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GONZALO MARDONES VIVIANI

ARCHITECTS

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1 Summary

Gonzalo Mardones V. Hon. FAIA.

Born in Santiago de Chile

Gonzalo Mardones gets his degree as architect from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de

Chile, where he graduates with the Maximum Honors. He receives the First Prize in the

Architecture Biennale, for the best degree project among all the Architectural Schools in Chile,

for his project for urban renewal of the South-West Center of Santiago. He has been a professor

of architectural design workshops and directed degree projects in the Faculties of Architecture

of the Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile, Universidad Central, Universidad Andrés Bello,

Universidad Finis Terrae and Universidad del Desarrollo, in addition to having been guest

professor and lecturer in different universities in Chile, and abroad. His work has been published

by the main architectural magazines and honored at Biennales. Mardones has been of Colegio

de Arquitectos de Chile since he gets his architect degree; member of the National Commission

of Competitions of Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile; member of the Jury Register of Colegio de

Arquitectos de Chile; and a Founding member of the Asociación de Oficinas de Arquitectura

(AOA).

Gonzalo Mardones has been member of the Chilean Presidential Advisory Committee of the

Ministry of Housing and Urban Development for the creation of the new National Urban

Development Policy (PNDU) 2010 - 2013. In 2016 was named Honorary Fellow of the American

Institute of Architects (Hon. FAIA), United States.

Mardones in his own words: “I aspire to a work of reflection, aesthetics, creative and very

emotionally charged, with works which combine constructive reason with compositional reason.

Architecture made for man, not for architects. An architecture which awakens the necessaries

emotions due to its simplicity, its austerity, it’s contemporary. In short, an experiential and

essential architecture of ideas, light and space. Light used as the most important material in

architecture. Our works are boxes of light, boxes aim to reflect light, control it, so as to obtain an

architectural luminosity which awakens the senses.

Whatever the materiality of the work, there is an intention to represent that material as a whole.

Mardones want to skirt the limits between architecture and sculpture. We aspire to abstraction

and consider composition one of the keys of architecture. Value the relation between

architecture and nature, seeing how architecture tries to acknowledge the qualities of location,

soil, water, colour, gradient, sky. How, through this relation can create spaces for the senses, for

the present and for remembrance.

The approach to project leads inevitably to the meeting between the built work and its

environment. We understand each building as part of a whole. The correct use of local resource

coupled with technical contribution of the building allows a construction sustainable over time.”

Mardones tasks in Architecture is to give simple answers to complex issues. All Mardones works

were realized with the same architectural concepts:

1- The commitment to a new Urban figure.

2- Programmatic multifunctionality

3- The spatial intercropped

4- The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Façade

5- Light as the most important material of Architecture

6- The client: stories and programs people and institutions as an essential act of projecting

data.

7- The necessary integration of landscape

8- The local geometry as a design basis

9- The commitment to sustainability and energy.

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2.1 Significant Work

Architecture

Mausoleum of President Patricio Aylwin Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 25 m²

Memorial UC Santiago de Chile

Completed

SLB house Miami, Florida

12.223 sq ft

Construction planned to begin on 2020

Casuarina House Miami, Florida

25.125 sq ft

Construction planned to begin on 2020

Las Nieves Office Building Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 2.586 m²

Education for the Future Building Buenos Aires, Argentina

Project

Area: 12.000 m²

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Architecture

Glamis Apartments Santiago de Chile

In a leftover site in a dense and functionally heterogeneous

neighborhood, this project is inserted like a complex weave of single yet

superimposed dwellings. The building presents itself as a compact,

regular, concrete volume composed like a three-dimensional jigsaw

puzzle without repetition. 2.581 m²

Chilean Embassy in Germany Berlin, Germany

It shall be the symbol which stresses in this Embassy building the sense of

belonging to a country and a territory. The purity of its design, the

rigorousness of its volumes, the solemn and full perspectives of its façades

and interiors, give this building a pure, transcendental quality. 800 m²

Plaza Lo Castillo Santiago de Chile

Plaza Lo Castillo solved the problem of a chaotic place and excessive

information by unifying through repetition of an element of shadow and

light. The project includes underground public parking and shops.

