The road that is not a road and the Open City, Ritoque, Chile / Ann M. Pendleton-Jullian.

Main entry:

Pendleton-Jullian, Ann M.

Title & Author:

The road that is not a road and the Open City, Ritoque, Chile / Ann M. Pendleton-Jullian.

Publication:

Description:

xiii, 183 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.

Series:

Graham Foundation/MIT Press series in contemporary architectural discourse

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Several thousand miles south of the equator, along the Pacific coast of South America, is the site of the Open City Amereida. It is a laboratory for thought and work, conceived and built by the faculty of architecture of the Catholic University of Valparaiso. Ann Pendleton-Jullian tells the story of the Open City in Ritoque, Chile, a designed city still in formation that has no master plan, no imposed ordering devices, and no hierarchical networks of infrastructure.
The strange buildings placed among dunes and grasslands reflect instead the mind's translation of urban phenomena and natural phenomena relative to the construction of memory, and a process of composition that is not dependent on stylistic precedents, drawing boards, or academic discourse. Teaching takes place on site and employs poetic methods to activate the design process; the endeavor is considered more important than the result. Pendleton-Jullian discusses influences behind the Open City - the work and working methods of Surrealist French poets, the words and creative attitude of Le Corbusier, the heritage of the South American landscape and culture.

ISBN:

0262660997 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780262660990 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Institute for Architecture.
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Escuela de Architectura y Diseño.
City planning Chile Ritoque History 20th century.
New towns Chile.
City planning Philosophy.
Urbanisme Chili Ritoque Histoire 20e siècle.
Villes nouvelles Chili.
Urbanisme Philosophie.
City planning.
New towns.
Stadtplanung
City planning Chile.
Chile.
Chile Ritoque.
Amereida
Ritoque (Chile) City planning.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Rykwert, Joseph, 1926-2024, writer of foreword.
De Carlo, Giancarlo, 1919-2005, writer of supplementary textual content.
Graham Foundation/MIT Press series in contemporary architectural discourse.

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Location: Library main 114302
Call No.: ID NA9053.N4.P46; ID:96-B2509
Status: Available

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