
Building Cultures Valparaiso
Pedagogy, practice and poetry at the Valparaiso School of Architecture and Design
Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
1st Edition
Published on 29. July 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-2-940222-90-2 (ISBN)
Description
Building Cultures Valparaiso takes a critical look at how pedagogy, practice and poetry are brought together at one of the most influential schools of architecture of the past 50 years: the School of Architecture and Design of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso in Chile.
The editors have brought together research on the origins of the school, on the role that poetry plays in teaching and practice, and on the school's larger historical place in the context of a global out-break of radical architectural teaching in the late 1960's. Contributors come from both within and outside of the school and include Beatriz Colomina, David Jolly Monge and Gerald Wildgruber.
In addition to original research, Building Cultures Valparaiso includes a collection of student drawings from the early years of the Valparaiso School's Open City, a 270 hectare stretch of land along the Pacific Ocean that serves as a laboratory for living and working together. These drawings provide an insight into how the philosophy of the school translates into the making of architecture.
Through its exploration of the Valparaiso School's radical approach to teaching and making, Building Cultures Valparaiso serves as a guide for all those interested in an experimental vision of architecture.
The editors have brought together research on the origins of the school, on the role that poetry plays in teaching and practice, and on the school's larger historical place in the context of a global out-break of radical architectural teaching in the late 1960's. Contributors come from both within and outside of the school and include Beatriz Colomina, David Jolly Monge and Gerald Wildgruber.
In addition to original research, Building Cultures Valparaiso includes a collection of student drawings from the early years of the Valparaiso School's Open City, a 270 hectare stretch of land along the Pacific Ocean that serves as a laboratory for living and working together. These drawings provide an insight into how the philosophy of the school translates into the making of architecture.
Through its exploration of the Valparaiso School's radical approach to teaching and making, Building Cultures Valparaiso serves as a guide for all those interested in an experimental vision of architecture.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lausanne
Switzerland
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
473 gr
ISBN-13
978-2-940222-90-2 (9782940222902)
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Content
Introduction Sony Devabhaktuni 1. El camino no es el camino: Some Reflections on the Valparaiso School and its Architectural Teaching Patricia Guaita and Cornelia Tapparelli 2. Precarious Middle Ground: Some Remarks on the Presence of Hoelderlin in Writings Associated with the Open City Gerald Wildgruber 3. A Pursuit for a `Change of Life:' Pedagogical Experiences, Poetic Occupations and Historical Frictions Ignacio Gonzalez Galan 4. Radical Pedagogies: Notes Towards a Taxonomy of Global Experiments Beatriz Colomina, Ignacio Gonzalez Galan, Evangelos Kotsioris and Anna-Maria Meister 5. Open City Notebook Sony Devabhaktuni 6. 8 Projects in the Open City, 1973 David Jolly Monge