Intervenções arquitetônicas em campi consolidados: o caso da Pontifíca Universidade Católica do Chile

Abstract

Architecture in higher education institutions is part of the support needed to promote and develop new knowledge. Because of the growth and constant updating of the academic curriculum, universities need to expand or restructure their physical facilities. To consider in these architectural interventions the social transformations and valorization of the local culture, promotes the academic development and dissemination of knowledge. The analysis of the growth of campuses and contemporary architectural interventions at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile aims to evoke the values and priorities considered by the projects, taking into account the pre-existing buildings of recognized cultural and historical value. The new relationships established in the spaces, the circulations, the finishes, and the way contemporary architecture responds to the needs of the university and prioritize the identity of the place, are the bases of the analysis proposed in this research.