Public Architecture and Urban Exclusion in Lima: The Case of the National Museum in Pachacamac

Abstract

This study analyzes the way in which the components of coloniality, such as its structures and narratives of power, have been the source of the creation of design paradigms with which the public architecture of Lima has been thought and built from the colony to the present. days. We also want to understand the impact that this way of making the city has had on the urban inclusion of historically marginalized populations and how this situation continues to the present. The construction of the National Museum of Anthropology in Lima allows us to analyze its relationship with the environment and the latent patterns behind its conception. Finally, it seeks to propose new strategies and paradigms of architectural urban design that, based on the principles of decoloniality, transform the quality and inclusion of public architecture in Lima.

Presenters

Manuel Flores
Teacher, Architectural Design, National University of Engineering, Lima, Peru

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Visitors

KEYWORDS

Public Architecture, Decolonial Perspective, Urban Inclusion, Lima, Design Paradigms