Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe

Residencial San Felipe in Lima stands as both an architectural landmark and a living experiment in modern urbanism. Conceived in the 1960s, during a period of explosive population growth and a deepening housing crisis, the project emerged from President Fernando Belaunde Terry’s vision of a function...

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Author: Rodriguez Ramos, Karina
Format: master thesis
Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
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Keyword:Residencial San Felipe (Lima, Peru)
City planning -- Peru -- Lima
Cluster housing -- Peru -- Lima
Housing
Interstitial spaces
Urban regeneration
Collective memory
Residencial San Felipe (Lima, Perú)
Urbanisme -- Perú --Lima
Conjunts residencials -- Perú --Lima
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme
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spelling Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San FelipeRodriguez Ramos, KarinaResidencial San Felipe (Lima, Peru)City planning -- Peru -- LimaCluster housing -- Peru -- LimaHousingInterstitial spacesUrban regenerationCollective memoryResidencial San Felipe (Lima, Perú)Urbanisme -- Perú --LimaConjunts residencials -- Perú --LimaÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::UrbanismeResidencial San Felipe in Lima stands as both an architectural landmark and a living experiment in modern urbanism. Conceived in the 1960s, during a period of explosive population growth and a deepening housing crisis, the project emerged from President Fernando Belaunde Terry’s vision of a functionalist, socially conscious city. Built on land with layered histories —from pre-Hispanic canals to a modern racetrack— the complex embodied modernist ideals through its innovative design: four towers clustered around a central agora, communal patios fostering vertical neighborhoods, elevated “streets in the sky,” and the radical dedication of more than half its 26 hectares to open green spaces. Beyond its design, San Felipe’s significance lies in how residents have shaped it over decades, adapting entrances, enclosing gardens, and negotiating the balance between openness and security to create what many describe as an “oasis of safety.” These acts of appropriation highlight the active role of inhabitants as co-producers of their environment. Yet tensions persist, particularly over the ambiguous status of shared areas and the sustainability of maintaining vast gardens with potable water. A proposed regeneration strategy seeks to revive the ancient Huatica Canal system and replace sealed surfaces with permeable soil, reconnecting the community to its ecological and cultural past. In contrast to speculative developments that prioritize profit over livability, San Felipe offers a vital lesson: humane density, social cohesion, and ecological awareness can coexist, making it not a relic of modernism but a living model for more just and sustainable urban futures.Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaGolda-Pongratz, Kathrin20252025-10-2220262026-04-28master thesishttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_bdccNAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesisapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/461044reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dnet:upcommonspor::b9b05409cfcce7a7abaed6a2604aaeb52026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe
title Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe
spellingShingle Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe
Rodriguez Ramos, Karina
Residencial San Felipe (Lima, Peru)
City planning -- Peru -- Lima
Cluster housing -- Peru -- Lima
Housing
Interstitial spaces
Urban regeneration
Collective memory
Residencial San Felipe (Lima, Perú)
Urbanisme -- Perú --Lima
Conjunts residencials -- Perú --Lima
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme
title_short Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe
title_full Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe
title_fullStr Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe
title_full_unstemmed Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe
title_sort Dwelling and resistance: urban regeneration for Residencial San Felipe
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodriguez Ramos, Karina
author Rodriguez Ramos, Karina
author_facet Rodriguez Ramos, Karina
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Golda-Pongratz, Kathrin
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Residencial San Felipe (Lima, Peru)
City planning -- Peru -- Lima
Cluster housing -- Peru -- Lima
Housing
Interstitial spaces
Urban regeneration
Collective memory
Residencial San Felipe (Lima, Perú)
Urbanisme -- Perú --Lima
Conjunts residencials -- Perú --Lima
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme
topic Residencial San Felipe (Lima, Peru)
City planning -- Peru -- Lima
Cluster housing -- Peru -- Lima
Housing
Interstitial spaces
Urban regeneration
Collective memory
Residencial San Felipe (Lima, Perú)
Urbanisme -- Perú --Lima
Conjunts residencials -- Perú --Lima
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Urbanisme
description Residencial San Felipe in Lima stands as both an architectural landmark and a living experiment in modern urbanism. Conceived in the 1960s, during a period of explosive population growth and a deepening housing crisis, the project emerged from President Fernando Belaunde Terry’s vision of a functionalist, socially conscious city. Built on land with layered histories —from pre-Hispanic canals to a modern racetrack— the complex embodied modernist ideals through its innovative design: four towers clustered around a central agora, communal patios fostering vertical neighborhoods, elevated “streets in the sky,” and the radical dedication of more than half its 26 hectares to open green spaces. Beyond its design, San Felipe’s significance lies in how residents have shaped it over decades, adapting entrances, enclosing gardens, and negotiating the balance between openness and security to create what many describe as an “oasis of safety.” These acts of appropriation highlight the active role of inhabitants as co-producers of their environment. Yet tensions persist, particularly over the ambiguous status of shared areas and the sustainability of maintaining vast gardens with potable water. A proposed regeneration strategy seeks to revive the ancient Huatica Canal system and replace sealed surfaces with permeable soil, reconnecting the community to its ecological and cultural past. In contrast to speculative developments that prioritize profit over livability, San Felipe offers a vital lesson: humane density, social cohesion, and ecological awareness can coexist, making it not a relic of modernism but a living model for more just and sustainable urban futures.
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