© Pablo Blanco
A selection of the Prague Quadrennial 2011 exhibtion: Intersection, Intimacy and Spectacle by MESS architects was presented in Chile in the international theater festival Santiago 2012. In this ocassion, the Festival promoted the displacement of the conventional concept of theater to other forms of art linked to performance, visual arts and architecture. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »
© Nico Saieh
Architects: Eugenio Simonetti + Renato Stewart
Location: Santiago, Chile
Design Team: Juan Santa Maria, Danilo Magni, Alvaro Romero
LEED certification (Silver): Energy ARQ
Lightning: Oriana Ponzini
Structure: Eduardo Spoerer
Client: Inmobiliaria Almahue S.A.
Year: Costanera Lyon 1, 2009-2011 (Completed), Costanera Lyon 2, 2011-2013 (Under construction)
Area: 42,000 sqm
Photographs: Nico Saieh, Guy Wenborne, Ana Maria Pincheira
© Juan Sepulveda Grazioli
Architects: Vicente Justiniano Arquitectos Ltda
Location: Camino Miraflores S/N, Pudahuel, Santiago, Chile
Collaborators: Gerardo Valle, Rodrigo Vicuña, Javier Carrasco
Construction: Salfa Construcción
Building Area: 156,000 sqm
Completion: 2010
Photographs: Juan Sepulveda Grazioli
Architect: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani
Location: Huechuraba, Santiago, Chile
Client: MIELE
Furnishings: Orlando Gatica
Lightning: Douglas Leonard
Construction: Pablo Qualitz
Structural engineer: Sebastián Marshall
Audio: Bang & Olufsen
Date: October – November 2011
Surface: 120 sqm
Photographs: Nico Saieh
© Juan Pablo Molina
Architects: Amunátegui Valdés architects
Location: Santiago, Chile
Client: Bistró & Restaurant Köök
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Maria Luisa Murillo, Juan Pablo Molina, Alejandro Valdés
© Eugenio Celedón
Architects: Francisco Abarca and Camilo Palma
Location: Lo Cañas, La Florida, Santiago, Chile
Team: Roberto Torres, Omar Rivera, Carlos Lepe
Project Year: 2009
Year Built: 2009-10
Land Area: 2500 sqm
Built area: 120 sqm and 80 sqm terrace inside
Materials: Wood and Steel
Photographs: Camilo Palma, Eugenio Celedón
Courtesy of MUTAR Arquitectos - Molina, De La Vega & Villalobos
Architects: MUTAR Arquitectos / Claudio Molina Camacho, Daniel De La Vega Pamparana, Eduardo Villalobos Fornet
Location: Santiago, Chile
Client: Saint George’s College
Project Year: 2009
Project Area: 400 sqm
Photographs: MUTAR Arquitectos – Molina, De La Vega & Villalobos
© Luly Pozo
Architect: 57Studio
Location: Santiago, Chile
Project Year: 2008
Project Area: 1,658SqFt
Collaborators: Felipe Zamora
Construction: 57Studio + Francisco Sass0
Structural Engineer: Roberto Ibaceta
Photography: 57Studio, Luly Pozo, Mauricio Fuertes
Architects: 332 Arquitectos
Location: Pirque, Santiago, Chile
Project team: Paola Adrovez, Daniel Díaz and Rafael Bas
Project Year: 2007
Project Area: 69.70 sqm
Photographs: Fran Parente
© Felipe Fontecilla
Architects: Tomás Swett
Location: Santiago, Chile
Collaborator: Juan Ignacio Diaz
Engineer: Alex Popp
Project Area: : 485 sqm
Photographs: Felipe Fontecilla, Tomas Swett
© Pablo Blanco Barros
Architects: PLAN Arquitectos
Location: La Cisterna, Santiago, Chile
Design Team: Rodrigo Cáceres Moena, Alejandro Vargas Peyreblanque, Álvaro González Bastías
Site Area: 91,212 sqm
Constructed Area: 4,306 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Year of Construction: 2010
Photography: Pablo Blanco Barros
© Aryeh Kornfeld
Architects: Ida Pilar Silva Mondselewsky
Location: Peñalolén, Santiago, Chile
Constructor: Luis Cuevas Tobar
Project area: 140 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Aryeh Kornfeld
Architects: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani
Location: Santiago, Chile
Contractor: COVALCO
Lightning: Paulina Sir
Project area: 160 sqm
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Nicolás Saieh
