The Ancient hospital of Mercedes of Chimbarongo

Recognition of its architectural value in perspective of current patrimonial protection

Authors

  • Dra. Arq. Alicia Campos Gajardo Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Universidad de Chile http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2569-3144
  • Mg. Arq. Paulina Alvarado Castro Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Universidad de Chile.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14409/ar.v8i14.6801

Keywords:

hospital, cultural value, health politics, heritage, Chile

Abstract

The old Hospital de Chimbarongo, located in the homonymous rural town of the sixth Chilean region, has more than one hundred years of existence. Representative of a tipology of pavilions, characteristic of the scientific medicine of the 19th century, is part of the architectural heritage’s value that the community and the state administration suggest protecting. The aim of this research is to elucidate the values that support its declarate as Historical Monument, in the tipologycal–architectural perspective, in the specific historical framework, and considering some aspects of the cultural landscape, proposing the discussion of values as conclusion. The research was sponsored by the Ministry of Health’s Health Cultural Heritage Unit and the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Universidad de Chile.

Author Biographies

Dra. Arq. Alicia Campos Gajardo, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Universidad de Chile

Doctora en Arquitectura ETSA Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Arquitecta titulada en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Universidad de Chile. Académica de la misma institución. Areas de estudio: Historia y teoría de la arquitectura, arquitectura hospitalaria, patrimonio arquitectónico.

Mg. Arq. Paulina Alvarado Castro, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. Universidad de Chile.

Magister en Gestión del Patrimonio ETSA Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Postítulo en Intervención del Patrimonio. Arquitecta titulada en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo Universidad de Chile. Académica de la misma institución. Areas de estudio: Historia de la arquitectura, arquitectura hospitalaria, gestión e inervención del patrimonio arquitectónico.

Published

2018-12-20

How to Cite

Campos Gajardo, D. A. A., & Alvarado Castro, M. A. P. (2018). The Ancient hospital of Mercedes of Chimbarongo: Recognition of its architectural value in perspective of current patrimonial protection. ARQUISUR Revista, 8(14), 70–83. https://doi.org/10.14409/ar.v8i14.6801