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Earthquake traces

Author

• • Bernadette Devilat None Email Bernadette Devilat. (compose email, opens in email app.)
  • Bartlett School of Architecture- University College London

Abstract

The built environment possesses the intrinsic property to accumulate history, stories, processes and events. Its materials not only demonstrate a specific stage of history and building technique, but the marks, colours, degradations and cracks tell a deeper story about every built element. The photograph shows a wall seen from the street in Lolol, a heritage village located in the central valley of Chile. The cracks reflect the magnitude of the most recent major earthquake in the country in February 2010 and currently remain there a trace of that event.  

Keywords: South America, Chile, earthquake

How to Cite: Devilat, B. (2013) “Earthquake traces”, Opticon1826. 15(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.5334/opt.ay