The "Approaches to Housing Projects" forum will feature a series of presentations by Fabiola González and Yair Estay, Taller 25 (Encargos Comunes), Gabriel Lagos, Consolida (Small family condominiums, a work selected for the Biennial), Alejandro Soffia (SIP Panel System, a work selected for the Biennial), and Rodrigo Duque (Single-family homes).
Presentation of the XXI Architecture and Urbanism Biennial catalog. This five-booklet publication collectively includes the curatorial narrative, a record of activities in the Barrio Franklin, photographs of the four cities where the event will take place, conversations with Andrés Jaque and Enrique Walker, an interview with current National Prize recipient Miguel Lawner, interviews with international guests, and the results of the various open calls.
As part of the 2019 Chile Architecture Biennale, Feria Libre, the panel "How to Survive as an Independent Architect" will take place on October 10 at 2:00 PM. Organized by the Young Architects Committee of the College of Architects, the discussion will address how to work independently, survive, and maintain the necessary balance to develop an emerging practice.
A presentation of the work of prominent Ecuadorian architect Handel Guayasamín, whose practice is characterized by a contemporary reinterpretation of the architecture of the indigenous peoples of the Americas and the inclusion of ethnographic and iconographic elements from these cultures.
A presentation of the work of the architecture firm Adamo-Faiden (Argentina) through a conversation with Sebastián Adamo, whose office divides its focus between teaching, research, and professional practice.
A series of short presentations followed by a discussion on various approaches to defining architectural projects based on their density, viewing this as a condition of both their physical and social contexts. This forum aims to open a dialogue on different modes of daily life and levels of communality shaped by architectural density.
Presentation of the work of the architecture firm Plan:b (Colombia) through a conversation with Felipe Mesa. The firm defines its work as a practice that gives equal status to dialogue, drawing, travel, model-making, and construction, among other variables, while continuously addressing professional and academic situations.
Presentation of the work of prominent Chilean architect Teodoro Fernández, recipient of the 2014 National Architecture Award, at the XXI Chile Architecture Biennial.
Presentation of the work of Rama Estudio (Ecuador) at the XXI Chile Architecture Biennial, led by its three founding architects: Carolina Rodas, Carla Chávez, and Felipe Donoso.
The Portfolio Cycle continues at Simbiotika/Archmotion, a lecture series featuring "Made In Talca" firms and initiatives developed over the last few years in the Maule region and abroad.
La Ruta Solar is organizing the third edition of Expo Construye Solar in Chile, a project in which various universities across the country present full-scale prototypes of sustainable social housing to promote environmental awareness.
This Master Class will share Leopoldo Prat Vargas's 42 years of teaching at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Chile, juxtaposing this experience with his 50 years of professional practice through architectural projects and competitions.
7ZNAIL is a space for design, art, and architecture. Our hallmark is creating exhibition spaces in unconventional and timeless contexts, establishing a hub for the development of creative visual experiences. The space focuses primarily on the visual work of creatives, designers, visual artists, architects, collective projects, and new media, fostering an environment for exchange, exhibition, and promotion that connects with new audiences. It is open to contemporary creatives, hosting varied, transient, and dynamic exhibitions with the goal of generating mobility and circulation within a space centered on creative dissemination and promotion.
In October 2018, the second edition of the Wood and Architecture exhibition, organized by the Universidad San Sebastián School of Architecture in Puerto Montt, was held in the main hall of the Puerto Montt Historical Museum. The exhibition featured work resulting from an invitation to ten young Chilean architecture firms to participate in a small wood architecture brief: a mountain shelter for a Patagonian national park. The images, plans, and models from these exercises in wood exploration, alongside models, drawings, and photographs of various expressions of woodworking by students and faculty of the USS School of Architecture, were visited by more than 3,500 people.
