We were told that when resources are scarce, intensity compensates for high performance (because there seems to be a deep gap between ingeniousness and intelligence). Any project is a reaction to its circumstances. This is an apparently simple and re
The Arauco Company, one of the world leaders in the wood industry, chose the grounds of an old brewery in the city of Concepción, in the south of the country, for the construction of its main headquarters. The company organized a competition, and thi
We were told that when resources are scarce, intensity compensates for high performance (because there seems to be a deep gap between ingeniousness and intelligence). Any project is a reaction to its circumstances. This is an apparently simple and re
This is a generic spatial structure for a specific condition; a homogeneous and monotonous grid of columns in a square plan that increases its size in height. Around an open lift there is a spiral staircase with a balcony halfway overlooking every fl
The decisions taken in the design were the reaction to an accident. It was created for an artist couple: he works with paper, engravings and digital publishing; she, with enamelled ceramic. They had previously been living together in a big old house
The number of steps on a hill path nearby, the height of an old cypress that evokes those of Walter Pater, or the elevation above sea level that defines the podium could be used to explain the format of this building’s silhouette. But the reasons tha
Seven years after winning the competition that was held for the purpose, the Chilean trio of architects composed of Smiljan Radic, Eduardo Castillo, and Gabriela Medrano has been able to inaugurate the Biobío Regional Theater in the city of Concepció
La casa que Mauricio Pezo y Sofía von Ellrichshausen han construido a las afueras de Concepción, en Chile, fue el encargo de una pareja de artistas (él trabaja sobre papel y ediciones digitales; ella, con cerámica esmaltada) que habían vivido juntos
