DESIGN, MOBILITY AND ASSEMBLY OF URBAN MODELS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN THE NARRATIVE CONFIGURATION OF RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS. The case of Conjunto Quinta Monroy, Chile

Abstract

The Quinta Monroy Housing Complex, by architect Alejandro Aravena and his office ELEMENTAL, emerged in 2003 as a narrative of "innovation" in the way of approaching the configuration of social housing residential projects in the context of the shift from quantity to quality in Chile's Urban-Housing Policy. The case became a benchmark residential model, disseminated internationally, marked by the release of the four prototypes of incrementality as a housing design formula for downloading from the ELEMENTAL website. Its analysis allows us to approach theoretical definitions of how urban models in contexts of globalisation are designed, mobilised and assembled, facilitating the circulation of certain narratives, ideas, knowledge and know-how that influence institutional and territorial structures that in turn shape residential space policies, plans and projects.

Keywords: residential project, urban models, incrementality, Chile.