PRESENTACION RESULTADOS WORKSHOP ECOPOLIS RAPA NUI 2010

Mai Ki Keu Keu Tatou Henua e Hoi!; Hacia una Rapa Nui Integrada y Sustentable

http://www.masterecopolis.it/downloads/edition03/rapanui_libroFNLa4.pdf

El día 8 de Setiembre fue presentado el trabajo final del segundo Workshop del Master Internacional Eco-Polis Rapa Nui.


El objetivo del Master, de evidenciar una serie de aspectos relevantes, ambientales, económicos y sociales, fue abordado con múltiples miradas y se obtuvieron respuestas integradas e integradoras.


La presentación se realizo en la Alcaldía de Hanga Roa y contó con la presencia de miembros de la administración de la isla, representantes del gobierno chileno, encargados de proyectos del BID-Fomin y habitantes de la isla. Rapa Nui y continentales se encontraron durante la presentación y compartieron sus opiniones, expectativas y reflexiones sobre el trabajo realizado.

Los resultados del workshop, realizado por jóvenes profesionales de distintas nacionalidades y distintas formaciones fueron entregados la Municipalidad de a isla y están a disposición de quien los solicite.

La experiencia del grupo de Eco-Polis en la isla ha sido sin lugar a dudas intensa y enriquecedora, tanto a nivel formativo como a nivel personal, y es nuestro deseo que las propuestas y proyectos elaborados y presentados, encuentren financiamiento y lleguen a buen fin.

Maururu Rapa Nui!.

Daniel Sardo,
miembro del Eco-Polis International Master team.

Eco-Polis / Rapa Nui – Snap Shot No. 03: Cultural Landscapes / Urban Sprawl

Rapa Nui is an island of contrasts. This is particularly true with regard to the quality of the urban environment, when compared to the breathtaking beauty of the rural landscapes and Moai archeological sites. The city of Hanga Roa is the islands only urbanized area and is home to the vast majority of the island’s population of residents, as well as tourists. Lacking effective urban design regulation and community consensus to implement clear design guidelines, urban development happens piecemeal, with the level of architectural character and quality of construction left almost entirely to the discretion of the property owner. While the resident population shows signs of a resurgence of awareness and pride in the use of traditional building materials and architectural styles, there has yet to be any concrete manifestation of policies and/or programs for supporting these interests. The result is isolated pockets of well designed high quality buildings that reflect a local character, interspersed with eclectic buildings and yards that seriously detract from the overall quality of the urban environment. After completing an initial evaluation of the underlying obstacles to implementing a clear long-term sustainable vision for creating a quality urban environment, the Eco-Polis working group will suggest a series of integrated policies and prioritized pilot projects that can be implemented to help change the current course of urban development. These same policies will be integrated with a series of environmental and social programs that work together to address the multifaceted nature of the challenges the island is facing.

Gregory Delaune, ASLA, AICP
Direction Committee & Contract Professor, Eco-Polis Master

Rapa Nui: un puntino nel globo

Rapa Nui è un puntino nel globo che raccoglie e racconta le dinamiche del mondo. Nei suoi 162kmq locale e globale si incontrano, si mischiano e generano contrasti. Lo sguardo vigile, fermo e protettivo delle sentinelle del tempo sparse per tutto il territorio dell’isola ha resistito migliaia di anni ma non è stato sufficiente a difendere questa sperduta terra emersa dagli inarrestabili venti della modernità. Agli occhi di alcuni dei suoi abitanti questo fenomeno appare inevitabile, ad altri pieno di opportunità, ad altri ancora terribilmente invasivo (soprattutto per chi resta più legato alle proprie radici). Ogni processo di trasformazione in questo piccolo pezzetto di mondo è avvenuto in modo improvviso, ha provocato un impatto forte, si è evoluto velocemente. Nel giro di 40 anni si è passato dallo scappare terrorizzati alla vista del primo “grande uccello che voleva mangiare gli abitanti dell’isola”, all’andare a cavallo con grosse cuffie nelle orecchie collegate all’ i-pod. E’ mancato il tempo di assimilazione di nuove dinamiche economiche e sociali, lo spazio di riflessione sui processi di trasformazione culturale, la graduale digestione di nuove forze motrici provenienti da altre realtà. La conseguente ansietà di un’ identità bombardata e con pericolo di smarrimento, si unisce ad una crisi del senso di appartenenza causato da un sentimento di vicinanza alla cultura polinesiana in contrasto con la dipendenza istituzionale e amministrativa dal centralizzato Stato Cileno. Il contesto appare come un puzzle ancora da comporre dove ogni pezzo rivela questioni globali. La paura e diffidenza nei confronti di chi viene dall’esterno e si insedia nell’isola, la gestione dei rifiuti e il loro riutilizzo, il bisogno di produzione di energia alternativa, l’incontro tra culture diverse, il desiderio di indipendenza o autonomia, la protezione della risorsa acqua, il rispetto dei patrimoni esistenti, il fenomeno della mono-economia e la conseguente dipendenza da altri paesi, la coscienza ambientale e quella dell’abitare...Tutto questo sembra non possa essere affrontato se non pensando a chi abiterà Rapa Nui nel futuro prossimo e in quello più lontano.

