Francisco Gonzalezde Canales & Nuria Alvarez Lombardero introduce Intermediate 8 – Politics of the Neoliberal Block in Santiago de Chile Colonial Grid
Intermediate 8 continues exploring the political implications of large urban blocks in ever-expanding Latin American metropolises by way of their characteristic city grid. This year the unit moves to Santiago de Chile. As the first city to suffer the socio-political consequences of the Chicago School’s economic ideas, it serves as a prototypical reference to neoliberal urban development. Despite shifting towards a more socially committed urban agenda, Santiago relies on independent private entities. The result is a continuous disconnect between public and private interests within the regular colonial grid. From this paradoxical separation, the unit will explore the potential of large urban buildings as ‘substantial immobilities’, as defined by Borchers, within the continuous system of capitalist reproduction performed by the gridded city
Location: Lecture Hall
Date: 30.9.14
Time: 12:30
