El Edificio de altura. Una revisión de las aproximaciones desde la sociología para su estudio

Jorge Vergara Vidal

doi:10.5354/0717-5051.2017.47059

Send article

The high-rise building. A review of sociological approaches for study

Authors

Jorge Vergara Vidal Universidad de Chile http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7712-4090

No. 37 (2017): December

https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2017.47059

Abstract

The verticalization of Chilean cities is a phenomenon that attracts the public interest and requires an understanding that exceeds the economic reasons and technical possibilities that lead to the proliferation of high buildings within them. This paper reviews in the sociological literature the treatment given to high-rise buildings with the aim of providing clues that collaborate with the social study of these architectural forms. The conclusions identify an epistemological turn that has allowed tools to link the architectural, material and technical aspects involved in high-rise buildings with the sociological analysis of these.

Keywords:

high-rise buildings, sociotechnical objects, sociology of architecture, urban sociology, verticalization

Downloads

Altmetrics

How to Cite

Vergara Vidal, J. (2017). The high-rise building. A review of sociological approaches for study. Revista De Urbanismo, (37), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2017.47059