An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas

Autores
López, Facundo Santiago
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
The pampas plain of South America is inhabited by a forgotten fauna living in an open and infinite zoo. Perhaps they are already fossils, skeletons covered with the rust and woodworm of a century and Argentina a half of history and change, like those “skinless dinosaurs” that the American Land artist Robert Smithson described when he visited Passaic, a suburb of New Jersey. It is a vast compound of constructions that have been left next to the rails, partly in ruins, in a landscape area of profound beauty and elusive richness. We are referring to human-made constructions, a non-measurable series of utilitarian and industrial structures scattered across the landscape: water tanks, silos, sheds, warehouses, turntables, and workshops, a product of the expansion of the railroad during the second half of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th. They all have great importance in Argentine history and become a part of the enormous palimpsest the territory can be.
Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
Materia
Arquitectura
Patrimonio industrial
Tanques
Silos
Ferrocarril
Pampa
Paisaje
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas
title An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas
spellingShingle An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas
López, Facundo Santiago
Arquitectura
Patrimonio industrial
Tanques
Silos
Ferrocarril
Pampa
Paisaje
title_short An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas
title_full An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas
title_fullStr An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas
title_full_unstemmed An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas
title_sort An artificial fauna : Railway structures in the Argentine pampas
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López, Facundo Santiago
author López, Facundo Santiago
author_facet López, Facundo Santiago
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Arquitectura
Patrimonio industrial
Tanques
Silos
Ferrocarril
Pampa
Paisaje
topic Arquitectura
Patrimonio industrial
Tanques
Silos
Ferrocarril
Pampa
Paisaje
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Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
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