The White Whale. Offshore Architecture in the Almerian Camp.
The concept offshore has two meanings; the first on means literally in the sea far away from or at a distance from the coast; and the second one refers to what is made, situated, or registered abroad; especially in order to obtain benefits of lower taxes and costs, or from a less strict regulation....
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oai:ojs.revistas.uchile.cl:article-479292018-06-26T15:52:24Z The White Whale. Offshore Architecture in the Almerian Camp. La ballena blanca. Arquitectura offshore en el campo almeriense. Luzarraga Iturrioz, Mg. Arantzazu The concept offshore has two meanings; the first on means literally in the sea far away from or at a distance from the coast; and the second one refers to what is made, situated, or registered abroad; especially in order to obtain benefits of lower taxes and costs, or from a less strict regulation. It is hard to notice offshore architectures, either because they remain conveniently hidden or because their existence has been assimilated too naturally. El Ejido in Almería, Spain, is a place blessed with 3000 hours of sunshine a year. This motivates that both, agriculture and tourism choose to settle in it. Campo de Dalías, one of the world's most important intensive agriculture sites, shines like a vast sea of plastic. Tourism and delocalized food production coexist without any contact in this former agricultural colony. The sunshine hours, the immigrant workers and the logistics infrastructure have turned Almería into a participant of the global network. Mobile and seasonal, this highly technological urbanism is extremely complex and very sensitive to fluctuations in world order. These enclaves are areas that anticipate a new form of transnational network of displaced urban spaces. La palabra offshore tiene dos acepciones. La primera significa literalmente en el mar, lejos de la costa, y la segunda hace alusión a lo hecho, situado o registrado en el extranjero, especialmente para obtener beneficios de menores costes o impuestos, o de una regulación menos estricta. Resulta difícil reparar en estas arquitecturas, ya sea porque permanecen convenientemente ocultas como porque se haya asimilado su existencia con demasiada naturalidad. El Ejido en Almería, España, es un lugar bendecido con 3000 horas de sol al año. Esto motiva que tanto la agricultura como el turismo se instalen en él. El campo Dalías, lugar de una de las agriculturas intensivas más importantes del mundo, brilla como un vasto mar de plástico. El turismo y la producción deslocalizada de alimentos conviven sin contacto en esta antigua colonia agrícola. Las horas de sol, los trabajadores inmigrantes y la infraestructura logística han convertido a Almería en un actor global. Móvil y estacional, este urbanismo altamente tecnológico es extremadamente complejo y muy sensible a las fluctuaciones en el orden mundial. Estos enclaves son áreas que anticipan una nueva forma de red transnacional de espacios urbanos desplazados * El artículo forma parte de la tesis doctoral que está desarrollando la autora en el Doctorado en Proyectos Arquitectónicos Avanzados en la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, España; financiado por el Programa Predoctoral de Apoyo de Personal Investigador del Gobierno Vasco. Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo 2018-06-26 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/article/view/47929 10.5354/0719-5427.2018.47929 Revista de Arquitectura; Vol. 23 Núm. 34 (2018): Confluencias dispersas; Pág. 36-44 0719-5427 0716-8772 spa https://dearquitectura.uchile.cl/index.php/RA/article/view/47929/52745 Derechos de autor 2018 Revista de Arquitectura https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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The concept offshore has two meanings; the first on means literally in the sea far away from or at a distance from the coast; and the second one refers to what is made, situated, or registered abroad; especially in order to obtain benefits of lower taxes and costs, or from a less strict regulation. It is hard to notice offshore architectures, either because they remain conveniently hidden or because their existence has been assimilated too naturally.
El Ejido in Almería, Spain, is a place blessed with 3000 hours of sunshine a year. This motivates that both, agriculture and tourism choose to settle in it. Campo de Dalías, one of the world's most important intensive agriculture sites, shines like a vast sea of plastic. Tourism and delocalized food production coexist without any contact in this former agricultural colony.
The sunshine hours, the immigrant workers and the logistics infrastructure have turned Almería into a participant of the global network. Mobile and seasonal, this highly technological urbanism is extremely complex and very sensitive to fluctuations in world order. These enclaves are areas that anticipate a new form of transnational network of displaced urban spaces. |
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