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St Edward's University New Residence and Dining Hall / Alejandro Aravena

David Basulto — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

There were 2 debates running in parallel in this project. One more explicit, declared in various documents and that were the actual programmatic requirements to be addressed. The other one, that even though was named in some documents as “compliance with Master Plan” was far less explicit and came out mainly in the meetings: it was the question of the language and appearance of the building and its relation to the old buildings of the campus.

Quinta Monroy / ELEMENTAL

Igor Fracalossi — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The Chilean Government asked us to resolve the following equation:

Siamese Towers / Alejandro Aravena

Nico Saieh — Sun, 25 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We were asked to build a glass tower to host everything that had to do with computers in the university.

Pirihueico House / Alejandro Aravena

Nico Saieh — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We were asked to design a summer/winter house in a remote landscape in the most southern part of Chile. More than a design, the client wanted, first of all, an equation that included every possible aspect that one could consider to be included; the design then had to be just the resolution of that equation.