Chinese Coin House / Juan Carlos Menacho

Architects: Juan Carlos Menacho
Location: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Collaborators: Alejandra Stall, Martin Guerra, Marcelo Vargas, Bruna Schmidt, Carla Giménez, Silver Cava
Client: Adriana De Souza, José Luis Noya
Area: 350 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Enrique Menacho
C House / Sommet & Asociados

Architects: Sommet & Asociados
Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Architect In Charge: Sommet & Asociados
Design Team: Sebastián Fernández de Córdova Frerking
Area: 520 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Sebastián Fernández de Córdova Frerking
Los Mangales Residences / Sommet & Asociados

Architects: Sommet & Asociados
Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Architect In Charge: Sommet & Asociados
Design Team: Sebastián Fernández de Córdova Frerking, Erika Peinado Vaca Diez
Site Manager: Mariano Donoso Rea
Structural Calculation: Zelmar Ibañez Pedraza
Area: 818 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Sebastián Fernández de Córdova Frerking
Equipetrol Houses / Sommet & Asociados

Architects: Sommet & Asociados
Location: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Architect In Charge: Sommet & Asociados
Design Team: . Sebastián Fernández de Córdova Frerking, Erika Peinado Vaca Díez
Area: 640 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Sebastián Fernández de Córdova Frerking
The Shelter / KG Studio + Associates

Architects: KG Studio + Asociates
Location: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Architect In Charge: Karen Gutierrez Pereyra
Team Project: Carlos Roca Parada, Mauricio Gutierrez Pereyra
Constructor: Luis Alberto Roca
Project Year: 2012
Project Area: 260 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of KG Studio
Capilla para el Tio / Visiondivision
Visiondivision never fails to share interesting projects with us, whether it be their zoo/waterfall or their latest – a chapel for Tio, an evil devil that owns a mountain in Bolivia. As unusual as it may sound, miners in Bolivia are faced with awful working conditions inside a mountain, and claim that Tio is responsible for claiming the 8 million lives that have been lost within the mountain. The project is a shrine to Tio, and will serve as a place the miners can leave gifts for the devil so he does not harm the men working in the mountain.
More about the shrine and more images after the break.


























