Vergara’s mansion: élite and architecture in Santiago in the late 19th century

Authors

  • Solène Bergot Universidad Andrés Bello
  • Enrique Vergara Universidad Diego Portales
  • Marcelo Vizcaino Universidad Diego Portales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2014.102.03

Abstract

This article presents the preliminary results of an extended research about the élite and visibility during the belle époque in Chile. The palace as an object of social distinction and its impact on the creation of new neighborhoods for the upper class during the second half of the 19th century in Santiago, Chile, has been used as reference point. Starting with the case of the Vergara mansion, built around 1870, architecture is analyzed as a symbolic example of social representation of the élite and their relation with real estate speculation. This gave rise to the sector known as “Alameda sur poniente” (South-West Alameda) and showed urban strategies connected to the physical and symbolic segregation of social groups.

Keywords: élite, architecture, urbanism.

Author Biographies

Solène Bergot, Universidad Andrés Bello

Doctora en Historia, U niversité de la Sorbonne

Enrique Vergara, Universidad Diego Portales

Doctor en Comunicaciones, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Marcelo Vizcaino, Universidad Diego Portales

Doctor en Arquitectura, Universidad de Mendoza.

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Published

2015-01-29

How to Cite

Bergot, S., Vergara, E., & Vizcaino, M. (2015). Vergara’s mansion: élite and architecture in Santiago in the late 19th century. Arquitetura Revista, 10(2), 70–77. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2014.102.03

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014): Jul-Dec

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