The “Interior Urbano” project by Argentine firm Paralelo Colectivo has won third place in the Lanzarote Dynamic Square ideas competition for the remodeling of the Plaza de El Almacén, located in the town of Arrecife on the island of Lanzarote, Spain.
Last December, the Cabildo de Lanzarote, in collaboration with the Rethinking Competitions platform, launched this ideas competition to transform the current “El Almacén” square, aiming to turn this vacant space into an urban hub for culture and social gathering. In line with the competition guidelines, the goal was to create a space for people, not vehicles—a green, shaded area where children can play, concerts can be held, and markets can open. Ultimately, it envisioned a place of gathering, passion, and art: a space designed by and for citizens, a dynamic and more human plaza.
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The competition organized by the website YAC - Young Architect Competition and the Municipality of Favignana was created to transform the Santa Caterina Fortress in Italy into a new center for Mediterranean contemporary art. A place of encounter, culture, and creative research, it is envisioned as a retreat where artists can immerse themselves in a historical context capable of inspiring imagination and introspection. The jury featured renowned architects, including Daniel Libeskind, João Luís Carrilho da Graça, and Manuel Aires Mateus, alongside members of the Italian municipality. A Brazilian team was awarded second place. Below, explore their project and the team members.
A chapel defined by its symbolic, flexible, and structurally simple design is the winning prototype of the competition organized by the School of Architecture of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, alongside the university's Pastoral department, as part of an institutional construction plan targeting 50 cities across Chile by 2023.
Selected from four finalists, the winning proposal—designed by Chilean firm PARALELA—will become the prototype for Capilla País, the summer volunteer program of the UC Pastoral. According to the competition brief, this initiative involves "groups of young volunteers building chapels on the urban outskirts of Chile to provide spaces for gathering and prayer to the country's vulnerable communities."
Organized through the Chilean university's Public Projects Incubator, the competition marks the beginning of a new construction cycle following a four-year phase that saw 50 chapels built. According to the organizers, the Capilla País prototype must "reflect simplicity and austerity, always focusing on poverty and selfless support for those most in need."
Below, we invite you to explore the winning proposal in detail:
Text description provided by the architects. The international competition aimed to select a design to house the new headquarters of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in South Korea. The site is situated within a context of ongoing urban redevelopment, where new relationships are being envisioned through zoning and guidelines for future land use and occupation. At the same time, it remains a powerful landmark in the collective memory, shaped by historic uses such as the High School for Girls – Sudo Girls’ High School, the former United States Armed Forces camp – Yongsan US Army Camp, and the presence of Namsan Mountain in the surrounding landscape.
The partnership of the firms PRACTICA and Daroca Arquitectos secured second place in the international competition to design the Consorcio de Compensación de Seguros building on Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, a new 7,000-square-meter corporate complex with protected historic elements.
"The proposal focuses on preserving and restoring its protected elements, as well as designing new interior spaces that support sustainable operations from both programmatic and environmental perspectives," the authors state.
The architecture firm Prado Arquitectos has been awarded first place in the design competition for the Armando Arancibia Olivos School (G-501), the only educational facility on Mocha Island, Chile—an island in the Pacific Ocean located 35 kilometers off the coast of Tirúa, accessible only by plane or boat.
In 2017, the Regional Government of Biobío issued a public tender for the reconstruction and relocation of the school, incorporating energy efficiency concepts into both its passive design and its active systems.
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"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 Colombian firm Arquitectura en Estudio has been awarded the design of the future SuperCADE Manitas in Ciudad Bolívar, a complementary building to the future TransmiCable station in Bogotá, Colombia. Defined by the designers as a "hybrid building" where the facility itself "is public space," the SuperCADE is an integrated service center. Under a single roof, it hosts over 200 public administrative procedures and provides information from district, national, and private entities performing public functions to ensure more effective, streamlined, and timely service.
Arquitectura en Estudio defines the winning proposal as "part of an urban acupuncture strategy that integrates infrastructure elements with representative facilities and public spaces, fostering a sense of ownership and identity among citizens while bridging the gap between the public and the administration."
DLA Arquitectos, alongside Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), participated in the Puerta Las Condes competition, organized by real estate developer INDESA. The competition brief called for the development of a high-density, mixed-use program with a significant amount of public space at the intersection of Apoquindo and Manquehue avenues in Santiago, Chile.
A4 Arquitectos participated in the Puerta Las Condes competition, organized by real estate developer INDESA. The competition brief required developing a high-density, mixed-use program with extensive public space at the intersection of Apoquindo and Manquehue avenues (Santiago, Chile).
