Thesis PLEAMAR - Centro Cultural desde los intersticios del habitar insular
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2026-08
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Campus Casa Central Valparaíso
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PLEAMAR, Centro Cultural de Robinson Crusoe, se emplaza en San Juan Bautista, Archipiélago Juan Fernández, y parte del reconocimiento de una forma de habitar propia del territorio insular, marcada por el aislamiento geográfico, la dependencia de las conexiones marítimas y aéreas, la variabilidad climática y la estrecha relación entre comunidad y paisaje. La vida cotidiana y comunitaria se organiza según ritmos definidos por el mar, el clima y la llegada de embarcaciones y visitantes, en particular de cruceros, cuyas recaladas concentran en una sola jornada a un número de personas comparable al de los habitantes de la isla. Lejos de entender esta condición como una limitación, el proyecto la asume como un rasgo identitario. La investigación aborda la relación entre territorio, riesgo, memoria y habitar, considerando la huella que dejó el tsunami de 2010 en la memoria colectiva. El proyecto se ubica dentro de la zona de inundación y no pretende reducir la exposición ni resistir el evento; su aporte se orienta a la vulnerabilidad social y cultural, entendiendo la arquitectura como soporte de la vida comunitaria, de la memoria del desastre y de la recuperación posterior. En consecuencia, PLEAMAR propone un centro cultural basado en la flexibilidad espacial, entendida como consecuencia de la manera en que la isla organiza el tiempo y las actividades. El edificio reúne espacios amplios, adaptables e interconectados para actividades culturales, educativas, recreativas y comunitarias, junto con una galería de arte permanente. La exploración formal toma como referencia los dolos de hormigón usados como rompeolas y la lógica de su repetición, que genera intersticios entendidos como metáfora del flujo de personas, actividades y vínculos comunitarios, idea que también inspira el nombre PLEAMAR, alusivo a los ciclos de mayor y menor intensidad de la vida insular. Esta búsqueda se desarrolló mediante (...).
PLEAMAR, the Robinson Crusoe Cultural Center, is located in San Juan Bautista, in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, and stems from an appreciation of a way of life unique to this island territory—one marked by geographic isolation, dependence on maritime and air connections, climatic variability, and the close relationship between the community and the landscape. Daily and community life is organized according to rhythms defined by the sea, the climate, and the arrival of boats and visitors—particularly cruise ships, whose port calls bring a number of people in a single day comparable to the island’s entire population. Far from viewing this condition as a limitation, the project embraces it as a defining characteristic. The research explores the relationship between territory, risk, memory, and dwelling, considering the mark left by the 2010 tsunami on the collective memory. The project is located within the flood zone and does not aim to reduce exposure or withstand the event; its contribution focuses on social and cultural vulnerability, understanding architecture as a support for community life, the memory of the disaster, and subsequent recovery. Consequently, PLEAMAR proposes a cultural center based on spatial flexibility, understood as a consequence of the way the island organizes time and activities. The building brings together spacious, adaptable, and interconnected spaces for cultural, educational, recreational, and community activities. The formal exploration draws inspiration from the concrete breakwaters used as wave barriers and the logic of their repetition, which creates interstices understood as a metaphor for the flow of people, activities, and community ties—an idea that also inspired the name PLEAMAR, alluding to the cycles of greater and lesser intensity in island life. This research was conducted using (...).
PLEAMAR, the Robinson Crusoe Cultural Center, is located in San Juan Bautista, in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, and stems from an appreciation of a way of life unique to this island territory—one marked by geographic isolation, dependence on maritime and air connections, climatic variability, and the close relationship between the community and the landscape. Daily and community life is organized according to rhythms defined by the sea, the climate, and the arrival of boats and visitors—particularly cruise ships, whose port calls bring a number of people in a single day comparable to the island’s entire population. Far from viewing this condition as a limitation, the project embraces it as a defining characteristic. The research explores the relationship between territory, risk, memory, and dwelling, considering the mark left by the 2010 tsunami on the collective memory. The project is located within the flood zone and does not aim to reduce exposure or withstand the event; its contribution focuses on social and cultural vulnerability, understanding architecture as a support for community life, the memory of the disaster, and subsequent recovery. Consequently, PLEAMAR proposes a cultural center based on spatial flexibility, understood as a consequence of the way the island organizes time and activities. The building brings together spacious, adaptable, and interconnected spaces for cultural, educational, recreational, and community activities. The formal exploration draws inspiration from the concrete breakwaters used as wave barriers and the logic of their repetition, which creates interstices understood as a metaphor for the flow of people, activities, and community ties—an idea that also inspired the name PLEAMAR, alluding to the cycles of greater and lesser intensity in island life. This research was conducted using (...).
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Arquitectura insular, Archipiélago Juan Fernández, Amenazas naturales, Resiliencia, Memoria colectiva, Vulnerabilidad social, Arquitectura comunitaria, Construcción prefabricada
