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The architecture committed Chilean Alejandro Aravena has been awarded the 2016 Pritzker Prize, which recognizes well their work to resolve any problems of habitability, including those affected by natural disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami in Chile in 2010.
Aravena has been awarded by an architecture that “skillfully combines social responsibility, economic needs and the design of human habitat,” which has “excellent work” in both the public and private spheres, says the jury’s decision, announced Wednesday in Chicago (United States) .
This architecture has been developed mainly through the signing Elemental, which he heads in Santiago and focuses on projects of social impact and public interest.
This group received in 2008 the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture for its commitment to the use of architecture to “solve real-world problems, such as the environment, poverty and social conflicts “. Aravena conduct the 2016 edition of the biennial.
This is especially committed work reflected in the work of rebuilding the city of Constitution, one of the most devastated by the earthquake and tsunami the February 27, 2010 shook Chile and left five hundred dead and 800,000 homeless.
The reconstruction includes emergency work, the development of a master plan, development of Villa Verde and construction of the Constitution Cultural Center.
But beyond his native Aravena (Santiago de Chile, 1967) has made other significant projects in the United States, Mexico, China and Switzerland in both the public and private sectors, he said today in Chicago as the president of the Hyatt Foundation, Tom Pritzker.
Her work “gives underprivileged economic opportunities, mitigate the effects natural disasters, reduce energy consumption and provides welcoming public spaces. Innovative and inspiring shows how the best architecture can improve the lives of people, “says the ruling.
At 48, becomes Aravena The fourth Latin American architect to win the prestigious Pritzker, considered the Nobel of this discipline, after the Mexican Luis Barragan (1980) and Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer (1988) and Paulo Mendes da Rocha (2006)
“No achievement is individual. The architecture is a collective discipline. So we think with gratitude of all the people who have helped shape an enormous diversity of forces at play, “said Aravena upon being communicated the award.
” The prestige , the scope, the weight of the prize is so great that we hope to use this time to explore new territory, to face new challenges and move into other areas of action, “said the architect, on behalf of the Elementary group, which he leads in Santiago and focusing on social impact projects and public interest.
After winning the Pritzker, “the road is not written,” so that his plan “is not having a plan, the uncertain wait, be open to the unexpected, “said Aravena, who also acknowledged that he and his colleagues are” overwhelmed, ecstatic and happy. “
Achievements. The Pritzker jury, chaired by Lord Peter Palumbo, said the buildings designed by Aravena for the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago.
Among them, Innovation Center UC – Anacleto Angelini (2014), Siamese Towers (2005), the Faculty of Medicine (2004), the Faculty of Architecture (2004) and the Faculty of Mathematics (1999)
This is energy-efficient buildings that respond to local climate innovatively, with facades and plants that provide natural light users and pleasant meeting places.
Another highlight in the ruling Aravena building is one that is currently being built in Shanghai office, the company Novartis, and has different spaces for individual, collective, formal and informal work.
When the jurors visited projects Aravena, they experienced a sense of” wonder and revelation. ” They understood that was an innovative way to create great architecture and the best is yet to come, said Palumbo
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Other buildings designed by the architect, at the Catholic University of Chile and Pritzker juror between 2009 and 2014, are home to St. Edwards University in Austin (Texas), or a number of private homes in Monterrey (Mexico) .
Some homes that fall within the concept of “half a good house,” which is that the design leaves room for residents complete their homes, an idea of Elemental, which has already built well over 2,500 units of social housing for low cost.
The specialized site Arch Daily highlights that while 110 million people live in urban slums in Latin America, not many architects who have worked on the issue with the depth of Aravena.
Aravena Elemental runs since 2001, a “Do Tank ‘(as opposed to the think tank ) counts as partners with Gonzalo Arteaga, Juan Cerda, Victor Oddo and Diego Torres.
They have also designed the Paseo Metropolitano, still under construction, and the Bicentennial Park Children (2012) in Santiago.
The delivery of the 2016 Pritzker be held on April 4 at the UN headquarters in New York, one of the most emblematic buildings of the Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer .
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