Concrete Vernacular Country House in process of construction

CAJ_0108_F0001_R

Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 1 -Fotografías

Luquillo

1978 o 1979

The title, date, and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). In the file provided by the archive, the following information is clarified: "Photographer: Carol F. Jopling, architecture students, or Earth Watch volunteers". On the back of the image, there are handwritten notes that read: "147, CAJ|0108|F001". Some of the photos found in the archives of this collection are repeated and show the same houses because they document other formats created for the project. Examples: 35mm negatives, color, black and white, instant photos, photos that were brightened or with contrast.

The concrete vernacular country house in Luquillo embodies decoloniality, innovation, and housing rights. Unfinished, the building defies physical and colonialistic norms. It stands on stilts with walls, windows, and doors left open to the elements. Nestled among mountains and greenery, the building subverts imposed and imported building norms (concrete material, reinforced steel) to create a new iteration of local design, reflective of an ongoing journey toward autonomy, resisting oppression, and reclaiming legal space.

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Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín

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