Barbara Dovarch,
Sociologa Urbana contemporanea

"Iorana" A Rapa Nui Welcome and Blessing for a Successful Project

Eco-Polis / Rapa Nui – Snap Shot No. 02: A Culture in Peril

Highlighted by a ceremony including typical local foods, indigenous costumes and traditional dancing, the Eco-Polis project team was hosted for a reception by a group of island residents, including descendents of the most recent ruling family of the island clans. This group of artisans and musicians, called El Baúl del To Tahonga is working to rediscover, preserve and promote expression of the authentic Rapa Nui cultural heritage, much of which was lost or forgotten over the course of the last century and-a-half due to cataclysmic population loss as a result of disease epidemics and slave trading raids. The indigenous people’s strong connection to the land and their reverence for the forces of nature (e.g. the sea, the wind, wildlife, etc.) underscore the importance of development programs that also protect the islands fragile natural environment. Along with local public officials and citizen stakeholders, El Baúl is one of the groups with whom the team will be cooperating in order to find ways of incorporating cultural heritage and environmental preservation efforts into the economic development, infrastructure improvement and social programs that will be proposed.

Gregory Delaune, ASLA, AICP
Direction Committee & Contract Professor, Eco-Polis Master

Eco-Polis / Rapa Nui - Snap Shot No. 01: A Dis-Enchanted Island

The project team of thirty researchers and professionals from the EcoPolis International Master arrived in Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile) on August 21st, 2010. Cooperating with local residents, economic stakeholders and public officials, the three weeks of on-site work will focus on understanding the local cultural, environmental and economic context in order to generate a series of integrated policy proposals and pilot projects to share and discuss with the community of Rapa Nui in order to follow a path towards sustainable economic development that protects the island’s environmental quality while celebrating and preserving its unique cultural heritage.

During the first full day in residence on the island, the work group visited the major archeological sites of the Moai, the monolithic stone heads for which the island is famous. These ancient stone sentinels, carved by the original residents from the native volcanic stone in homage of their ancestors, have stoically stood watch over the island for centuries, silent witnesses to both the glory and carnage that have marked its turbulent history. In contrast to the majestic beauty of the Moai, the work group also visited the island’s major land fill, a sobering reminder of the island’s struggle to adapt to the realities of living in a contemporary global community. The land fill is one of two that receive the more than seven tons of refuse generated daily by the combined activities of the 4,900 residents and 70,000 tourists that visit the island annually. This mountain of domestic, commercial and industrial waste is just one reminder of the many problems (e.g. water supplies, energy generation, cultural heritage preservation and lack of administrative autonomy) that have accompanied the economic development and rapid population growth that the island has experienced during the last two decades.

Over the course of the next three weeks, the work group will confront the daunting task of collecting and processing as much information as possible about the local existing conditions, identifying innovative project solutions, and generating public policy proposals that are economically, environmentally and culturally integrated at the local level and that can become global models for sustainable economic development. The final written and illustrated report will be presented to local officials and community stakeholders on September 9th and will remain available for download on the EcoPolis website.

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Gregory Delaune, ASLA, AICP
Direction Committee & Contract Professor, Eco-Polis Master

Welcome Eco-Polis to Rapa Nu