In Chile the last descendants of an indigenous people exist that inhabited formerly all the south-patagonian archipelago, the Kawésqar People, nomadic town canoeist, inhabitants of the sea; today they are few families, but they are in process of cultural revival, through the recovery of its language and yearning for to return to one of its ancestral territories/seatories to construct new houses and look after its local development. This article derives from a bibliographical initial investigation and from a interactive work with the community, from which an architectonic proposal and for development arose. Both were academic works displayed to obtain the architect grade; and they are part of a same process, of investigation, community participation and, finally, architectonic proposal. Followig a synthesis of both works, emphasizing in the process and current result of the architectonic proposal elaborated with the indigenous community. It presents an approach to the design of houses and spaces public, their relation with the local culture, the surroundings and the participation, in this case of indigenous people of the South America, from the Chilean Patagonian region, and the case of the indigenous community Kawésqar from Puerto Edén.
Author Biography
Claudio Pulgar Pinaud, Universidad de Chile
Chileno, Arquitecto Universidad de Chile (2006). Actualmente continúa trabajando junto a la comunidad indígena Kawésqar en el desarrollo y gestión del proyecto de "hábitat indígena" en Puerto Edén, Chile.
Pulgar Pinaud, C. (2007). Native (indigenous) housing, participation and local development. The Kawesqar indigenous community from Puerto Eden’s case. Revista INVI, 22(60). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2007.62126
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