Introduction

Art  +  Architecture  +  Thought

Works  .  Projects  .  Publications

This portfolio shows the production of José Luis Chacón, architect, artist, professor, researcher and flâneur. He graduated in Architecture in 1990 at Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), in Mérida Venezuela. Since 1991 he has been a full time university professor, and now holds the position of Titular Professor at that same university. Teaching Architectural Design Studio (TDA) and different seminars of pre and post graduate levels, along with his academic formation (MSc. in Philosophy, 2001, and PhD. in Architectural Composition, 2009), he has been able to develop his thought about theoretic matters in architecture, art and aesthetics.

However, in parallel to his academic career, he has worked independently as an artist and as an architect as well. As an artist he has specialized in installations, or “space constructions” as he likes to call them. Most of them are large ensamblages built to be inhabited by the spectator, either with his body or his senses. The architecture works are rather limited; among them a few houses, a couple of chapels and a school, located in Mérida. His design is intentioned to respect tradition while reaching simplicity formally and technically. Sometimes on his own, sometimes in association with other architects or with collaborations by different artists, he has produced a corpus of works, projects and publications, which is shown here in this portfolio. This selection of products therefore shows his interests and achievements in art, architecture and thought.

José Luis Chacón was born and lives in Mérida Venezuela. He has lived and studied in Vancouver Canada and Milan Italy; as a flanêur, he has also travelled around many places. Working still at the Faculty of Architecture and Design (FADULA), where he holds different responsibilities, he is now involved in launching the TiA (Taller i Arte+Arquitectura), a research and production studio based on his theories about the relationship between art and architecture; a few of the works and projects presented are the result of the TiA.