Industrial Heritage in Chile
Characteristics and conservation projects.
A general overview will be presented of the characteristics, valuation and conservation projects of industrial heritage in Chile. This heritage is mainly linked to the exploitation of natural resources and, to this end, architectural and engineering works have been implemented in deļ¬ance of the conditions of the territory, transcending those complexes that managed to create and consolidate urban settlements.
The conference will be held in English
Prof. Claudia Torres Gilles
Architect from the University of Valparaíso and PhD in Architectural Technology from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). She is an academic, researcher, and Deputy Director of the Department of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU), University of Chile, where she also served as Academic Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Architectural Heritage Intervention.
Her research focuses on the historical and technological dimensions of architectural heritage and has been funded by ANID-Fondecyt and the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage. Her main areas of expertise include structural diagnosis and rehabilitation, school architecture, industrial heritage, and modern architecture in Chile. Professionally, she has participated in multidisciplinary teams developing restoration, rehabilitation, and conservation projects for Chilean architectural heritage.
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referente.MAP@polito.it
manuela.mattone@polito.it
A seminar of the "Beyond the Map" lecture series by the Master's Degree in Architecture for Heritage
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