Santiago de Chile circa 1850. The urban floor plan as an instrument revealing the city's general form
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2017
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
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.
Description
Keywords
Representation, Drawing, City, Hypothesis, History