Santiago: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  Andres Nuñez Fuenzalida Arquitectos

• Location

  Santiago, Chile

• Category

  Residential

• Lead Architect

  Andres Nuñez

• Design Team

  Maria Jesus Montoro, Carol Juet, Denise Heirman, Gonzalo Cisternas

• Area

  380.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Denise Heirman

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• Architects

  TIRONI BARTLAU

• Location

  Emilio Vaisse 586, Providencia, Región Metropolitana, Chile

• Category

  Interior Design

• Lead Architects

  Tomás Tironi, Christian Bartlau

• Design Team

  Tomás Tironi, Christian Bartlau, Alessandra Dal Mos

• Area

  47.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Felipe Fontecilla

Vienna, Austria has been ranked as the city with the best quality of life in the world for ten consecutive years. The ranking made by multinational consultancy Mercer is dominated by Western European cities in the highest positions, while Vancouver, Canada reached third place, becoming the highest-ranking city in North America for the last 10 years.

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• Architects

  Danae Santibáñez, José Tomás Franco

• Location

  Diego Silva Henríquez 1107, Recoleta, Región Metropolitana, Chile

• Category

  Kindergarten

• Design team

  AEscala

• AEscala Architects

  Danae Santibáñez, José Tomás Franco

• AEscala Philosopher and Educator

  María Jesús Montecinos

• AEscala Psychologist

  Lucas Sánchez

• Financing

  FONDART: Chilean Cultural Fund

• Area

  38.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photography

  María González, José Tomás Franco, Courtesy of Danae Santibáñez

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• Architects

  Sarovic Plaut Arquitectos

• Location

  Bicentenario Park - Bicentenario 3236, Vitacura, Metropolitan Region, Chile

• Category

  Temporal installations

• Project Architect

  Marcelo Sarovic, Jeannette Plaut

• Collaborating Architect

  Vladimir Arredondo

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Leonardo Finotti

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• Architects

  IDOM

• Location

  Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

• Category

  Train Station

• Architects author of the work

  Gonzalo Tello

• Area

  75350.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Nico Saieh

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• Architects

  Turner Arquitectos

• Location

  Aurelio González 3450, Vitacura. Santiago, Chile

• Category

  Apartments

• Architects in Charge

  Patrick Turner, Josefina Vergara

• Area

  63507.07 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Nico Saieh, Sebastián Valdivia

On Saturday in Santiago, Chile, the Prix Versailles Committee announced the continental winners of its annual awards celebrating built commercial architecture.

Ten winning projects in Central America, the South and the Caribbean and twelve in North America are awarded in four categories: stores, shopping malls, hotels and restaurants. In May, built projects in Africa and Asia will be awarded in Algiers and Beijing. The European winners will be announced in Paris.

Check a gallery of the continental winners projects, below.

Continental Winners Central America, the South and the Caribbean:

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• Architects

  RS Arquitectura

• Location

  Lord Cochrane 166, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile

• Category

  Dorms

• Author Architect

  Juan Carlos Sotomayor Correa

• Architect in Charge

  Nicolas Hernández Pons

• Area

  12784.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Nico Saieh

The modern movement was a key player in the cultural construction of Chile in the 20th century. Although the first projects came from the private sector, their urban and landscape principles were adopted by the modernizing project of the welfare state that began to be built after the social conflicts that exploded in the 1920s.

During chile's industrialization process, the State's housing construction incorporated concepts such as liveability, and universal access to housing and sanitation, which were put to the test early on in the reconstruction of cities such as Chillán after the 1939 earthquake. As Chile is a country that is familiar with earthquakes, it was necessary to readjust the concepts of the modern movement to national structural requirements, that is, resizing the reinforced concrete sections, which gave them a heavier visual expression than in Brazil or Argentina.

From the daring vision of Sergio Larraín García-Moreno and Jorge Arteaga in the Oberpaur building - the first of the modern movement - to the urban visions of BVCH in the Villa Portales, or the first exercises in height in the upper middle class sectors, the modern movement has left its mark on our society and in our cities. However, only one of the projects presented here is declared a historical monument.

In this edition of the architectural guides, we present you twenty chronologically ordered projects that reflect the evolution of the modern movement in Santiago, Chile.

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With over 10,000 followers, Juan Cristóbal Lara's (@eljuancri) Instagram account has become a go-to photographic essay of Chile's capital city, Santiago. His images show an urban area in which the giant Andes mountains, the city's hills, and the Mapocho River are the stars of the show. As the buildings and natural elements harness and reflect the changing light of the sun, Santiago has certified itself as one of the most photogenic cities around.

To commemorate the end of 2017, Lara published his first timelapse—a video filmed over a period of days that shows the Santiago sunset from the San Critóbal and Calán hills.

Sarovic_Plaut Arquitectos’ latest work, “The Grater,” was the Bazar ED 2017 entry pavilion. Last November, Bazar ED’s 13th annual fair united design, decoration and trends at Santiago’s Bicentennial Park.

The pavilion is the first thing people see when they enter the fair and the last thing they see as they leave, making it a particularly memorable space. The spatial atmosphere created by Sarovic_Plaut Arquitectos plays with light and wind to enhance visitors sensorial experience.

Chilean architect Verónica Arcos has been invited to design a modular wood studio that was installed in the central courtyard of the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center. The show was part of the Red Bull Radio Pop Up Santiago, a radio event that broadcasts eight hours a day of live conversation, musical selections and live shows in the search to spread what is now known as Chilean musical identity.