On August 16 at 7:00 PM, Interdesign—located at Isidora Goyenechea 3200, Las Condes—will host the launch of the third installment of the ARQ Monografías series, dedicated to the work of Max Núñez, an architect and professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Lecture by Antonio Lipthay, co-founder of the firm Mobil Arquitectos, titled "Building and City: Projects 2010-2018," where he will present the firm's body of work.
The new issue of Materia Arquitectura magazine, an editorial project by the Faculty of Architecture, Art, and Design at Universidad San Sebastián directed by Mario Marchant, centers on one of architecture's fundamental subjects: theory. This issue invites readers to reflect on the role of theory, arguing that architectural magazines are the space where it is put to the test.
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The lecture offers an overview of the most significant works by the firm MOARQS, focusing on the concepts that inform its practice and its engagement with both the professional and academic worlds. The firm’s practice is rooted in a constructive approach that fosters an architecture free of preconceptions—one that emerges from the arrangement of specific materials in a particular order, combined with "art" to achieve an intense poetics through an economy of resources.
On Tuesday, August 21, at 12:30 p.m., the School of Architecture at Universidad Finis Terrae will present the book "Hotel Pirehueico, un osado proyecto en el fin del mundo," by architect Juan Luis Martínez Nahuel, published by Ediciones Universidad Finis Terrae.
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.
As part of the "Arquitectura de Selección" lecture series—dedicated in this edition to extreme territories—the Universidad Finis Terrae School of Architecture will host José Pedro Montt, a member of the expedition that completed the first longitudinal crossing of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the late 1990s.
“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.
The book launch for 'Alberto Piwonka Ovalle: en el cruce de las ideas de la Modernidad en Chile' will take place on Thursday, August 9. The book will be discussed by Alfredo Jocelyn Holt, Fernando Pérez, and Luz María Williamson.
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.
“Cerros Isla de Santiago: Constructing a New Urban Imaginary Through Its Geography” is a publication for documentation and dissemination that seeks to raise awareness and highlight the natural and cultural heritage of the valley present in Santiago's 26 island hills. The book develops a dual narrative—one visual and one written—in which two photographers and seven academics and professionals explore the subject of the island hills from their respective fields of expertise. The book also includes fact sheets for each of the 26 island hills, compiling the survey and documentation work carried out by the Cerros Isla Foundation.
As part of the 4th edition of the Arq Film Fest, the exhibition "The Image of the Architect" will be held in the south corridor of the historic building, presented by Luis Miguel Arana—KLAUS, a special guest of the event.
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.
How can one intervene in a neutral space to create a place that evokes emotion? In what way does an ethereal material like light generate meaning? Art installations—understood as contemporary practices of spatial transformation—seek to place the viewer within a system of new aesthetic and symbolic experiences. Light Art is a field of art that explores the capacity of light as a material for creative expression, both experimentally and theoretically.
As the Mujer ArquitectA team, we are committed to highlighting not only the role of women in architecture but also the importance of innovation.
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The Andes Workshop is a collaborative workshop for students and faculty from around the world. Founded in 2017, it will once again be led by Chilean architects Cazú Zegers + Grupo Talca, Rodrigo Sheward, and Martin del Solar.
