Friday, 30 January 2009

HOUSE BY dRN IN MAITENCILLO



Bedrooms on ground floor
Living space on raised level




And a roof deck on top

CASA LARRAIN BY CECILIA PUGA

A visit to Cecilia's house for her family in Bahía Azul. Her mother Barbara Larrain was our wonderful guide to the house. Photos by Jaffer Kolb.
















Cecilia arrives

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

OPEN CITY

Open City is an experimental community designed, built and inhabited by teachers and students from Valparaíso's Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño. Tour by architecture tutor and ex-resident Mauricio Puentes and current resident and design tutor Michelle Wilkomirsky.



The playing fields: All the students at the school meet here on Wednesdays throughout the year

More images to be posted soon...

THE VALPARAISO SCHOOL

An introduction to the Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, with tutor Mauricio Puentes.



Studios



Cafe designed by the teachers
Steps

ROADTRIP

Hitting the coast road to seek out some buildings


ART, FOOD AND WATER

A live interactive installation at a major gallery in Santiago. A kitchen feeds the onsite community, with produce from a garden in the grounds, and a water tower constructed in the main hall.



The artists explain the project

Sunday, 25 January 2009

LA RESERVA / SEBASTIAN IRARRAZAVAL

Tour of La Reserva, a suburban development in the hills north of Santiago, with Francisca Rivera and Jose Riesco. Buyers get to choose plans designed by a selection of contemporary Chilean architects. These are now being combined with more traditional designs.





One of the houses is by Sebastian Irarrazaval.