{"id":116705,"date":"2025-07-16T10:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_program&#038;p=116705"},"modified":"2025-07-16T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:02:54","slug":"for-kelly-dix-van-everyday-architecture-matters","status":"publish","type":"metro_profile","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/profiles\/for-kelly-dix-van-everyday-architecture-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"For Kelly Dix Van, Everyday Architecture Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"659\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//05//63714-03.jpg/" alt=\"A display of the 3D model of a house at the centre of an exhibition space, placed on the floor with rugs, plants and cushion to make the space look warm. \" class=\"wp-image-116707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-03.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-03-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-03-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-03-768x330.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dix Van\u2019s SCI-Arc thesis project, Everyday, Popular, Matters, is a radical exploration of construction and material reuse, through the lens of informal building practices in Latin America. Courtesy Ben Elmer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">July 16, 2025<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">For Kelly Dix Van, Everyday Architecture Matters<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">The SCI-Arc architecture graduate explores the complexities of self-building practices and material reuse in Cartagena, Colombia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"//tag//jaxson-stone/">Jaxson Stone<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//sharer//sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Ffor-kelly-dix-van-everyday-architecture-matters%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.linkedin.com//sharing//share-offsite//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Ffor-kelly-dix-van-everyday-architecture-matters%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"http:////pinterest.com//pin//create//button//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Ffor-kelly-dix-van-everyday-architecture-matters%2F&amp;description=For+Kelly+Dix+Van%2C+Everyday+Architecture+Matters\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Ffor-kelly-dix-van-everyday-architecture-matters%2F&amp;subject=For+Kelly+Dix+Van%2C+Everyday+Architecture+Matters\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap size-regular\">About a mile away from the Walled City Center of Cartagena, Colombia, lies an ordinary street characterized by low-slung concrete homes, mismatched bricks, cracked plaster facades, and the cacophony coming from buildings in various states of construction. But for <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.sciarc.edu//news//2025//metropolis-magazines-2025-future100/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kelly Dix Van<\/a>, this familiar Latin American street and its everyday, popular buildings offer valuable lessons in <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//viewpoints//the-salvage-manifesto-harness-the-power-of-material-reuse///">material reuse<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1709\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//05//63714-04-scaled.jpg/" alt=\"A 3D model of a sustainable house made using paper and other miniature materials showcasing reuse of discarded construction materials. \" class=\"wp-image-116709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-04-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-04-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-04-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-04-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/63714-04-2048x1367.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cMore than 40 percent of the built environment is unregulated and does not follow the rules of construction. The cities of Latin America have witnessed the existence of a type of city that is built day by day, completely detached from public policies and real estate projects produced by private initiatives,\u201d writes Dix Van in her thesis zine, <em><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////issuu.com//sci-arc//docs//everyday_popular_matters_web_issuu/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Everyday, Popular, Matters<\/a><\/em>. The site of her thesis research, Paseo Bol\u00edvar, is in a constant state of flux, representing the speed of Cartagena\u2019s informal urban growth. This makes it a perfect case study for Dix Van to explore her research question: \u201cCan we think of material reuse in ways that integrate heritage, people, labor, memories, knowledge, economies of production, and domestic acts?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Through photography and intricate handmade models, Dix Van catalogs fragments of materials from her site, creating a historical account of each material found in the house, from cast concrete blocks to encaustic cement tiles to hollow clay bricks. For her, self-built communities offer a more \u201ccohesive solution to housing and urban needs,\u201d and the builders have developed ways of cataloging and redistributing end-of-life salvage building components. \u201cWhen you come from a country of limited resources, you\u2019re used to not wasting them.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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