Blog 7: Fernando Castillo Velasco, A Expert of Architecture

Hello, hello, hello! Welcome to Hideout of Bastian and let me introduce to my favourite Architecure.


Neighborhood Unit Villa Portales, Quinta Normal

Fernando was born in 1919, studied architecture at the PUC, in 1964 Eduardo Frei Montalva appointed him as Mayor of the nascent commune of La Reina. He was the rector of the PUC from 1967 to 1973 He fought against the Pinochet Dictatorship. In the 1990s, he was elected mayor three times in a row.

His most acclaimed work is the Neighborhood Unit Villa Portales. Designed in conjunction with the Architectural Studio BVCH (Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo, Huidobro). This complex was a revolution in Chile, never had been built so ambitiously for the middle class and ended up being a good example of Modern Architecture in Latin America.

During his first mandate in La Reina (in the 60's) he worked with the villagers making from scratch the houses of all the neighbours, they all worked together. And that is something I admire, that of being humble and understanding that we are all equal, as well as working side by side with the same people, without a doubt one of the best architects who could have lived in this long country.



Here posing as the Champion that is 


                                 

Working with his neighbors


Rest in peace idol





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  1. Benjy22 de julio de 2020 a las 9:35

    wow, seems like he did a lot of good for Chile :)

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  2. Abraham C22 de julio de 2020 a las 11:10

    This reminds me of a job I made about the Villa Portales. It's a great building!

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