Alejandro Aravena: My architectural philosophy? Bring the community into the process
אלחנדרו ארוונה: פילוסופיית הארכיטקטורה שלי? הביאו את הקהילה לתהליך
Alejandro Aravena works inside paradoxes, seeing space and flexibility in public housing, clarity in economic scarcity, and the keys to rebuilding in the causes of natural disasters. He Full bio
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אלו חדשות טובות.
respond to this phenomenon
people living in cities today,
be under the line of poverty.
will stop coming to cities.
question we were asked
בשאלה שנשאלנו
in the north of Chile
in the best of the cases,
available there in the market.
The only way to accommodate all of them
הדרך היחידה לשכן את כולן
make the tiny apartments
not our conclusion —
to do with public money
be able to do individually.
לא יוכלו לעשות באופן אינדיבידואלי.
families to do two things:
network and their jobs,
ועל העבודות שלהן,
would begin right away.
by families themselves
שהושגה על ידי המשפחות עצמן
trying to give an answer
people per week equation
face-to-face contact,
קשר של פנים- מול- פנים,
of the right environment
building look, typically?
pipes, wires, everything,
through the third floor,
we have to turn this scheme
להפוך את המעטפת הזו
primitive common sense,
to share is how design
הוא איך שעיצוב
בעוצמה של 8.8 בסולם ריכטר
air a couple of alternatives.
discussed in Japan nowadays,
occupied illegally anyhow,
בצורה לא חוקית בכל מקרה,
unrealistic and undesirable.
היתה לא ריאלית ולא רצויה.
dollars in contracts,
What kind of city do you want?
(דובר): איזה סוג של עיר אתם רוצים?
that I cannot keep on living here?
שאני לא יכול להמשיך לחיות פה?
raise their children here.
and everyone else will.
the-future-of-the-city
(מחיאות כפיים)
אפילו יותר רחוק ושואלים,
care of now that the city
against future tsunamis,
is going to come in, what, 20 years?
אבל הצונאמי הבא יגיע עוד, כמה, 20 שנים?
to produce a third alternative,
לייצר אלטרנטיבה שלישית,
against geographical threats,
נגד איומים גיאוגרפים,
של מרחב ציבורי,
were three ministries
the exact same place,
of the other projects.
that is why the forest
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alejandro Aravena - Urban architectAlejandro Aravena works inside paradoxes, seeing space and flexibility in public housing, clarity in economic scarcity, and the keys to rebuilding in the causes of natural disasters. He
Why you should listen
Throughout his career, Alejandro Aravena has grappled with what he calls the “double condition of cities.” Attracting people, knowledge, development and opportunities on one hand, the Chilean architect says cities also concentrate and magnify social pressures.
Through Elemental, the firm he founded in 1994, Aravena has devoted as much time to the design of iconic structures like the San Joaquin Universidad Catolica's “Siamese Towers” and Santiago’s Metropolitan Park as he has to the design of flexible and beautiful low-cost housing for low-income families. The firm's work is not just about buildings, but about shaping lives.
Aravena is the winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize.
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