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Alexander Auris

Brussels, Belgium
Alexander Auris is a Peruvian architect who currently lives in Brussels. Graduated at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, he holds a MSc in Architecture by KU Leuven. He has developed restoration and museography projects in Lima and currently works in urban projects in Brussels. His academic research objectives have an intersectional point of view, while his interests are the relations between social movements and space. He questions space, performance and events that we take for granted.

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Paths of Cajamarquilla


Analysis for new approaches of appropriation and interaction in archaeological sites.

Paths of Cajamarquilla


Analysis for new approaches of appropriation and interaction in archaeological sites.
A new approach for the integration of heritage sites in contemporary city.
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  • Site-specific cases

As the speed of urbanization increases so does the number of heritage sites that are being incorporated within the urban fabric. Attempts to protect the sites ban the people living near it from its use as the preservation of these spaces often happens by a full closure of its borders. The wider consequences for urban space and people and the effect on the urban dynamics are often neglected. These tensions between urban development, preservation of archaeological heritage, and the everyday life of urbanites deserve our attention. The research focuses on this paradoxical relationship.

The research developes in Cajamarquilla, a 167 Ha open border archaeological site in Lima, Peru. The analysis of the site presents it as an example for a new approach to public archaeology, tactics to appropriate and participate in these spaces. Heritage spaces should not be seen as voids in the city, the desertic landscape shows also the possibility for a contemporary integration into the urban fabric.

Paths of Cajamarquilla

Erosion in the landscape as a consequence of the circulation of people who cross Cajamarquilla.

Occupation of the bordes of Cajamarquilla

Layers of occupation of the site: prehispanic and contemporary.

Plan of the archaeological site of Cajamarquilla

Paths of Cajamarquilla


Analysis for new approaches of appropriation and interaction in archaeological sites.

Paths of Cajamarquilla


Analysis for new approaches of appropriation and interaction in archaeological sites.
A new approach for the integration of heritage sites in contemporary city.
File under
Type of project
  • Site-specific cases

As the speed of urbanization increases so does the number of heritage sites that are being incorporated within the urban fabric. Attempts to protect the sites ban the people living near it from its use as the preservation of these spaces often happens by a full closure of its borders. The wider consequences for urban space and people and the effect on the urban dynamics are often neglected. These tensions between urban development, preservation of archaeological heritage, and the everyday life of urbanites deserve our attention. The research focuses on this paradoxical relationship.

The research developes in Cajamarquilla, a 167 Ha open border archaeological site in Lima, Peru. The analysis of the site presents it as an example for a new approach to public archaeology, tactics to appropriate and participate in these spaces. Heritage spaces should not be seen as voids in the city, the desertic landscape shows also the possibility for a contemporary integration into the urban fabric.

Paths of Cajamarquilla

Erosion in the landscape as a consequence of the circulation of people who cross Cajamarquilla.

Occupation of the bordes of Cajamarquilla

Layers of occupation of the site: prehispanic and contemporary.

Plan of the archaeological site of Cajamarquilla

Idea by

Alexander Auris
Brussels
Belgium
Alexander Auris is a Peruvian architect who currently lives in Brussels. Graduated at Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, he holds a MSc in Architecture by KU Leuven. He has developed restoration and museography projects in Lima and currently works in urban projects in Brussels. His academic research objectives have an intersectional point of view, while his interests are the relations between social movements and space. He questions space, performance and events that we take for granted.
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