Hacia la utopía concreta: crítica y prospección para la Ciudad Puerto de Antofagasta, Chile

José Francisco Vergara-Perucich; Alberto Texido Zlatar

doi:10.5354/0717-5051.2018.50800

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Towards the concrete utopia

Authors

José Francisco Vergara-Perucich Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1930-4691
Alberto Texido Zlatar Universidad de Chile

No. 39 (2018): Diciembre

https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2018.50800

Abstract

This article introduces the method of the concrete utopia for exploring feasible alternatives to transform the port of Antofagasta. This urban infrastructure has been criticized because a series of socio-spatial problems related to its productive activities, especially regarding the storage of toxic materials near the downtown. Based on a series of documented experiences that has tried to transform the relationship between this port and the city, this article explores how these ideas may be reconsidered in the current context. Thus, on one hand, the article valorizes the concrete utopia for developing urban design proposals and on the other hand it discusses the critical role of Antofagasta’s port within the urban tissue, aiming to provide arguments for debating about its future.

Keywords:

Antofagasta, concrete utopia, pollution, port city, urban design

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Vergara-Perucich, J. F., & Texido Zlatar, A. (2018). Towards the concrete utopia: a critique and prospections for Antofagasta’s City-Port, Chile. Revista De Urbanismo, (39), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.5354/0717-5051.2018.50800