During the period of violence (1980-2000), the notion of public space, citizenship, and architecture underwent various physical and conceptual reconfigurations. It may be that the crisis was evidenced in the architecture, or the architecture was evidenced in the crisis. Be that as it may, the city was determined by violence and simulacrum.
In Peru, the terrorism that occurred during the 1980s and early 1990s affected the population not only socially, morally, and economically, but also altered the physical perception of our urban spaces. As settings for these terrible events, cities progressively changed their appearance, accompanied by a growing segregation that we can still observe today. It is important to bring this to light, provide evidence of it, and take ownership of this "crisis" that still lingers in the air we breathe, in order to liberate the city.
The Ministry of Culture and Art Lima are organizing this panel discussion on the reciprocal relationship between these two fundamental terms: architecture and crisis. Featuring architects Víctor Mejía, Juan Carlos Doblado, and Luis Rodríguez Rivero.
