Abstract
This article explores the contribution of Unidad Vecinal Portales – built in Santiago de Chile by the studio Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo y Huidobro – to the debates on social housing in Chile between the 1940s and 1960s. A series of radical decisions, put into action in the complex, demonstrate a deep exploration at the urban, typological, and aesthetic levels. This exploration has given life to an important case study in Chile and Latin- America, where urban and architectural challenges of the second half of the 20th century blend harmoniously
Keywords
Modern Movement,
Modern architecture,
Modern housing,
Post-war housing,
Welfare architecture,
Mass housing,
Santiago modern architecture,
Unidad Vecinal Portales,
Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo y Huidobro,
Restoration of modern architecture.
Issue 65
Year 2021
Pages 22-27
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/65.A.DTPWO1DY