Chile

Session #1 of the 2018 Medium Density cycle, featuring presentations by architects Luis Izquierdo and Emilio Marín on collective housing projects. Commentary by Max Núñez, head of the Master of Architecture program at UC.

Faculty members Manuel Sanfuentes and Marcelo Araya from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso School of Architecture and Design will present the lecture "Travesía de Amereida 1965: América + mundo" as part of the "Arquitectura de Selección" series organized by the Universidad Finis Terrae School of Architecture.

The second 2018 installment of the renowned "La Ciudad y Las Palabras" series, in which writer Andrés Neuman will present his new novel, Fractura. The event will feature commentary by writers Matías Celedón and Andrea Jeftanovic.

The Valparaíso Regional Delegation of the Association of Architects of Chile, the Gaudí Research Institute of the Gaudí Chair at the University of Barcelona, and the Ambassador of Spain will launch the "Gaudí in Valparaíso" project this Thursday, October 4, at the Cultural Center of Spain in Santiago.

Book launch for "PUC.TUB: A Decade of Design" as part of the "International Symposium on Architectural Education: PFLEGE | CARE | CUIDADO," to be held on October 9 at the pergola in the Patio de Los Naranjos at the Lo Contador campus.

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.

This event will feature international specialists with extensive experience in timber construction: Gianni Dal Ri, Technical Director of Bettega Legnami in Trento, Italy, and Federica Morandi, PhD in Applied Acoustics from the University of Bologna, alongside other national experts in the field.

The "From Territory to Detail" seminar is a space for academic dialogue and reflection that brings together students, academics, and professionals in the field alongside renowned Latin American architects who share a common trait: balancing teaching activities with professional practice across diverse areas, ranging from editorial work to artistic experimentation.
The seminar seeks to promote relevant practices in Latin America that, characterized by rigorous thought and practice, emerge as significant proposals that foster an inclusive approach focused on positioning innovation as a constituent element of a careful and pertinent creative process.

Iain Sinclair, author of Lights Out for the Territory, is the latest guest of the renowned "La Ciudad y las Palabras" (The City and the Words) project, a program under the PhD in Architecture and Urban Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, sponsored by La Tercera. The author will deliver a lecture on London on Thursday, November 8, at 6:30 PM in the UC School of Architecture auditorium (El Comendador 1936, Providencia).

Presentation of "The Memory of Surfaces" by Alan Chandler, a professor at the University of East London. This series is organized by Alberto Moletto and Cristóbal Tirado, professors at ARQ UC. The lecture will be held in English.

As part of the sustainable financing talk series by the ethical banking sector, the talk "Social Housing and Sustainable Cities" will be held on Wednesday, May 16, at 9 AM at the Doble Impacto offices, located at 727 Los Jesuitas, Providencia, Santiago, Chile.

We invite you to participate in the first National Meeting of Future Urbanists (ENUM), to be held on October 8 and 9 at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile. This meeting is organized by graduates of the Master of Urbanism program and sponsored by the Postgraduate Department and the Postgraduate School of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the same institution.

The Design Lab UAI curriculum places knowledge at the service of the community, identifying and solving concrete problems, generating applicable innovations, and ultimately contributing to societal development.

Based on this premise, Design Engineering was born—a program that encompasses extensive mastery of new technologies in digital fabrication, programming, electronics, design, and material evaluation.

The event, organized by the School of Architecture and the School of Law at Universidad Finis Terrae, will feature La Reina Mayor José Manuel Palacios among its guest speakers.