Architectural hybridizations since the viceroyalty in the historic centers of Peru

Abstract

Hybrid buildings in Peru's historic centres are produced by the use of pre-Hispanic, colonial and republican pre-existing structures and by the insertion of structures/buildings of a different constructive nature in order to expand the uses on the plot and in the urban layout. Hybridizations are irreversible and produce alterations both in the buildings and in their surroundings. These can be classified according to their origin: by adaptation of the existing building, by occupation of voids in the plot, by expansion in plan or by grafting that denotes its presence with a different volume, in re-hybridizations due to reconstructions, by plundering of pieces or structures, by the coexistence with hidden structures that give a new identity to the buildings, by disruption of the protected environment, and in mixed structures derived from interventions.