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The XII Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism: "Habitar al margen" (Living on the Margins), which opened in Mexico City last September 2022 alongside the MEXTRÓPOLI Festival, is expanding its reach through a traveling program. Throughout January and February 2023, it will be presented as part of the XXII Chilean Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism: "Vulnerable Habitats".

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The 36th PLEA Conference will be held in Santiago, Chile, from November 23 to 25 at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. This year’s theme is influenced by the pandemic and questions the role of our future built environments: "The Future of Sustainable Buildings and Urbanism in the Age of Emergency."

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On Wednesday, August 31, at 5:00 PM, Minister of Housing and Urbanism Carlos Montes Cisternas will present the "Housing Emergency Plan" during an outreach and discussion event at the National Headquarters (Avenida Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins 115, Santiago).

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"A Thicket and a Palm at a Street" is an installation conceived in collaboration with the Berlin-based practice Something Fantastic that proposes pausing to consider what already exists. Through a specific framing, the work transforms a familiar landscape into something strange, inviting us to reflect on how we relate to the environment we inhabit.

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The Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile is celebrating another anniversary with a series of free, fully online activities. The milestone begins on Wednesday, August 4—marking 79 years since the enactment of Law 7.211, which established the College in 1942—and kicks off Architecture Month.

The Unidad Vecinal Providencia (Providencia Neighborhood Unit) is one of the many residential complexes generated in Chile as a result of a housing and urban development public policy promoted through the CORVI (Housing Corporation) between 1953 and 1973.

Commissioned by the Caja de Empleados Particulares (Private Employees Fund) to be built on a site where previously the National Children's House was based, the Unidad Vecinal Providencia was designed as a complex capable of becoming an urban piece, promoting spatial integration and social cohesion in Santiago.

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Women of Earth is an online seminar that explores earthen construction by women throughout Chile.

Bolsa 360°! invites you to explore every corner of this iconic corporate building, as well as the history of Chile's main stock exchange. A visit to our heritage without leaving home.

"Planning cohabitation" is a curatorial series by barco - galería, developed in collaboration with the Berlin-based "undisciplined" practice, something fantastic.

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