The housing crisis demands the construction of 22 billion square meters, and fast. But if known building materials were used to do this, their carbon footprint would destroy the planet. “Narcos” are outsmarting this Catch-22, but they are replacing the rule of law with the law of the jungle. What else can be done?
From Belongings to Belonging features prefabricated typologies tested in the reconstruction of Viña del Mar, Chile, the use of Net-Zero concrete for the very first time, and the construction of a vertical square in Renca, Chile, that offers youth an alternative in narco-controlled neighbourhoods.
Participants
ELEMENTAL (SANTIAGO, CHILE)
Alejandro Aravena, Santiago, Chile, 1967. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
Gonzalo Arteaga, Santiago, Chile, 1977. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
Juan Cerda, Santiago, Chile, 1980. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
Diego Torres, Lima, Perú, 1979. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
Víctor Oddó, Santiago, Chile, 1975. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
Technical Collaborators
Federica Tebaldi (Exhibition), FDEZ productions (Filmmaker)
Team
Clemence Pybaro, Diego Hurtado, Cristián Martínez, Pedro Hoffman, Génesis López, Suyin Chia, Chiara Consigliere, Javiera Garafulich, Benjamín Fernández, Mara Cruz, Bárbara Maldonado, Alonso Cáceres, Valentina Rojas, Cote Salfate, Maria Eugenia Morales, and Alejandra Lamarca
Thanks
Ilustre Municipalidad de Renca, Chile; Ilustre Municipalidad de Viña del Mar, Chile; IDB Lab. Inter-American Development Bank Group; Eterna – industrialized housing company; SENAPRED (National Disaster Prevention and Response Service of Chile); Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública – Gobierno de Chile; Alejandro González Iñárritu (Filmmaker)
