Freddy Mamani’s Designs: Stepping inside the Kaleidoscope

ENGLISH PRACTICE - In the appearance of cities architects like Freddy Mamani play a decisive role. His kaleidoscopic designs have transformed the face of El Alto. They have challenged traditional concepts of architecture and given a renewed sense of pride and identity to the city’s constructions and its citizens.

von Südtiroler Wirtschaftszeitung

16. September 2022

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Lesezeit: 5 mins read

Bolivian architect Freddy Mamani is the original creator of an array of colourful mansions, known as ‘cholets’ a mashup of the word chalet and Cholitas (Photo: Shutterstock)

El Alto (Bolivia) – As the airbus 380 nears the end of its journey and descent commences, I look out of the window to the city and the mountains below. As yet I have not learnt the names of the snowy peaks nor seen the developing metropolis up close. However, upon later learning of those two aforementioned unknowns my perceptions and understanding of the country I am about to land in, will shift t...