¡Todos a bordo... nos vemos en el Ártico! La evolución democrática de la arquitectura eco-lógica de Ralph Erskine
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La imagen del arquitecto Ralph Erskine
conversando con un grupo de futuros usuarios
de su proyecto de Ciudad Ecológica para el
Ártico en Resolute Bay, Canadá, sintetiza
una trayectoria profesional definida como
«Arquitectura Democrática». La filosofía de
Erskine se apoyó en la lógica del lugar, el
reciclaje y la participación de los interesados
en el proceso creativo.
En 1939 este arquitecto británico se trasladó a
Suecia. Viajó con una bicicleta, una mochila y
un saco de dormir. Suecia sería su nuevo hogar.
Erskine fue llamado por el gobierno
canadiense en 1973 para desarrollar un
proyecto territorial, su proyecto inacabado de
ciudad para setecientos habitantes, Resolute
Bay. Su propuesta se enfrentó al modelo de
«Ecological-Architecture» a través de su
contra-modelo de «Eco Logical Architecture».
El arquitecto fue el interlocutor entre los
lugareños Inuits y los habitantes provenientes
de las ciudades sureñas y ofreció una
alternativa a otros proyectos como The Arctic
Town de Frei Otto.
La propuesta de artículo comienza con el viaje
estival iniciado por Erskine y todo su estudio
a bordo del barco Verona por los mares del
Báltico y concluye en el último destino ártico
ya anotado, Resolute Bay
The picture of the architect Ralph Erskine that is talking to a group of future users of the Green City for the Arctic in Resolute Bay, Canada, synthesizes a career that we could define as “Democratic Architecture”. Erskine’s philosophy was supported by the logic of place, recycling and participation of settlers in the creative process. The article begins with the travel of Erskine to move from England to Sweden, it continues with the tours he conducted with his office staff in his shipboard by Baltic Sea and concludes on the last destination, Resolute Bay in the Artic. The Canadian Government asked Erskine project for a seven hundred inhabitant’s city, Resolute Bay. It was a regional project. The architect was the interlocutor between the Inuit settlers and residents from the southern cities and he offered an anthropological project, that it was a choice of others proposals such as Frei Otto’s. For Erskine, the plan he designed for Resolute Bay was “Eco- Logic” and the result of mixing this kind of architecture with the participation of the future users in the creative process. All of this was a new concept called Democratic Architecture that is the main question of this article.
The picture of the architect Ralph Erskine that is talking to a group of future users of the Green City for the Arctic in Resolute Bay, Canada, synthesizes a career that we could define as “Democratic Architecture”. Erskine’s philosophy was supported by the logic of place, recycling and participation of settlers in the creative process. The article begins with the travel of Erskine to move from England to Sweden, it continues with the tours he conducted with his office staff in his shipboard by Baltic Sea and concludes on the last destination, Resolute Bay in the Artic. The Canadian Government asked Erskine project for a seven hundred inhabitant’s city, Resolute Bay. It was a regional project. The architect was the interlocutor between the Inuit settlers and residents from the southern cities and he offered an anthropological project, that it was a choice of others proposals such as Frei Otto’s. For Erskine, the plan he designed for Resolute Bay was “Eco- Logic” and the result of mixing this kind of architecture with the participation of the future users in the creative process. All of this was a new concept called Democratic Architecture that is the main question of this article.
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Sánchez Llorens, M. (2015). ¡Todos a bordo... nos vemos en el Ártico! La evolución democrática de la arquitectura eco-lógica de Ralph Erskine. REIA: Revista Europea de Investigación en Arquitectura, (4), 137-158. http://reia.es/REIA409MSL.pdf





