With pinball machine interiors and animal-shaped facades, Mamani’s wild venues have transformed Bolivian architecture. Now the former bricklayer is taking ‘neo-Andean’ style to Paris
Known as the “King of Andean Architecture,” Freddy Mamani’s colorful designs are changing El Alto and inspiring other architects.
Freddy Mamani is a Bolivian architect who has designed an array of colourful mansions, known as ‘cholets’, which you can find in the world’s highest city, El Alto, in Bolivia. He has created what has been described as ‘New Andean’ or ‘neo-Andean’ architecture, a unique blend of traditional Andean designs and modern influences, including science…
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These buildings add color and whimsy to the high-altitude town of El Alto.
Image 8 of 16 from gallery of Why Freddy Mamani is Leading A New Andean Architecture. Photograph by Alfredo Zeballos
Image 23 of 33 from gallery of New Documentary on Freddy Mamani Explores the Connection Between Architecture and Cultural Identity. © Isaac Niemand via screenshot from documentary
The city of El Alto isn’t just distinguished by its impressive altitude of over 13,000 feet above sea level or its self-governing status. This Bolivian municipality also sets itself apart with the distinctive architecture of Freddy Mamani Silvestre. The architect, who goes by Freddy Mamani professionally, got his start as a bricklayer and studied civil engineering in college. He completed his first building in this style in 2005 and has since created dozens more designs that incorporate circular windows, sharply angled rooflines and vibrant pink, green, and orange facades. More
Known as the “King of Andean Architecture,” Freddy Mamani’s colorful designs are changing El Alto and inspiring other architects.
Spread out across the Bolivian highlands, at 4,000 meters, the city of El Alto is predominantly ochre-red, with thousands of low, matchbox-like brick houses with unfinished and unpainted facades li…
Image 14 of 16 from gallery of Why Freddy Mamani is Leading A New Andean Architecture. Photograph by Alfredo Zeballos
Known as the “King of Andean Architecture,” Freddy Mamani’s colorful designs are changing El Alto and inspiring other architects.
Saltó a la fama con su primera obra ubicada en la avenida Juan Pablo II de El Alto. Sus inmuebles rescatan la iconografía tiwanacota y el colorido de los textiles andinos. Ahora prepara su participación en una bienal de París.Gonzalo…
Freddy Mamani designs a bold and distinctive new style of Bolivian architecture. His colorful designs are changing El Alto and inspiring other architects.
The city of El Alto isn’t just distinguished by its impressive altitude of over 13,000 feet above sea level or its self-governing status. This Bolivian municipality also sets itself apart with the distinctive architecture of Freddy Mamani Silvestre. The architect, who goes by Freddy Mamani professionally, got his start as a bricklayer and studied civil engineering in college. He completed his first building in this style in 2005 and has since created dozens more designs that incorporate circular windows, sharply angled rooflines and vibrant pink, green, and orange facades. More
Retro-futurista por fuera y barroco-pop por dentro, la arquitectura andina de Freddy Mamani fascina. Desde la Ciudad del Alto en el Altiplano boliviano, el arquitecto defiende las influencias ancestrales de su estilo cuando otros afirman que representa la expresión contemporánea de un grupo social emergente. Lo que nos queda claro es que su nueva arquitectura […]
Known as the “King of Andean Architecture,” Freddy Mamani’s colorful designs are changing El Alto and inspiring other architects.
Known as the “King of Andean Architecture,” Freddy Mamani’s colorful designs are changing El Alto and inspiring other architects.
Imagen 4 de 16 de la galería de Freddy Mamani y el surgimiento de una nueva arquitectura andina en Bolivia. Fotografía de Alfredo Zeballos
There is much debate among architects and theorists about what exactly architecture can do as a political mechanism. Can it change the world? Or is it merely a manifestation of larger political, legal, and economic forces, played out in concrete and glass? Most of it is probably falls squarely in the latter category, but Bolivia’s…
Image 11 of 16 from gallery of Why Freddy Mamani is Leading A New Andean Architecture. Photograph by Alfredo Zeballos
There is much debate among architects and theorists about what exactly architecture can do as a political mechanism. Can it change the world? Or is it merely a manifestation of larger political, legal, and economic forces, played out in concrete and glass? Most of it is probably falls squarely in the latter category, but Bolivia’s…
The city of El Alto isn’t just distinguished by its impressive altitude of over 13,000 feet above sea level or its self-governing status. This Bolivian municipality also sets itself apart with the distinctive architecture of Freddy Mamani Silvestre. The architect, who goes by Freddy Mamani professionally, got his start as a bricklayer and studied civil engineering in college. He completed his first building in this style in 2005 and has since created dozens more designs that incorporate circular windows, sharply angled rooflines and vibrant pink, green, and orange facades. More
A sus 46 años, el arquitecto Freddy Mamani puede presumir de haber inventado una corriente arquitectónica que resume la idiosincrasia de los aimaras, habitantes de la meseta andina del Lago Titicaca, y que se agrupan en Bolivia, Perú y Chile.
The architect Freddy Mamani's "new Andean" style has found a flamboyant way to bring traditional Andean and Tiwanaku cultures into an urban setting.
Known as the “King of Andean Architecture,” Freddy Mamani’s colorful designs are changing El Alto and inspiring other architects.
