Highly influential normative components regarding the new morphology of Metropolitan Santiago: a critical review of Í€œHarmonic SetÍ€

Authors

  • Elke Schlack Académica e Investigadora del Centro de Investigaciones Territoriales y Urbanas (CITU) de la Universidad Andrés Bello y Académica de la Escuela de Arquitectura y del Magíster de Proyecto Urbano de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • Magdalena Vicuña Académica e Investigadora de la Escuela de Arquitectura, Escuela de Diseño y del Magíster de Proyecto Urbano de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612011000200006

Keywords:

public space, urban morphology, urban project, urban renewal

Abstract

Increased height, higher residential density and typological differentiation regarding the environment are the main characteristics of buildings that are currently constructed int eh context of the Chilean legal norm known as Í€œHarmonic SetÍ€. Considering that this norm promotes the morphological and functional exception of such projects regarding their environment, it is maintained that this regulation could represent one way to regulate certain exceptional buildings in the city: those that today are known as mega-projects. This articule illustrates two moments in the evoluation of this legal norm. In both, the intent to form relevant urban archetypes can be clearly seen. It shows the evolution of this norm and exemplifies this process through cases from the initial period, associated with the compositional vision (1930-50), and a second period associated with the functionalist vision of the city (1960-80). The objectives associated with each period are compared and contrasted with the qualities that currently promote the legal norm of harmonic set. We reflect upon the pertienence of the norm, and discuss the possibilities that this instrument provides today for the creation of urban archetypes.

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Published

2011-05-02

How to Cite

Schlack, E., & Vicuña, M. (2011). Highly influential normative components regarding the new morphology of Metropolitan Santiago: a critical review of Í€œHarmonic SetÍ€. Revista EURE - Revista De Estudios Urbano Regionales, 37(111). https://doi.org/10.4067/S0250-71612011000200006

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Vol. 37 No. 111 (2011)

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