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3D-Printed Cabin / Universidad del Bío-Bío

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  4
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2023
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Sika, CBB, CITEC-UBB

INES Innovation Center / Pezo von Ellrichshausen

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Concepción, Chile
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  KEIM, Nuprotec

Azócar Catrón: "It's Not the Scale of the Project, But Rather the Scale of the Landscape"

Chilean architects Ricardo Azócar and Carolina Catrón founded their architectural and urban planning firm in Concepción, Chile in 2015. In a short time afterward, their project “Two Towers and a Trail” was awarded the Obra Revelación del CA-CCP Prize in 2016 and was recognized in the Young Architects of Latin America Collateral Event at the Bienal of Venice in 2018; their monographic text “Catalejo” won first place out of the Publications category at the 2018 Biennale of Costa Rica. In November 2020, ArchDaily recognized them among the best emerging architectural practices of the year.

We sat down with Azócar and Catrón to discuss their current interests and motivations, their collaborative processes, their career trajectory, their upcoming projects, and their predictions about the future of architecture in their native Chile. 

De la Palmera House / Prado Arquitectos

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Concepción, Chile
  • Architects: Prado Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  377
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  GRAPHISOFT, Añihue, Duomo, Indalum, Ladrillos Princesa, +1

Casa Villuco / DX Arquitectos

Casa Villuco / DX Arquitectos - Houses Interiors
© Pablo Blanco

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Concepción, Chile
  • Architects: DX Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  558
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2017
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Arauco, Baldosas Cordova, CAP, Hunter Douglas, Metalcon

Hall Cafe / República Portátil

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Concepción, Chile
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  120
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Nuprotec

CCP Pavilion / República Portátil

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Concepción, Chile

STV Building / Cristián Berríos

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Concepcion, Chile
  • Architects: Cristián Berríos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  486
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014

Guna House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen

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Concepcion, Chile

Cien House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen

Cien House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen - Office Buildings
© Cristóbal Palma

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Bio Bio University Library / Rubén Muñoz + Rodrigo Villalobos

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Concepción, Chile

Concepción House / elton+léniz arquitectos asociados

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Concepcion, Chile
  • Architects: elton_léniz: Elton+Leniz Arquitectos Asociados
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1200
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2009

Pael House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen

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Concepcion, Chile
  • Architects: Pezo von Ellrichshausen: Mauricio Pezo, Sofia von Ellrichshausen
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  500

Consorcio Building Concepcion / Enrique Browne

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  • Architects: Enrique Browne: Enrique Browne y Asociados Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1096
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2004