The Place of Art. Reflections on Concepts for Architectural Works Aimed at Contemporary Art

Abstract

The aim of the article is to reflect on the place of contemporary art. It reviews different definitions of museums and art centers, as well as multiple linked architectural typologies. Once the horizon of meanings opened the relationships between the concepts of place and contemporary art are approached following a multidisciplinary and multimethodological strategy is deployed in five case studies of emblematic architecture destined for contemporary art in Santiago de Chile, where the out come of multiple factors is presented in four dimensions: his-torical, urban, architectural and sociocultural. In the discussion, the main factors to be considered in the analysis and in the design of archi-tectural works aimed at contemporary art are examined. It concludes with the synthesis of concepts that scope to a definition of the place of contemporary art.