio is divided into three different units or assignments. In the first part of the studio, students conduct  fieldwork through site visits, video exercises and interviews with relevant actors and users, they develop a spatial narrative of the social infrastructure on the Storymap platform.  (LINK TO STORYMAPS >>>)

 

In the next unit, students develop a 'Graphic Essay' and site analysis based on the information collected in unit one, through this exercise they  establish a problem, a framework for action, and possible project triggers. 

 

In the third unit, each student explores a specific architectural response to the social infrastructures investigated. Drawing on the lessons learned, students propose spatial actions such as addition, expansion, and restoration.

RETROACTIVE LANDSCAPES STUDIO 

Taller IV & V: Territorio y Paisaje, 2022

Campus Creativo UNAB

Instructors: Gabriel Vergara, Sebastian Villagran

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The ‘Retroactive Landscapes’ studio introduces students to the intricacies of the urban environment and its ecological variables, taking a multispecies perspective that connects all relevant actors within the city’s ecosystems.

 

In the initial assignment, the studio focused on different ecosystems within the Marga Marga basin. Through temporal mapping, students analyze and spatially visualize the territorial variables of: hydrographic, topographic, ecosystem, and urban dynamics. Overlaying these variables enabled them to pinpoint specific study sites.

 

In the subsequent assignment, students identified intervention strategies. They create time-based maps and videos depicting the territorial dynamics previously analyzed on-site. Each student also explored and speculated about new interactions between human and non-human actors relevant to the site.

 

Finally, each student critically examined and designed trans-scalar urban landscapes in response to ecosystem dynamics. Through retroactive proposals, students generated their own reflections and ideas, resulting in a diverse range of projects. These projects encompassed activities such as sediment management, dune and stream restoration, habitat creation, and the development of community spaces.

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LINK TO STORYMAPS >>>

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