Freddy Mamani

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Freddy Mamani Silvestre (* 1. November 1971 in Catavi ) is a Bolivian engineer, mason and self-taught architect in the South American Andean country Bolivia made famous by its eye-catching structures "neoandiner architecture" ( nueva arquitectura andina ) - also called "Transformer architecture “( Arquitectura transformer ) - with more than sixty projects in the Bolivian city of El Alto .

biography

Mamani was born on November 1, 1971 in the small Aymara miners' settlement of Catavi in the municipality of Llallagua in the Potosí department . At the age of 14 he started working as a bricklayer, then began training the following year at the technological faculty for civil buildings of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA) in La Paz , and then studied civil engineering at the Universidad Boliviana de Informática (UBI) in La Paz.

architecture

Mamani facade in El Alto

Mamani's field of activity is above all the megacity of El Alto on the Bolivian Altiplano , neighboring city of the government seat of La Paz . El Alto, the second largest city in Bolivia on the treeless plateau at an altitude of 4000  m , is dominated in urban planning by simple brick buildings in red, asphalt strips in gray and unpaved side streets in brown. During the ten-year presidency of Evo Morales , the indigenous peoples of the country have developed a new self-confidence, and Mamani's architecture clearly expresses this strengthened self-confidence in its architecture and facade design. Comparable to the building design by Friedensreich Hundertwasser , Mamani's buildings are characterized by imaginative liveliness and individuality , with clear allusions to the traditions of the Aymara , the largest ethnic group in Bolivia. The colors are similar to those on ponchos and other traditional costumes from the Altiplano, the shapes are often reminiscent of butterflies, snakes or condors, which play a central role in the mythology of the Aymara.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicolás Valencia: Freddy Mamani y el surgimiento de una nueva arquitectura andina en Bolivia In: Plataforma Arquitectura, June 2, 2014 ( Spanish )
  2. ↑ Jeanne Kim: Bolivia's “spaceship architecture” showcases the new wealth of indigenous people In: Quartz, February 21, 2015 ( English )
  3. ↑ Nathalie Iriarte: Arquitectura Transformer In: Yorokobu, April 15, 2014 ( Spanish )
  4. ↑ Elisabetta Andreoli: Party Halls in El Alto, Bolivia by Freddy Mamani Silvestre In: The Architectural Review, July 13, 2015 ( English )

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personal data
SURNAME Mamani, Freddy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mamani Silvestre, Freddy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bolivian architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1st November 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Catavi , Bolivia