Attributes of mapuche way of dwell in residential complex with indigenous belonging in the main metropolitan areas of chile

Abstract

During last half of 19th century, people of mapuche culture began to experience a migration to big cities, mainly due to the reconversion of the regional rural economy and land conflicts with Chilean State (Carmona, 2017). Although problem of mapuche housing and its geographical quantification in Metropolitan Areas are topics widely explored in literature, most of the researches focuses either on architecture of traditional housing, or on spaces produced by mapuche population that have been organized in the urban form (Fontana & Caulkins, 2016). Given this affirmations, the question arises to what attributes of traditional way of living are found in houses with mapuche belonging in Metropolitan Areas of Chile?

The objective of this article aims to highlight the main coincidences between attributes of mapuche way of living and six residential complex built under a MINVU-CONADI agreement in 2007 in the Metropolitan Areas of Santiago and Gran Valparaíso, according to four dimensions raised by literature: (i) orientation of buildings, (ii) presence of a meeting place, (iii) limits between public and private, and finally (iv) urban condition of residential complex.