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Revista de Arquitectura accepted for inclusion in SciELO Chile collection

 

Call for papers Revista de Arquitectura N.º 48. 

 

TO GIVE PLACE TO PLACES + FREE THEME

Deadline for paper submissions:  March 7, 2025

Guidelines for authors: https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/about/submissions

The dilution of the emergency. Urban visions

Authors

  • Bernardo Valdés E. Actualmente es docente de la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad Diego Portales

Abstract

This article is a critical account of the process of building a new capital city for the Province of Palena, in the Chilean Patagonia. from the eruption of the Chaiten Volcano which destroyed the homonym city, to the decision by state authorities to reject the project in december 2010. This is a personal view from the author who was part of the team that worked for the chilean Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning.

Keywords:

Chaitén, Sustainable Urbanism, Urban Policies, Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning Chile, New Cities