Front of Urbanization House - PRAHA

Front of Urbanization House

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Description

One-story neighborhood house in the coastal town of Luquillo. The house has a flat roof, lattice-style windows, and simple doors with lattice-style windows. In front of the house there is a sidewalk on which there is a mailbox. The entrance of the house has a small concrete block wall. To the far left there is an open garage with patio chairs and decorative pots. There are also hanging potted plants. To the far right there is an open corridor where there is a small garden that leads to the balcony. The balcony is also open and has decorative potted plants. To both sides of the house there are patios with trashcans and clothes hangers. These are divided by metal bars and houses with the same characteristics. On the roofs of the houses there are television antennae.
Origin Name
CAJ_0132_F0001_R
Relation
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 1 -Fotografías
Geographical Coverage
Luquillo
Date
1978 o 1979
Descriptive Notes
The title, date, and address were provided by the Architecture and Construction Archive of the University of Puerto Rico (AACUPR). On the back of the image, there are handwritten notes that read: 195, CAJ|0132|F0001.
Descripción decolonial
In the concrete façade of the urbanización house, a decolonial, self-determined identity emerges, navigated around the shadow of the US empire. The lattice-style windows become an architectural element of the new tropical modernity in Puerto Rico, like the iconic marquesina, and gardens signify communal unity. The building's design negotiates colonial imprints, fostering resilience against imperial legacies, reflected even in the antennas, which assert connection to the wider community and information autonomy.
Historical Background
Architectural Subject
  • Houses
  • Persiennes
  • Swinging doors (doors)
  • Balconies
  • Chairs (furniture forms)
  • Rocking chairs
  • Antennas
  • Garages
  • Sidewalks
  • Trash cans
  • Flowerpots
  • Walls
  • Mailboxes
  • Windows
Decolonial Subject
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Editor
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
Resource Format
JPEG
Resource Type
Image
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