The Atacama desert's last nitrate cities

Autor:	Eugenio Garcés Feliú
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	chemistry.chemical_compound Geography Desert (philosophy) Visual Arts and Performing Arts Nitrate chemistry Architecture Industrial systems Plan (archaeology) Urban design Archaeology
Zdroj:	Architectural Research Quarterly. 4:337-348
ISSN:	1474-0516 1359-1355
DOI:	10.1017/s1359135500000427
Popis:	Oficinas saliteras (nitrate works) were company towns developed to extract and process nitrates in the Antofagasta region of Chile's Atacama desert, one of the world's harshest environments. The two last of these oficinas were María Elena (founded in 1925) and Pedro de Valdivia (1931), whose development marked the introduction of the Guggenheim industrial system. Their urban design was closely related to the industrial cities of Europe and the United States, as well as the Spanish urban tradition. María Elena used an octagonal street plan, while Pedro de Valdivia is based on a crossing pattern.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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