Gonzalo Mardones and b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos participated in the Puerta Las Condes competition, organized by the real estate developer INDESA. The competition brief required the development of a mixed-use program with ample public space and high urban density at the intersection of Apoquindo and Manquehue avenues (Santiago, Chile).
The team composed of architecture students Luisa Aponte Morales, Laura Núñez, and Elkin Espinosa Pahi was awarded first place in the eighth Colombian edition of the Alacero Competition. This year's brief focused on a nursery school and kindergarten, with the jury composed of María Mercedes Molina, architect at the Ministry of Housing; Federico Núñez, director of the Master's in Civil Engineering at Universidad Javeriana; and Iván Ruiz, civil engineer representing the Metaza company.
Second place was awarded to the Circus Nursery and Kindergarten project by Juan Cárdenas Chávez and Andrés Solano Solano from Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá. Third place went to the Hidroétnia Nursery and Kindergarten project by Roshel Berrío, Laura Guataquira, and María Pérez from Universidad de La Salle in Bogotá, while the honorable mention went to the team from Universidad del Valle, composed of Álvaro Pulido, José Martínez, and Juan Camilo Mejía, with the Brisas de Mayo Nursery and Kindergarten project.
The team led by Francisco Moure, Pablo Saric, and Tomás Villalón won first place in the design competition for the corporate building of the Universidad Central de Chile in Santiago.
The competition received 26 proposals, which were evaluated by the Review Commission, composed of the president of the Board of Directors, Ricardo Napadensky; rector Santiago González; the dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape, Ana María Lisboa; the director of the School of Architecture, Uwe Rohwedder; architect and alumna of the Universidad Central, Pilar Silva; representative of the Association of Architecture Offices (AOA), David Rodríguez; and Teodoro Fernández, 2014 National Architecture Prize winner and representative of the contestants.
In the same competition—decided last August—second place went to the proposal submitted by Pablo Talhouk and Andrés Briones, while third place was awarded to the firm Plan Arquitectos.
FP Arquitectura has won first place in the preliminary architectural design competition for El Camino, a new operational unit for the care of older adults and people experiencing homelessness.
Commissioned by the District Secretariat for Social Integration (SDIS), the project will serve as a "high-quality social infrastructure to reduce the gap of inequality and discrimination" affecting these social groups. Through an innovative program and spaces of high architectural quality, this new operational unit will ensure the inclusion, protection, and recognition of this population within a prominent sector of the city.
Alonso Balaguer Arquitectos, Soto Arquitectos, and Espiral participated in the Puerta Las Condes competition, organized by the real estate developer INDESA. The competition brief required developing a high-density, mixed-use program with a significant amount of public space at the intersection of Apoquindo and Manquehue avenues (Santiago, Chile).
BL Arquitectos along with Arquitectónica participated in the Puerta Las Condes competition, organized by real estate developer INDESA in Chile. The competition brief required the development of a high-density, mixed-use program with a substantial amount of public space at the intersection of Apoquindo and Manquehue avenues (Santiago, Chile).
The firm Prado Arquitectos has won first place in the design competition for the José de la Cruz Miranda Correa High School in the city of Cañete, Chile. The project is the result of a public tender issued by the Biobío regional government for the replacement and relocation of the educational institution, incorporating energy efficiency concepts into both its passive architecture and building systems.
"Education must be contextualized within the specific characteristics of each municipality, and therefore, so must the architecture that houses it," the authors state.
The national public call for entries issued by the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning, and Environment (MVOTMA) in Uruguay, under the title 'National Public Competition of Architectural and Urban Ideas for the site of the former Raincoop cooperative', aimed to redefine and develop an urban space that would address the high demand for housing in the Montevideo department, while fostering a high-quality, inclusive, and democratic public realm.
The jury awarded second prize to architects Jorge GambiniandRafael Solano, in collaboration with Andrés Capurro, Emilio Garateguy, Sebastián Lambert, and Ignacio Trecca.
Out of 54 proposals submitted, the team led by David Macias took third place in the public design competition for the new SuperCADE Manitas, organized by the Mayor's Office of Bogotá and the Colombian Society of Architects.
The SuperCADE is an integrated service system where more than 200 public administrative procedures are centralized under one roof. It provides information from district, national, and private entities performing public functions to ensure more effective, streamlined, and timely service. As such, this facility aims to establish an urban landmark for community and social integration in one of Bogotá's most disadvantaged peripheral neighborhoods. Capitalizing on the significance of the future aerial cable car, the project will be located adjacent to the station on the same lot.
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