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Call for papers Revista de Arquitectura N.º 47. 

Ways of looking at architectural sustainability + FREE THEME

 

Deadline for receipt of articles:  September 10, 2024

Guidelines for authors: https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/about/submissions

Conscious research in the design process: a methodology for evaluating pre-existing conditions

Authors

  • Gabriela Muñoz S. Universidad de Chile
  • Mauricio Sánchez Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Abstract

At the beginning of this century, Chile underwent a change regarding the protection of its heritage; citizens became aware of the concept of “heritage”, of their duty as a society to protect this heritage, and the requirement of the State to properly invest resources intended for this protection. From an architectural point of view, the question arises: How do we address the architectural intervention in a pre-existent form in a responsible, ethical, and appropriate manner? Intervention should be an established operation, defined by historic, architectural and technical support; and doing it consciously implies an understanding of the relevance of the intervention. The development of a diagnosis and the definition of the corresponding criteria for intervention will allow the development of a consistent and efficient project impacting upon the city with coherent architecture.

Keywords:

Research, Diagnosis, Architectural intervention

Author Biographies

Gabriela Muñoz S., Universidad de Chile

Arquitecta

Mauricio Sánchez, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Arquitecto