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La Regalona House / Azimut 180°

Pilar Caballero — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

Located on the banks of the San Pedro River, just outside the city of Valdivia, Chile, La Regalona house is a balancing act between local cultural heritage and the needs of a contemporary home. The guiding thread of the Regalona's design is sustainability, which steered the creative process to reconcile the aesthetic aspects of the work with its integration into the landscape.

Isla Teja Performance Pavilions / Dum Dum Lab

Valentina Díaz — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 03:00:00 +0000

The proposal is presented as a strategy for territorial and landscape activation in the eastern sector of Isla Teja, in Valdivia, in the stretch between the Architecture building of the Universidad Austral de Chile and the edge of the Río Calle-Calle. Through the design and construction of three pavilions, the project aims to consolidate this area as a space for walking, pausing, and gathering, incorporating new architectural references that engage with the river landscape and its high ecological value.

Refugio Calfuco / Tomás de Iruarrizaga

Andreas Luco — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 03:00:00 +0000

This small refuge of about 50 m² is located near Valdivia, on the Pacific coast. It sits in the middle of the dense and humid Valdivian rainforest. The client wanted a small cabin to spend holidays, and the main challenge was to reinterpret the deeply rooted concept of the traditional cabin.

Mezzanina Cabin / Arce&Westermeier

Andreas Luco — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 15:00:00 +0000

The project is located in the northern sector of the commune of Valdivia, Los Rios Region (Chile), immersed in an evergreen vegetation that together with a strong rainy climate characterizes the so-called Valdivian Rainforest. The commission originally consisted of a small shelter of 45 square meters, adjacent to the main house of the property.

RH House Corridor + Module / Lucas Maino Fernandez

Clara Ott — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 16:00:00 +0000

Casa RH (corridor + module) is located kilometers before the entrance to the city of Valdivia, specifically on a hill on the north bank of the Calle Calle river. The site is five thousand square meters and is located inside a forest of native and introduced species.

Ye House / Cazú Zegers

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 03:00:00 +0000

From the T house of Cazú Zegers, designed in 2009 and built in 2011 on the shore of Laguna de Aculeo in Chile, a way of naming the projects arises, which comes from the alphabet, it is the alphabet of the poetic word and with this a series of houses that are the abstract synthesis of a letter that becomes a work of architecture. It has to do with the creation of reality through language. Each "letter house" has a unique dialogue with the landscape, a territorial dialogue where the work is a unity between landscape and architecture. The Ye house is a pavilion suspended over a landscape of myrtles with a privileged view of the Cayumapu River and its wetlands, created after the earthquake of May 29, 1960, in Valdivia. These wetlands have a rich fauna of birds such as the endemic black-necked swan and a dense vegetation layer composed of reeds and lotus flowers, among other species that are very characteristic of these territories.

Riverside Cabin / Arce&Westermeier

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 16:00:00 +0000

The commission consisted basically of a shelter for a university professor on the banks of the Calle-Calle river, in Valdivia, Región de Los Ríos. The site is located within the vicinity of the Universidad Austral de Chile, specifically in a west corner of the campus. The limited size led us to a compact form and the harsh southern climate induced us to think of architecture more focused on itself, one that would try to generate exchanges with the outside.

14K Building / Felipe Arce

Valeria Silva — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:00:00 +0000

The 14K building is located in the Miraflores Campus of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences of the Universidad Austral de Chile. It is used by teachers, students, and private companies with the aim to generate an exchange in research and market opportunities in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Siete Coigües House / Emil Osorio Schmied

Daniela Cardenas — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:00:00 +0000

This residence in the woods, located ten minutes away from city centre, is there to question its own nature. To what extent can a rural plot redefine a permanent dwelling for city users? The design concept addresses such matter as the search for shelter in open environments. However, late amendments on the brief, such as a requirement for both reading and working shared zones, plus comfort features like, for instance, natural lighting, determine a number of adjustments regarding the architectural programme. The basic outline includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a common space containing the kitchen, dining and living area.

UACh School of Economics and Management Sciences / Felipe Assadi + Francisca Pulido

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 11:00:00 +0000

Constructed among the trees of the site, the building generates two main plazas joined by the entrance to the new department. With the same height as the preexisting constructions, it reinforces the relation with the landscape, the vegetation, and the river. Designed in a “Z” shape, it shares one plaza with each of the preexisting buildings: the dean’s offices and the postgraduate studies department. This arrangement also ensured the preservation of the most important trees and provides all of the spaces with vistas and plenty of sunlight.

Casa Rupanco / duval+vives arquitectos

Cristian Aguilar — Thu, 07 Aug 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The house consists in two simple wooden forms that overlay one another, one slightly skewed toarticulate the different openings required for each interior space.

Emilio Pugín Building / Albert Tidy

Igor Fracalossi — Mon, 08 Jul 2013 01:00:00 +0000

In December 2007 Valdivia’s Austral University was struck by tragedy. A fire that burned relentlessly for three days destroyed one of its most important buildings: the Science Faculty. A sooty, reinforced concrete skeleton was left as sole remainder of the disaster.