Thesis Articulación entre los espacios difusos y concretos, de la teoría al espacio construido: estudio aplicado en los "Serpentine Pavilion"
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2025-12
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Arquitectura
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Campus Casa Central Valparaíso
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El punto de partida de la investigación es el análisis de las aguafuertes de Giovanni Battista Piranesi, la serie “Carceri d’invenzione”, esto debido a una motivación personal por sus obras y su fuerte influencia en la saga “Souls” de Hidetaka Miyazaki. En esta serie de aguafuertes se encuentra una característica singular que le proporciona a su obra un sello único y profundidad. Esta característica no se presenta de manera explícita, sino que aparece como resultado de la convergencia de la técnica, los recursos gráficos y una narrativa implícita (una historia no escrita que se deduce a partir de las perspectivas y sombras de sus grabados). A partir de esta observación, se plantea la premisa de que dicha característica, situada entre lo visible y lo sugerido, podría tener un equivalente en la arquitectura contemporánea, debido a cómo la arquitectura se lleva a cabo (en algunos casos) desde un concepto hasta la materialización de este. Adoptando como base esta premisa, la investigación extrae los conceptos de intensidad y contraste a partir de la serie de aguafuertes de Piranesi y los examina a través del análisis de dos casos arquitectónicos, corroborando que, si se presenta en estos casos esa característica singular detectada en las obras de Piranesi, arraigada en la mezcla de los materiales, los espacios y la idea o concepto del arquitecto. Todo esto enriquece la experiencia y es ahí donde nace la idea de aquello que se puede ver y tocar, lo concreto, y aquello esquivo, oculto, que se puede percibir en el aire, lo difuso. Se observa que, al revisar ciertos casos de la arquitectura contemporánea del siglo 21, como lo son el Blur Building y el Serpentine Pavilion de Toyo Ito, se identifica esta conexión antes mencionada en la premisa. En base a esto, se realiza(...).
The starting point of the research is the analysis of the etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, specifically the series Carceri d’invenzione. This choice stems from a personal interest in his work and its strong influence on the Souls series by Hidetaka Miyazaki. Within this series of etchings, a singular characteristic can be identified—one that gives his work a unique identity and depth. This characteristic does not appear explicitly; rather, it emerges from the convergence of technique, graphic resources, and an implicit narrative (an unwritten story inferred from the perspectives and shadows within his engravings). From this observation, the premise is proposed that this characteristic—situated between the visible and the suggested—may have an equivalent in contemporary architecture, due to how architecture is often carried out (in some cases) from an initial concept to its material realization. Based on this premise, the research extracts the concepts of intensity and contrast from Piranesi’s etchings and examines them through the analysis of two architectural case studies. This seeks to verify whether the singular characteristic identified in Piranesi’s work is also present in these cases, rooted in the interplay between materials, spatial configurations, and the architect’s conceptual intentions. All of this enriches the experience, giving rise to the distinction between what can be seen and touched—the concrete—and that which is elusive, hidden, and perceived in the atmosphere—the diffuse. It is observed that, when reviewing certain cases of 21st-century contemporary architecture—such as the Blur Building and the Serpentine Pavilion by Toyo Ito—this connection proposed in the premise becomes evident. Based on this(...).
The starting point of the research is the analysis of the etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, specifically the series Carceri d’invenzione. This choice stems from a personal interest in his work and its strong influence on the Souls series by Hidetaka Miyazaki. Within this series of etchings, a singular characteristic can be identified—one that gives his work a unique identity and depth. This characteristic does not appear explicitly; rather, it emerges from the convergence of technique, graphic resources, and an implicit narrative (an unwritten story inferred from the perspectives and shadows within his engravings). From this observation, the premise is proposed that this characteristic—situated between the visible and the suggested—may have an equivalent in contemporary architecture, due to how architecture is often carried out (in some cases) from an initial concept to its material realization. Based on this premise, the research extracts the concepts of intensity and contrast from Piranesi’s etchings and examines them through the analysis of two architectural case studies. This seeks to verify whether the singular characteristic identified in Piranesi’s work is also present in these cases, rooted in the interplay between materials, spatial configurations, and the architect’s conceptual intentions. All of this enriches the experience, giving rise to the distinction between what can be seen and touched—the concrete—and that which is elusive, hidden, and perceived in the atmosphere—the diffuse. It is observed that, when reviewing certain cases of 21st-century contemporary architecture—such as the Blur Building and the Serpentine Pavilion by Toyo Ito—this connection proposed in the premise becomes evident. Based on this(...).
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Arquitectura contemporánea, Espacios difusos, Percepción espacial, Experiencia perceptual, Teoría arquitectónica
