The School of Architecture at Universidad Mayor cordially invites you to the seminar "Emergency, Reconstruction, and Resilience," to be held on Thursday, November 22, from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the El Claustro Campus Auditorium, Av. Portugal 351, Santiago. The event is free with prior registration.
On Tuesday, February 27, at 11:30 AM, JUNJI will present the book "469 New Kindergartens: Innovative Architecture for Quality Education" in the main hall of the Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda. From that day through Friday, March 2, a photography exhibition featuring 53 of these architectural works will also be on display.
On Tuesday, August 28, the Museo de Artes Visuales (MAVI) will host the launch of ARQ magazine issue 99: Infrastructures, alongside the latest edition of the ARQDOCS series. The event will feature a keynote lecture by the author, Philip Ursprung, Chair of the Department of Architecture and Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at ETH Zurich.
The theme of this discussion is urban mobility, posing the fundamental question: where are we headed?
The event aims to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue among law, architecture, engineering, and sociology, as well as between the public, policymakers, and academia.
An architect involved in software development, an architect behind the transformation of the Persa Víctor Manuel flea market, an architect in the editorial field, and an architect exploring ephemeral infrastructures will be the guests for the first session of the X FORMAS DE HACER ARQUITECTURA project, taking place in the heart of Santiago on Thursday, August 30, at 7:00 PM at AriztiaLAB.
The project is defined as a space for contemporary architecture and sculpture, open to research and the critical practice of these disciplines within the city. It is located in a warehouse complex totaling 4,500 square meters, originally built for textile manufacturing workshops and wooden furniture production.
The structure consists of reinforced masonry walls with curved metal roofing—featuring columns and trusses—in one block, and gabled wooden roofing—featuring columns and oak trusses—in the other.
“Markets: Informality, Diversity, and Heritage Around the Mapocho River” is the next Atravieso Urbano hosted by the Universidad Finis Terrae School of Architecture. These thematic tours of Santiago are led by faculty architects from the institution and are open to the public.
Book launch: "Emilio Duhart. Elaboración de un espacio urbano moderno: Ciudad Universitaria de Concepción" by Cristian Berríos.
Chilean architect Emilio Duhart (1917–2006) and the University of Concepción (founded in 1919) have been inextricably linked since 1957, when Duhart began a ten-year tenure leading the expansion project for the university campus in Concepción.
As the Mujer ArquitectA team, we are committed to highlighting not only the role of women in architecture but also the importance of innovation.
In October 2016, the School of Architecture at Universidad San Sebastián launched the first in a series of inter-school workshops aimed at fostering critical discussion in architecture, using the project as a vector. This inaugural experience, led by the prominent Spanish architect and academic Juan Herreros, is captured in this publication. It documents the productive week of work shared by the participants—ten national architecture schools and one international school—alongside Herreros, as they designed various proposals seeking a critical and contemporary approach to the issue of residential infrastructure in the La Vega sector of Santiago, Chile.
NODO is an initiative organized by student councils from various architecture schools in Santiago, fostering connections between universities through discussions, lectures, and exhibitions. Our focus is on collaborative and strategic work to develop cross-disciplinary opportunities that address contemporary discourse. The event will feature participation from the following universities: UCH, UNAB, PUC, USS, U MAYOR, UTEM, USACH, UDP, and UCEN.
Panel discussion on the scope of the new Road Coexistence Law. Participants include: Carlos Melo, Director of the Center for Engineering and Public Policy at Universidad San Sebastián; Matías Salazar, Road Safety Manager at Mutual de Seguridad; and Daniela Suau, specialized journalist at Muévete, New Indie.
An architect dedicated to the visibility of women in our discipline, an architect working on the integration of technologies, an architect involved in research and dissemination, and an architect who integrates graphic and industrial design into their practice will be the guests for the second session of the project X FORMAS DE HACER ARQUITECTURA, taking place in the heart of Santiago next Thursday, September 27, at 7:00 PM at AriztiaLAB.
Known simply as XFORMAS, this is the latest session of the project led by Fabiola González and Yair Estay (TALLER25) alongside Nicolás Valencia (ArchDaily). "Today, architecture is an idealized profession, completely disconnected from the constant changes in society and the labor market," the organizers state. "Consequently, XFORMAS emerges as a space for discussion and for highlighting new ways of practicing architecture," they add.
This event is held in conjunction with the launch of the Landscape and Sustainability Observatory (OPS) at the UDP Faculty of Architecture, Art, and Design.
The Master of Architecture program at the University of Chile invites you to the lecture "Is it Possible to Inhabit the Contemporary?", which will be delivered by Sergio Rojas.
The School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae hosts monthly "Atraviesos Urbanos," a series of thematic tours of Santiago. The October 6th edition will take place in the Barrio República.
Attend the seminar "Green Infrastructure in Chile: Progress and Challenges," organized by the Grupo Paisaje-FAU, U. de Chile, in collaboration with REEDUCA, U. de Chile – Urban Ecology Network, U. de Chile. This event is convened by STGO+ Green Infrastructure – Green Corridors – MINVU – Seremi MINVU.
The dream of homeownership is a cornerstone of Chilean housing policy; however, there are other ways to provide housing beyond those offered by the real estate market. These alternatives address the increasingly urgent need to tackle the scarcity of well-located land, as well as the social and spatial vulnerability of certain territories.
