Front of Neighborhood House
Description
One-story neighborhood house in the coastal town of Luquillo. The house has a flat roof, lattice-style windows, and single 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 a carport with patio chairs and decorative pots. There are also hanging potted plants. To the far right an open walkway where there is a small garden that leads to the balcony can be seen. The balcony is also open and has decorative potted plants. To both sides of the house there are yards with trashcans and clotheslines. 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
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| Relation |
Archivo de Arquitectura y Construcción de la Universidad de Puerto Rico > Colección Carol F. Jopling > Caja 1 -Fotografías
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| Geographical Coverage |
Luquillo
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| Date |
1978 o 1979
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| 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".
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| Descripción decolonial |
In the concrete façade of the neighborhood 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 garage, 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.
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| Decolonial Subject | |
| Rights |
English Rights. (hyperlink)
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| Editor |
Fundación Luis Muñoz Marín
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| Resource Format |
JPEG
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| Resource Type |
Image
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