14.662 m²

AL2 House Santiago de Chile

The volume locates like a longitudinal bar perpendicular to the street with

the double purpose of facing North and allowing a big free space for the

garden. The proposal consists of a barbeque gridiron – external kitchen at

one end of the area in order to embrace the place. 841 m²

Cumaru Restaurant Santiago de Chile

The owners of this restaurant got a big quantity of cumarú timber, which is

a wonderful and noble material. The first consideration was to opt, as any

of Mardones works, for a unique material. So, the interior and exterior

lining of the building, ceilings, windows, floors, deck, and party walls were

made of wood. 1.296 m²

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Architecture

18th Fire Station Santiago de Chile

Is located strategically between two main avenues in the borough, which

makes it easy to reach different points in the city of Santiago. The design

includes a restaurant open to the public. The building sits on the street in

the form of a white concrete box suspended within a floating crystal

prism. The red colour acts as a fauve. 2.020 m²

50 Chapels for Chile Chile

After the Earthquake of February 27, 2010, 80% of the temples in the

stricken zones were devastated. The design, inspired by the Mantle of

Mary, is a steel frame and stretched architectural textile that collects all

requirements for the correct realization of the celebrations with a special

emphasis in the correct natural lighting and ventilation. This chapel allows

communities rebuild their churches without making hasty decisions about

reconstruction in the heritage, economic and social development. 185

m² each one.

Pro Andes Technical Training Center Talcahuano, Chile

This cultural educational initiative, helped the city regeneration and

recovery. The land chosen for this new institute used to have a school

that was damaged by the 2010 earthquake and seaquake. The building

was a cloister, with a central yard like a typical Chilean house. 2.365 m²

Hornitos Hotel Antofagasta, Chile

It located on a plateau over a promontory 32 meters above sea level in

the Atacama Desert, North of Chile. As this is a privileged and

immaculate place, the main challenge was to intervene trying to be the

less invasive possible. Mardones opted for a semi-buried architectural

layout carried out horizontally with a larger volume. 5.800 m²

Hotel Los Españoles Antofagasta, Chile

Consists in the recovery and restoration of the old building and the

creation of a second one next it with a volume connected to both as a

whole. The access to the buildings is a big space working with highlights.

The interior ceilings and walls are entirely white in order to multiply the

light and open to the northern hills and to the skyline. 2.520 m²

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Architecture

Ignacia Apartments Santiago de Chile

Ignacia is a group of four large square footage apartments consisting in

two volumes with two apartments each. The volumes, with a rectangular

floor plan, have three complete floors and a fourth floor which is set back

allowing the use of the roofs as terraces and swimming pools. Each owner

order the apartment for the program of their needs. 2.670 m²

M9 / Memorial for 9 girls Santiago de Chile

The work is constructed from the underground and opening up to the sky

through a concrete cone of nine feet in diameter. 9 lanterns, 9 modules

symbolize the 9 girls who left earlier. Is the presence of divine light, light

that allows gravitate concrete forms, its contours, its plains, leaving them

in the park in order to make apparent the dimension of sky.

Miele Gallery Santiago de Chile

The proposal is a building that opens to the corner in a play of façades of

concrete and inclined crystals. This façades permits light to reflect, and

the transparency of the building creates a large display window for the

street. The interior result of the idea permits the connectivity of all the

levels. The corporate red Miele colour appears in the circulation path

along all the building. 1.256 m²

MIM Mirador Interactive Museum Santiago de Chile

Public architectural contest. First place. MIM is a national cultural

operation in a social risk zone in Santiago. The project has an spatial

expression that realizes Chile: Andes, Central Valleys and Ocean.

