Francisco Prado

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | UC · Escuela de Construcción Civil

Libro que analiza y discute temáticas asociadas al patrimonio material e inmaterial, desde una perspectiva amplia, mediante la descripción de postulas actuales y los posibles desafíos de la disciplina.

La Historia de la Construcción se ha constituido como una disciplina independiente en los últimos 20 años, en base al trabajo de investigadores en Europa y Norteamérica, llegando a realizarse el año pasado en Segovia el 1er Congreso Iberoamericano de Historia de la Construcción organizado por la Sociedad Española de Historia de la Construcción. La...

En esta ponencia se documentan y discuten las características constructivas, la distribución geográfica y los orígenes del sistema constructivo conocido como madera maciza, Blockbau o Blockhaus, utilizado por los colonos alemanes del sur de Chile durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Este sistema se presenta hoy casi desaparecido en Chile, a pesa...

PRESENTACIÓN DEL ENACOT El primer Encuentro Nacional de Arquitectura y Construcción con Tierra (ENACOT) nace como idea a fines del año 2013, cuando varios profesionales chilenos que trabajan en el ámbito de la construcción con tierra se reunieron en el Seminario Iberoamericano de Arquitectura y Construcción con Tierra (SIACOT) que se realizó en el...

The self-legitimation of political regimes in modern history was and often still is attempted through a twofold strategy: (a) a normative assessment of the ruled country’s past and present, and (b) the enactment of a concrete committed action programme to guide the nation towards a better future. The interest in this dynamic of a normative (intro-)...

Original from the late 19th Century, this fine masonry structure has been persistently damaged by earthquakes. The introduction of an underground crypt will add seismic insulation and will restore its fabric and return it to public use. © 2015, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. All rights reserved.

This paper presents the retrofit project of a 150 year-old cathedral that was severely damaged after the March 3 rd , 1985 central Chile earthquake, and the February 27 th , 2010 Maule earthquake. The project is being developed by a team of architects and structural engineers from two Chilean companies, the latter dedicated to structural engineerin...

Die deutsche Besiedlung des südlichen Chile, die in den 1850er Jahren begann, führte zur Entstehung eines bedeutenden architektonischen Erbes, das in Chile als deutsche Architektur bekannt ist. Bis heute ist nicht ganz klar, inwieweit die Kolonistenbauten des südlichen Chile durch den Import von architektonischen Modellen aus Europa beeinflusst wur...

During the period of immigration of the German settlers in southern Chile organized by the Government between 1852 and 1875, a total of 6952 people settled in unique locations at the shore of Lake Llanquihue and in the cities of Osorno and Valdivia. This led to the construction of a vast architectural heritage, which is recognized in the country as...

Seit Ende des europäischen Kolonialprojekts und mit den aktuellen Auswirkungen der Globalisierung ist die eurozentrische und nationalstaatlich orientierte Konzeption von »Kulturerbe« in eine konfliktgeladene Schieflage geraten, die auch die institutionalisierte Denkmalpflege vor neue Herausforderungen stellt. Dieser Band stellt mit Fallbeispielen a...

The appropriation of the past by actors in the present is subject to multiple dynamics. These span a field of forces composed of nation states, transnational organisations, and local communities, each concerned with preserving the remains of the past in order to emblematize identities, to protect and project a nation’s patrimony, or alternatively t...

This book investigates what has constituted notions of "archaeological heritage" from colonial times to the present. It includes case studies of sites in South and Southeast Asia with a special focus on Angkor, Cambodia. The contributions, the subjects of which range from architectural and intellectual history to historic preservation and restorati...

One of the most current pathologies that occur in adobe faced constructions is due to the flexion and compression upon the mud plasters. For this reason, it becomes necessary and interesting the idea of generating new solutions, which at a low cost improve the mud plasters’ quality. This research consists in carrying a study about the use of polyme...

One of the most current pathologies that occur in adobe faced constructions is due to the flexion and compression upon the mud plasters. For this reason, it becomes necessary and interesting the idea of generating new solutions, which at a low cost improve the mud plasters' quality. This research consists in carrying a study about the use of polyme...

and there is extensive documentation of the built heritage, emphasizing the achievements of the settlers. The work of Pater Gabriel Guarda compiled in his La Tradición de la Madera (Guarda 1995) and that of Professor Hernán Montecinos, Arquitectura Tradicional de Osorno y La Unión (Montecinos 1981), among others, helped to preserve them through val...

Begun in 1850 under the lead of Bernardo Philippi and Vicente Pérez Rosales, the German colonization in the south of Chile had as a main ob/ective to unify a part of the country until then separated by the Mapuche people. Starting then, the German culture spread in southern Chile in different areas, one of the most representative of these being arc...

Begun in 1850 under the lead of Bernardo Philippi and Vicente Perez Rosales, the German colonization in the south of Chile had as a main objective to unify a part of the country until then separated by the Mapuche people. Starting then, the German culture spread in southern Chile in different areas, one of the most representative of these being arc...

ACTAS DEL 1er ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE ARQUITECTURA Y CONSTRUCCIÓN CON TIERRA, CHILE.

Valparaíso, Arquitectura-Chile, rehabilitación, vivienda social.

This paper analyzes in a scientific way the evolution of the criteria for intervention in National Monuments in Santiago, Chile with the aim of knowing where is found this discipline and how was reached the current status regard to the heritage restoration and intervention. To that end, and to ensure the objectivity of the work, the information use...

This paper analyzes in a scientific way the evolution of the criteria for intervention in National Monuments in Santiago, Chile with the aim of knowing where is found this discipline and how was reached the current status regard to the heritage restoration and intervention. To that end, and to ensure the objectivity of the work, the information use...

The Tarapaca Project is an initiative carried out by students of the School of Architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. The project born like an answer in front of the state of the towns in the interior of the North of Chile, after the earthquake of June 13, 2005 The group raises the search for new guidelines, both theoretical...

The Tarapaca Project is an initiative carried out by students of the School of Architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. The project born like an answer in front of the state of the towns in the interior of the North of Chile, after the earthquake of June 13, 2005 The group raises the search for new guidelines, both theoretical...