© Nicolas Saieh
Architects: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani
Location: Santiago, Chile
Contractor: Carlos Marchetti
Engineering: Ruiz y Saavedra
Client: Miele
Lighting and Domotic system: Ikatu and Bang&Olufsen
Project Area: 1,091.10 sqm
Project Year: 2010-2011
Photographs: Nicolás Saieh
© LAND Arquitectos
Architects: LAND Arquitectos (Cristóbal Valenzuela Haeussler + Ángela Delorenzo Arancibia)
Location: Avenida del Valle, Colina, Santiago, Chile
Collaborator Architects: Javier Lorenzo, Pablo Andrade
Master Plan and Landscaping design: LAND arquitectos + Karl Yunis (Ecology)
Project area: 1,300 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: LAND Arquitectos read more »
© Eduardo Cancino, Pablo Muñoz
Architects: Eduardo Cancino, Alejandra Pérez
Location: Pirque, Santiago, Chile
Project area: 16,2 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Eduardo Cancino, Pablo Muñoz read more »
© Sergio Pirrone
Architects: Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido
Location: Santiago, Chile
Associate Architect: David Zapata
Collaborators: Trinidad Schonthaler, Heidy Ullrich, Macarena Avila
Client: Inmobiliaria Unco
Contractor: Waldemar Ullrich, Ruperto Neira
Engineering: Hoehmann Stagno S.A.
Site Area: 1,535 sqm
Project Area: 21,900 sqm
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Sergio Pirrone
Visual artist Nicolás Rupcich shared with us this great video from the XVII Chilean Biennale designed by Emilio Marín.
Project: Emilio Marin
Project Manager: Juan Carlos López
Collaborators: Claudio Viñuela, Rodrigo Fernández, Alessandra dal Mos
Audio Installation: Rodrigo Araya, Nicolás Rupcich
Video Credits:
Recording and Editing: Nicolás Rupcich
Camera Assistant: Rodrigo Lobos
Audio: Rodrigo Araya, Nicolás Rupcich
© Martín Schmidt
Architects: Schmidt Arquitectos Asociados
Location: Santiago, Chile
Contributors: Cristian Riquelme
Landscaping: Juan Grimm
Structural Engineer: Enzo Valladares Paglioti
Builder: Constructora Basalto
Predominant materials: Wood, Concrete, Stone, Glass, Water
Project Area (Built Area): 360M2
Project Year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Martín Schmidt R.
© Nicolas Saieh
Architects: Cristian Fernandez Arquitectos, Lateral Arquitectura & Diseno
Location: Santiago, Chile
Project Architects: Cristián Fernández Eyzaguirre, Christian Yutronic V., Sebastián Baraona R.
Collaborators: Marcelo Fernández, Carlos Ulloa, Hernán Vergara H., Loreto Figueroa A., Nicolás Olate Vásquez. Natalia Le-Bert, Nicolás Carbone, Juan Pablo Aguilera, Rodrigo Herrera, Eduardo Cid, Sebastián Bravo, Sebastián Medina, Ximena Conejeros, Irene Escobar, Ricardo Álvarez, Sebastián Bórquez, Rodrigo Carrión
Structural engineering: Luis Soler P & Asociados
Project Area: 44,000 sqm
Project Year: 2009-2010
Photographs: Nicolás Saieh
Passive Solar Architecture / David A. Bainbridge and Ken Haggard
David Bainbridge, founder of the Passive Solar Institute, recently sent us his book Passive Solar Architecture. The book is a great introduction for anyone interested in passive solar architecture. The content is kept simple and straightforward. It allows any…
Architectural Lighting: Designing with Light and Space / Hervé Descottes with Cecilia E. Ramos
As part of Architecture Briefs series, produced by The Foundations of Architecture, this short book on lighting gives a very good introduction into architectural lighting. The authors start by explaining the six visual principles of light; illuminance, luminance,…
The Interiors Construction Manual supports planners in their daily work as a practical planning aid and reference work with the relevant standards, guidelines, reference details and constructional solutions, all illustrated by built example projects. It brings together the crucial…
