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Study Abroad : Summer 2014Department of Architecture : DoArchSouth Dakota State University
CITIES ON THE WATER : MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY
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Cities on the Water is a study abroad program, based in Montevideo, Uruguay, organized by the Department of Architecture (DoArch) at South Dakota State University.
This publication is a synthesis of the study and work produced by architecture students during an intensive four week period from May 26th to June 20th, 2014. Additional work and travel log is documented on the program website, doarchmontevideo2014.wordpress.com
Printed in the USA by Blurb
ISSN: 9807-6749Typeset in Open Sans, and Garamond
Copyright 2014 the Department of Architecture, South Dakota State University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the publisher.
CITIES ON THE WATER 2014Designed and produced by Federico Garcia Lammers
EDITORIAL ADVISORSBrian T. RexJessica Garcia Fritz
CONTRIBUTORSShaun Davis Blake Foxley Emily Hamer Alex Krug Ethan Millar Brian Skrovig
PUBLISHERDepartment of Architecture (DoArch)South Dakota State University
Box 2203Intramural Building (The Barn) 108Brookings, SD 57007Phone: (605) - 688 - 4841
FOREWORD : DRAWING IN & ON PLACE
Brian T. Rex, Department Head & Associate Professor
INTRODUCTION : CITIES ON THE WATER
Federico Garcia Lammers, Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator
PEOPLE
Students & Faculty
SCHEDULE
Uruguayan & Montevideo Territory
PUBLIC SPACES
Plazas & Urban Enclosures
WATER’S EDGE
Lines & Adjacencies
MATERIAL PRACTICES
Surfaces & Technology
POSTSCRIPT : THE DEEP DEEP SOUTH
References
Inside-out Jokes
Acknowledgements
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Above Playa Pocitos : Montevideo, Uruguay Photo : Brian Skrovig Night time walk at the beach.
5FOREWORD
For two centuries (1660 to 1840) young women and men seeking a liberal arts education found it first and foremost through tours studying archaeology, painting, sculpture, architecture, and the general culture and civilization of other societies. The notion of the ‘Grand Tour’ was invented by someone remembered well today as an architect, Inigo Jones, but who, in his day, was known first as a ‘great traveler’. Jones designed the tour as a very standardized itinerary to be done in the company of a ‘Cicerone’, an eloquent and knowledgeable guide.
Its no mistake that the notion of study travel was invented by an architect. Long after the ‘grand tour’ was abandoned by most we find Le Corbusier filling 80 sketchbooks in Southern Europe in 1911 and Colin Rowe in 1962 shepherding the young Peter Eisenman around Europe in a VW. Study travel, ample time spent in an unfamiliar place meticulously studying itgraphically, is an invaluable facet to our disciplinary education. Like drawing, its something the discipline of architecture hasn’t given up in the name of virtuality or distance education.
One draws in place to best draw on place across a lifetime of practice.
The Summer 2014 trip to Montevideo, Uruguay is our second study travel but is the first to really get down to drawing a place to draw on a place. The graphical and photographical studies in this record volume areoutstanding. The travelers toured well and the ‘cicerone’, our Federico Garcia Lammers, was an eloquent and knowledgeable guide.
August 7th, 2014Brookings, SD
DRAWING IN & ON PLACEBrian T. Rex, Department Head & Associate Professor
Above Las Bóvedas : Montevideo, Uruguay Photo : Brian SkrovigAfternoon discussion at colonial military battery.
7INTRODUCTION
Cities on the Water is an intensive four week study abroad program, based in Montevideo, Uruguay, organized by the Department of Architecture (DoArch) at South Dakota State University. This publication is a synthesis of the student work and study done from May 26th to June 20th, 2014.
South Dakota is a small place in a sublime landscape. The urban environment that surrounds our inland school is defined by the establishment of cities along the railroad. In spite of the distance between these two places, they are linked as small scale urban conditions positioned in sublime landscapes. One condition is inland the other is coastal.
