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Space for Remembrance. Chacabuco: Saltpeter Office and Prison Camp

Authors

  • Francisco Cruz P.

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