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Call for papers 2026 Revista de Arquitectura  N.º 50. + N.º 51

 

Call for papers Revista de Arquitectura N.°50

 

ARCHITECTURE AND INVESTIGATION + FREE THEME

50th Issue | 35th Anniversary

Deadline for paper submissions: March 2, 2026

https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/announcement/view/396

 

No. 51. CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURES AND URBAN PROJECTS:
New Themes and Dimensions of the City + FREE THEME.

Deadline for paper submissions:  June 22, 2026

https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/announcement/view/397

 

Space for Remembrance. Chacabuco: Saltpeter Office and Prison Camp

Authors

  • Francisco Cruz P.
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Abstract

Based on the documentary Nostalgia de la Luz (2010) by Patricio Guzman, this project is conceived as a critique of the process of social construction of memory from Benjamin’s conception of “History”. An architectural proposal involving the Saltpeter Office and Chacabuco Prison Camp, understanding the commemoration
as a spatial experience

Keywords:

Saltpeter , Remembrance , Memory and Architecture , Atacama Desert , Experience