As the southernmost capital of the American continent, Montevideo is intrinsically tied to El Río de la Plata and its mixture with the Atlantic Ocean. This relationship to water has shaped and molded the city and its architecture. As a major historical port of entry into South America for European immigrants, Montevideo’s urban transformations have been shaped by its colonial and modernist past. These transformations are most evident in the relationship among public spaces, the water’s edge, and material practices. In order to prompt discussions students explored and analyzed these three categories through reading, writing, drawing, and photographing. These categories are not mutually exclusive, nor do they suggest a linear method of study.
Through a combination of methods students spent four weeks tracing four centuries of architectural and urban history in Uruguay.
June 20th, 2014Montevideo, Uruguay
“Sublime objects are vast,beautiful objects are relatively small.”Edmund Burke 1
CITIES ON THE WATERFederico Garcia Lammers, Assistant Professor & Program Coordinator
Above Playa Pocitos : Montevideo, Uruguay Photo : Emily HamerDrawing during the sun set at La Rambla.
9PEOPLE
DoArch STUDENTS Place of Origin
Shaun Davis Ipswich, SD
Blake Foxley Platte, SD
Emily Hamer Jordan, MN
Alex Krug Sioux Falls, SD
Ethan Millar Redfield, SD
Brian Skrovig Colton, SD
DoArch FACULTY
Federico García Lammers, Assoc. AIA Montevideo, Uruguay
COLLABORATORS
Arq. Inés González Montevideo, Uruguay
Arq. Juan Andrés Morlan Montevideo, Uruguay
Ing. José Luis Valverde Montevideo, Uruguay
AboveIglesia del Cristo Obrero : Atlántida, Uruguay Photo : Federico Garcia LammersGroup photo at exterior undulating brick wall.
11SCHEDULE
WEEK ONE May 26th - June 1st
Montevideo
Population : 1,360,000
Colonia del Sacramento
Population : 56,000
WEEK TWO June 2nd - June 8th
Montevideo
Population : 1,360,000
WEEK THREE June 9th - June 15th
Atlántida
Population : 5000
Piriápolis
Population : 8000
WEEK FOUR June 16th - June 20th
Durazno
Population : 30,000
TERRITORIAL ORGANIZATION : URUGUAY19 DepartmentsDepartment of Montevideo National Capital, Montevideo
POPULATIONCountry: 3.3 MillionMontevideo: 1.3 Million
AREAUruguay: 176,000 sq. km (68,000 sq.mi) Montevideo: 195 sq.km (75 sq.mi)
BORDERSBrazil (East)Argentina (West)Rio de la Plata (South)
LANGUAGESpanish
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MONTEVIDEO
COLONIA DEL SACRAMENTO
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
ATLÁNTIDA PIRIÁPOLIS
DURAZNO
Left Uruguay & El Río de la Plata Photo : Google satellite imageRío de la Plata delta and the Uruguayan territory.
Rio de la Plata
Uruguay
BrazilArgentina
GLOSSARY : SPANISH, ENGLISH
Ciudad Vieja = old cityEl Centro = city centerPuerto (Area Portuaria) = port (port area) Parque = parkCerro = hillAvenida = avenueBulevar = BoulevardCosta = coastLa Rambla = coastal wayPlaya = beach
Plaza = plazaMercado = marketFeria = street fairCalle = streetGallery = galeria
Edificio = buildingIntendencia = city hallMonumento = monumentEstadio = stadiumIglesia / parroquia = churchMausoléo = MausoleumFaro = lighthouseFacultad = college/schoolMuro = perimeter wallCiudadela = old city gateTorre = towerBóveda = vaultMuelle = pier
Hormigón = concreteLadrillo = brickPiedra = stoneAcero = steelHierro = ironVidrio = glass
CIUDAD VIEJAFORTALEZA DEL CERRO
AREA PORTUARIA
PARQUE BATLLE
FACULTAD DE ARQ.
PARQUE RODÓ DESTINO 26 HOSTEL
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Rio de la Plata
AboveMontevideo & El Río de la Plata Photo : Google satellite imageMontevideo territory and points of reference