A build that i like

Today i will talk about a build that i like. i like it because is a build that i know since i born practically, and the build in itself is an icon of my commune. This build was made with the purpose to be the "Hospital Ochagavia", but with the militar strike of 1973, the build was discontinued and abandoned. The years passed and the "Hospital Ochagavia" was still abandoned, so the people of the commune decided to baptize the build as "El Elefante Blanco" (Or white elephant), because of the impact of the great build in the zone.

The first time that i saw it (Or at least the first time that i remember) was when i had five years and i was walking in my passage with my big brother. The Elefante Blanco is visible in almost all the commune because his height, so in my child eyes the build was like a castle. His form is a fusion of squares and rectangles, so is pretty basic, but not for that less impressive. 

2 years ago, i had the possibility to enter to the failed hospital. The Elefante Blanco is very big and wide, contrasting with everything in the commune, so it is like be in another place. Inside it is dark and his rooms and spaces give the feeling of be in a videogame; It was a great experience. The bad part is that experience is so near and so far at the same time, because is hard to enter again to the build since a construction company started to rebuilt the place.

The people in the commune first they hated the build, but with the time, the Elefante Blanco won a place in the history and culture of the commune. it is frecuently used to orientation inside the comunne, and the empty land in the side of the build is used for events, in mostly circus.

Now, the elefante blanco is being rebuilt, but the people of the commune asked to the architects of the construction company keep the form of the build, showing the appreciation that the people have to the build. The forgotten Hospital Ochagavia will be never an hospital or an abandonned place again, instead, it will be oficces with a mix of public places inside, so the people could identify more with the place, despite the fact that the build dont have the weight or the width to bend with the commune.