Colombian Pavilions. Showcases of Nature Between 1851 and 2015

Abstract

This article compiles Colombia's participation in universal and international exhibitions to uncover a specific, fragmented, and lesser-known genealogy of national architectural history. By conceptualizing container and content as integral to the same narrative, this study analyzes forms, objects, and texts that reference the natural landscape of the homeland as an alternative approach to the predominant chronological, stylistic, or technological studies within this typology. The proposed categorization of these ephemeral showcases, based on enduring anthropological discourses on nature, offers an alternative pedagogical resource and dissemination method that encourages transdisciplinary and performative interpretations, opening new avenues of exploration within the discipline.

Keywords

• performative history
• timeline
• exhibitions
• colombian architecture
• ephemeral architecture
• natural heritage
• anthropological discourse