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Alejandro Aravena gana el premio Pritzker 2016

Aravena logró adjudicarse el premio de este año gracias a la visión que trata de imponer a través de su taller “Elemental”, donde explora maneras novedosas de enfrentarse al problema de la vivienda social y el reencantamiento con el rol del arquitecto para encontrar soluciones a los problemas sociales de vivienda y espacio público. Aparte, su producción de arquitetura y teoría de alto nivel respaldan un trabajo basado en la rigurosidad del pensamiento que lo sustenta. (Un honor que haya sido mi profesor en primer año)

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Centro de Innovación Anacleto Angelini (2013) — Alejandro Aravena

Santiago, Chile.

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Social housing visionary, who engaged residents in designing their own homes, urges architects to address issues of poverty, pollution and segregation

And also THIS GUY!

Further to my architectural post yesterday, this guy is kind of the living embodiment of SolarPunk philosophy in the built environment. Sure - he’s not as pretty as Ole Scheeren, but I think he is practicing the exact kind of design that I am celebrating in my novel. A visionary, with a vision of a better future.

Bravo! and Bravo! again to the Pritzker for recognising such a young, and interesting kind of architect. It says that they are taking the challenges of this century seriously.

From the man himself:

“One of the biggest mistakes that architects make is that they tend to deal with problems that only interest other architects. The biggest challenge is to engage with the important non-architectural issues – poverty, pollution, congestion, segregation – and apply our specific knowledge. It’s not enough to raise awareness. I want people to leave with more tools. We must share the challenges so we are aware of the coming battles.”