La desestructuración de un barrio industrial en la crisis de la modernidad valdiviana, Chile

Abstract

The understanding of urban evolution, as a part of a complex system, is crucial to the future of urban development. In this context, the so-called industrial areas, essential to urban vitality and stability, are altered due to paradigmatic changes dependent on economic and political models, creating new distinctive urban morphologies. This investigation was developed in an old industrial neighbourhood in the city of Valdivia -Collico-, where diverse models of construction of the urban space converge. Illustrative of the productive peak of a period of strong industrialization in the country, and of a subsequent decay of the industrial area, a series of progressive transformations have been introduced and have restructured the zone indicated above.