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10 Square Meters of Something SomewhereThe Program of the School of Architecture the University of Talca
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10 Square Meters of Somthing Somewhere
1. The University of Talca, School of Architectures occupationis determined by the place in which it is settled, which is Talca,a city with a population of 200,000, located in the middle of theCentral Valley of Chile, 250 kilometeres south of Santiago, thecapital of the country.A marginal condition that carried, at the moment of its creationin 1999, to designing a study plan based on the following threedomains:To officiate: includes the competences related to concieving,projecting and supervising building construction, that is to say,attending to the requierements of Chilean laws established togovern the profession of architecture.To operate: includes the competences related to the pro-
activity needed for the development of professionals related in acompetitive environment.To innovate: includes the competences related to thetransformation of knowledge into wealth.At the end of their studies, some students will be stronger in onedomain than others, but what matters is the mixture of thosedomains. This is where the particular approach of the schoolresides.
2. With respect to the definition of built projects as a degreerequirement, three observations: The enormous effort of the traditional final degree project,the product of which is a set of plans and models, is born anddies within the academy. This is strange because through thisacademic work the university grants a professional degree, thatis to say, enables that student to develop projects for society,something that does not seem to be correct. These plans and models entail a minimal expense of US$2,000to the students, but end promptly in the trash bin. It is not agood thing to throw away that amount of money, even worsein Chile, an economically underdeveloped country were thoseUS$2,000 are enough to build, lets say, 10 m2 of somethingsomewhere. Those 10 m2 are enough to verify if the student isor is not qualified to obtain a professional degree in architecture. The final degree work, whichever form it takes, aims to verifythat the student has in fact acquired the competences requiredby the study plan of the school that grants the degree. In thissense the built project has been very precise, perhaps becausereality gives control, obligation and need that, in that order,seem to determine the ability to officiate, operate, and innovate.
3. Between 2004 and 2008 somewhat more than 100 works havebeen built and rarely has the evaluation criteria of one workcoincided with another one. Thats why general reflexions aremore appropriate when comenting on the process: The built work can be understood as a contribution to therelation between university and society. Nevertheless, in
this case what is relevant is the inverse process, that of therelationship between society and university. The university students, as many other inhabitants of theCentral Valley of Chile, posses a cultural and economic bondwith the ground that is expressed in the built work. The schoolcontribution in this sense seems to be one of giving space tosuch personal features within the university. The universities of developed countries invest in realitysimulation tecnology within the academy. As the Universityof Talca doesnt have the money, the duties insert themselvesdirectly into the local reality, which is outside of the campusboundaries, reaching in that way a complex and highly desirable
environment. There is an added value in this: when the student finishestheir project, they have created a small network of contactsformed by workers, neighbors, administrators and businessmen,that allow them to come close to his or her first professional job.This is no small thing. To equip young people that dont havethe necessary social capital to develop themselves professionallyis no small thing. For years the occupation of the school formed into an ideathat took the terrain to the detail and the detail to the terrain.However, since the first title project in 2004, the project appearsto be written in an idea that goes from the detail to the terrain,which makes one realize that there is a lot of attention paid tothe environment and a capacity to realize the whole startingfrom just a small part of it. For those which the part is in the
whole and the whole is in the part, is something that is verifiedwith every one of the constructed title projects.Concerning this, I like to relate that this architecture isconceived from the detail of the terrain, with models thatcreate the development from bottom to top. I believe that is theanalogy that permits us to operate above the locality and globaldimension of this terrain that we live in. Juan Roman Perez
Juan Roman Perez is an Architect, Master in Technical Universityin Spain. He is a director of the School of Architecture University ofChile from 1999. From this epoch till now he has given innovative
practices around the Central Valley of Chile.
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pp. 116117: Works by t he students of
the School of Architecture Universityof Talca. 1) Pallets Square by Jose Luis
Uribe Ortiz, 2) Peripheral Closing by
Dafne Ariztia, 3) Rural Amphitheater
by Juan Gajardo, photo courtesy of
Jaime Latorre, 4) Box in Quepo by
Paula Atala, 5) Keepers House by
Gabriel Vergara, 6) Warehouse in
Corinto by Sebastian Araya, 7) Place
for Rest by Macarena Avila Burdiles,
8) Refuge of Cowboys by Andres
Lillo Coria, 9) Kiosk in Rapilermo by
Manuel Gaete Figueroa, 10) Church in
Pelarco by Carolina Letelier, 11) Reed
Cover by Osvaldo Rodriguez and Oscar
Vergara, photo courtesy of Jose Luis
Uribe Ortiz, 12) Landmark for Tourists
by Ronald Hernandez, Marcelo Valdes
and Osvaldo Veliz, photo courtesy
of Blanca Zuiga, 13) Pinohuacho
Observation Deck by Rodrigo Sheward,
14) Urban Umbrella by Jaime Latorre
and Pablo Retamal, photo courtesy
of Martin del Solar, 15) Workshop in
Curtiduria by School of Architecture
University of Talca, photo courtesy of
Hector Labarca Rocco, 16) Laborers
Pavilion by Blanca Azocar Andrade,
photo courtesy of Andres Maragao.
p. 120: Views of construction by the
students. Photo 1), 5) and 8) courtesy
of Karina Gonzalez. Photo 2), 6) and 7)
coutesy of David Guerrero Valenzuela.
Photo 3) and 4) coutesy of Antonio
Gebrie. Photos on pp. 116123 except
as noted courtesy of the architects.
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Church SchoenstattJuan Pablo Alarcon Carreo
Credits and Data
Location: San Juan, Linares, Chile
Design process: November 2007 December 2007
Construction process: January 2007 - January 2008Material: Brick, wood, stone
Budget: $ US13,000Type: Church
Above: View of center of the church.
Middle: General view of the church.
Above the church a vinyl fabric is
placed. Bottom: Close-up view of
the hollow bricks. Photo courtesy of
Hector Labarca Rocco.
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Chilean Races PavilionClaudio Castillo Moscoso
Credits and Data
Location: Gualleco, Chile
Design process: Mach 2006 September 2006
Construction process: March 2007 December 2007Collaborators: Miguel Veliz Verdugo
Material: Stone, wood, poling board, caneFinancing: ChiledeportesConstructed Area: 560 m2
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Box in CanelilloIngrid Vega
Credits and Data
Location: Canelillo, Curaipe, Province of Cauquenes
Design process: Mach 2006 September 2006
Construction process: September 2006 - May 2007Collaborators: Miguel Saez
Materials: Pine woodBudget: $ US 6,000Financing: CONAF
Constructed Area: 56 m2
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Above: Exterior view of the Box
became the plaza for surrounding
farmhouses. Middle: View of the
entrance. Bottom: Close-up view of the
wooden exterior wall.
Above: View of the pavilion. Photo
courtesy of Hector Labarca Rocco.
Middle: View of the Chilean race, a
rural event competing only two horses.
Bottom: Close-up view of the wall.
The shelf is set for the observers to put
their beer and food.