"Minimizing anthropization and demonstrating a restrained intervention that uses available resources to reinforce existing environmental units."

These words, taken from the jury's decision, were addressed to the first-prize winners of the National Ideas Competition for Balneario Park and Renovation of Plaza San Martín in Río Tercero. Organized by the Association of Architects of the Province of Córdoba, the competition aimed to revitalize and renovate these spaces for the use of the community and its visitors.

The first-prize winners—architects Ignacio Pereyra, Fernando R. Matos, Facundo González Martínez, and Fabián Tolosa—proposed to socially, culturally, and institutionally integrate the urban square while preserving and enhancing the river's scenic qualities through restrained interventions in the natural environment. Read on to explore the complete project below.

The team comprising Colombian firms Arquitectura en Estudio and OPUS has won first place in the design competition for the future Happiness Center (CEFE) in Las Cometas Metropolitan Park in Bogotá, a green area formerly known as El Indio. The winning proposal, titled Pliegues de Cultura y Deporte (Folds of Culture and Sport), is an integral part of the program led by the current District administration for the design and future construction of cultural and recreational facilities, aiming to improve the Colombian capital's infrastructure.

Through a series of adaptations to the site's topography, the winning project is divided into two volumes: the first houses an auditorium, a library, and a food court across its three floors, while the second will house cultural spaces. "We conceive the building as a journey: an itinerary filled with multiple views and landscape experiences," the authors write.

A few weeks ago we shared the results of the design competition for the Biobío Civic Esplanade in Concepción, Chile. Organized by FESUR—a subsidiary of the State Railway Company in southern Chile—the competition was conceived for the land that will be freed up once the city's railway line is placed underground.

This master plan will integrate the existing Plaza España, the Regional Government building, Plaza Bicentenario, Bicentenario Park, and Ribera Norte Park, alongside the Memorial to the Detained and Disappeared, the Biobío Regional Theater, the 27F Memorial, and Chile's second Museum of Memory, whose construction was recently postponed.

Here, we present a detailed look at the winning proposal, “Claro Urbano Explanada Biobío,” led by Chilean architects Álvaro Parraguez and Óscar Luengo.

The revitalization project for the CCR - Cultural and Recreational Center of Esporte Clube Pinheiros resulted from a closed competition for preliminary architectural studies, organized by the club in April 2017. The competition featured five invited firms — Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados, Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos, SIAA, MMBB Arquitetos, and Paulo Bruna Arquitetos Associados — and asked competitors to submit proposals for:

The offices Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos, alongside Zanatta Figueiredo, won the competition for the Tennis and Wellness Center. Learn more about the project below:

Design Premises of the Tennis and Wellness Center

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