Viña del Mar Moderna is an investigation into the modern architecture that took root in the 1950s and 1960s in the city of Viña del Mar, Chile. Developed by Karla Silva, a designer from UVM, alongside historian Daniel Briones, the research surveys 10 residential buildings constructed as part of the resort city's urban planning. The result of this project is an engaging publication accessible via a digital platform and an open-access book, both presenting historical analysis and context of Latin America, Chile, and the Modern Movement.
Some facades of the city's buildings represented a true layout and fulfilled particular compositional aspects, such as the articulation of their materials, chromatic modulation, and their spatial qualities. These characteristics were testament to a distinctive past of the city, from which it is possible to recognize elements of a coherent, human-scaled urban system. - Viña del Mar Moderna.
