The house I live in

Abstract

This text summarizes the methodology used and some considerations derived from the experience of Taller de Arquitectura I (Universidad San Sebastián, Concepción) in order to reflect about this inevitable intersection between canonical architecture and anonymous work always present in the domestic project. Usually, when we study the house, the review of author’s architecture is opposed to the experiences of the buildings, mostly anonymous, that we inhabit. Space, site, and program are the teaching contents on which the student reflects, following Kahn’s logic, understanding the room as the basic unit of all architecture. The result is a collection of singular architectures, where each student, through the addition of rooms, with order, meaning and coherence, react over his/her own decisions. Thus, the professors conduct the design process towards a variety of results which the student is capable of understanding and, therefore, explain.