Expert on Architecture - Alejandro Aravena

Alejandro Aravena is a Chilean architect from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He's actually 49 years old and last year he was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, It's like the nobel of architecture.

Their more famous works are the Torres Siamesas and the Center of innovation Anacleto Angelini both in the Campus San Joaquin of the UC. Other works are the social housing but not like the other. Aravena thinks that people must have the opportunity of make changes in their houses so he build it with the possibility of expansion with the own resources from families. He thought that a house is a inversion and it isn’t a spending social. He uses good materials for the building in return of a house "incomplete" or not so big. But at least people make expansions and complete the house according to their needs 

That is because I admire to Arevena. He thinks of a different form that is innovative and sustainable, and I think that it form of  thinking is currently necessary.

Aravena and the social housing.

A photograph you like

This photo was taken last holidays on La Serena, in a travel with the Tuna Universitaria of the University of Chile, It was a special day for me because that day I received my Tuna’s suit. The picture was taken by a person who was passing around the plaza. In the photo we appear before the ”pasacalles”.

It was a sunny day and we share with tunas from Colombia, Mexico and Chile. We were the first group in the pasacalles so we were the front line. I was a little nervous about it but when I saw the good reception of people I felt better. We started with classic repertoire of tuna but we finished with Cumbia. It was weird but fun and people like it.

I like it picture because it was the last time without my suit of Tuna so I have a special feeling with it. From here I feel more part of the tuna and it is a point important in my life.

Jimmy's Hall Review

Hi everyone, 

I'll give your my opinion about Jimmy's Hall

In general terms, the movie is good, you can feel the atmosphere of this age, see the landscape from Ireland, it show the customs and how enter news cultures and reaction of people about it. I like the politics and religion conflicts showed in the film, because it really happened. Anyway, there’s a lot of dead times and it was a little tiresome.

My favorite character was Jimmy. He is a good guy, he want to help the world, but it wasn’t easy, he was able to change the mind of the people, he made him more happies.

The best of the film was the Irish music and the Jazz, I really like it

My favorite scene is when the hall burn down, because the building was very important in the film, the building gather the people. It was a symbol of freedom. And when it burn down, the people leave the building and receive the true freedom.

That’s in summary.