Bright mansions of El Alto Bashny.Net

Located on the Bolivian highlands, at an altitude of 4,000 metres, the city of El Alto is predominantly ochre-red, with a low, similar to the matchbox brick houses with unfinished and unpainted facades with dusty, dirt roads. The city was so grey, monotonous and dull that the people began to liven up your home, adding bright color accents where you can. They also began to design their houses in different fancy shapes.

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The initiator of this new architectural revolution is an architect and self-taught Freddy Mamani Silvestre, whose mansions and colors enliven the entire city. These buildings are called "Chalets" from the word "Chalet", which means a big house, and the Cholas — a derogatory term for indigenous people Aymara.

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A little over a century ago, El Alto was originally a slum and a suburb located above and on the outskirts of La Paz. But in recent years, the suburbs have outgrown La Paz to become the second most populous city in Bolivia after Santa Cruz. It is also one of the highest cities in the world and fastest growing in South America.

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The change began in 2005 after he was elected, the current President of Bolivia, Evo Morales. Morales gave to the Aymara people, who have long lived on the side of the Bolivian society, a new confidence. He gave the indigenous people more political autonomy and encouraged them to open businesses. In the last ten years under the leadership of Morales, the number of Bolivians that live below the poverty line, has fallen by more than a third. By 2012, about 1.2 million Bolivians have become middle class. Today, the architecture of El Alto is a symbol of the newfound confidence and economic blossoming.

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Some representatives of the Aymara people have become so rich that they can afford to build your own Chalet. Those houses that was designed by architect Freddy Mamani Silvestre a, there are 300 000 to 600 000 dollars, and some even more.

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While Mamani developed about sixty or seventy buildings in El Alto, and dozens more are under construction.

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Although critics will take it home bold colors to the extravagant kitsch, others compare him with Hundertwasser.

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