Matter and gloom: An architecture in the desert

Materia y penumbra: Una arquitectura en el desierto

Matéria e penumbra: uma arquitetura no deserto

Suárez Velásquez, Ana Mercedes - Acosta Páez, Álvaro Hernán - Gonzalez Obando, Owen David - Suárez Montiel, José Luis - Orozco Rodríguez, Maria Angélica
Detalles Bibliográficos
2021
Traditional architecture
cultural identity
rite
customs and traditions
Wayúu
Península La Guajira
Colombia
Arquitectura tradicional
Identidad cultural
rito
costumbres
Wayúu
Tradiciones wayúu
pen´ínsula La Guajira
Colombia
Arquitetura tradicional
identidade cultural
rito
costumes
Wayúu
tradições wayúu
península La Guajira
Colômbia
Español
Universidad ORT Uruguay
RAD
https://revistas.ort.edu.uy/anales-de-investigacion-en-arquitectura/article/view/3059
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11968/4294
Acceso abierto
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Resumen:
Sumario:This text addresses the study of the architectural devices that characterize the habitat of the Wayúu community located on Colombia's La Guajira peninsula, in order to relate the symbolic value of their habitat contained in their domestic spaces, associated with rituals and myths, to draw some elements and forms contained in their architectures and understand aspects of their value as carriers of meanings. An inventory was built describing and reflecting on each of these devices, their daily uses and rituals, formal configurations and mythical background, which make up a simple but efficient architecture, with technical parameters that deserve to be counted and protected by their rich cultural content; data that was collected through field studies and interviews. Understanding the worth of heritage not as a liability of nostalgia, but as an asset of memory.