Santiago de Chile en torno a 1850. El plano de planta urbana como instrumento revelador de su forma general

Abstract

As an architectural instrument that dematerializes the physical disposition of things by taking them - by means of abstraction - to the world of ideas, a plan can be understood as the hypothesis for an unproved possibility. Like this text describes, drawing a plan of the past supposes to construct a hypothesis of something improbable. By means of this abstract instrument, a hitherto non-existent reality emerges, one that not only advances knowledge but also demonstrates the power of architectural instruments.