10.600 m²

MO House Zapallar, Chile

Is located at an area of steep slope facing the sea coast of Chile in the

commune of Zapallar. The house is buried with clearly no intention to

interrupt the wonderful view to the horizon from the public road, so it is

accessed by stairs and ramps going deep into the mountain to discover

again, from inside the house, the sea, coast and breaker. 500 m²

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Architecture

House for Marcelo Ríos Santiago de Chile

The house comes from the order of this former world No.1 tennis player.

It’s located in a place enclosed on the hills within a stunning natural

environment and a privileged view to the hills and the golf course. The

house places at middle levels, adapting to the slope. Also, is half-buried in

order to appreciate and see the magnificent natural scenery. 1.221 m²

Police Museum, Theater and Cultural Center Santiago de Chile

The project consists in renewal the all historic museum and creates a new

theater for 700 persons and a Cultural Centre. The architectonic idea is to

dig and put the new buildings in several levels underground. Whit this

obtains the double purpose to not touch the park and the trees of the

site and to highlight the historic building that now reflects the façades in

two big water mirrors. 4.620 m²

Tomas Apartments Santiago de Chile

The investment operation consists in an atypical operation; instead of

selling apartments, sell square meters. Each owner buys the square meters

for develop the apartment (seven) for the program they needs. It consists

of three complete floors and a fourth floor which is set back allowing the

use of the roofs as terraces and swimming pools. 3.440 m²

Center of Traditions Santiago de Chile

The building has spaces and infrastructure to promote community

encounter and cultural heritage. The cultural project aims to benefit

more than 6000 students from municipal and subsidized schools in the

commune, in addition to the 13 folk groups, that aim rescuing the roots of

Lo Barnechea. The building opens to the corner and brings an open

theater for the people outside. 1.426 m²

Vanguardia Offices Santiago de Chile

This project opens up the building towards the corner, the most public

place. This opening is through a large crack which serves the dual

purpose of generating access and allows the passage of light across the

centre of the building. The building central part is always full of natural

light, achieving a significant reduction in energy consumption. 7.100 m²

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Architecture

Saint George College Gym Santiago de Chile

Area: 7.424 m²

Nido de Águilas College Santiago de Chile

Area: 14.871 m²

Seminario Padre Kentenich Santiago de Chile

Casas de Lo Matta Theater, Vitacura Santiago de Chile

Project under development 2016

Area: 7.600 m²

TACAL, Taller de Capacitación Laboral Santiago de Chile

Project under development 2016

Area: 2.770 m²

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Architecture

Centro de Rehabilitación DASMI Luján, Argentina

International contest 2012

Area: 3.605 m²

Gimnasio y Piscina Municipal Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile

Project under development. Contest winner 2014

Area: 3.670 m²

La Caracola Foundation Santiago de Chile

Project under development

Area: 672 m²

Gimnasio y Canchas Fundación Ganémosle a la Calle

Santiago de Chile


Area: 1.371 m² + 1 professional soccer field

Capilla Totihue Totihue, VI Región

Architectural Review Faith Winner – AR Awards 2016. UK

Area: 283 m²

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Architecture

Lo Barnechea Civic Center Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 15.391 m²

72 houses in Colina Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 18.000 m²

Todos Los Santos Chapel Talcahuano, Chile

Completed

Area: 968 m²

Mining Museum Santiago de Chile

Project

Area: 2.986 m²

Santa Tacla Residential Complex El Salvador

Project

Area: 64.562 m²

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Architecture

Altamira Residential Complex El Salvador

Project

Area: 10.520 m²

Mirasol Building Santiago de Chile


Area: 2.316 m²

San Damian Building Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 8.300 m²

Centenario Building Santiago de Chile

Project under construction

Area: 39.000 m²

La Viña Building Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 5.230 m²

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Architecture

Porcenalosa Store Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 681 m²

Malbec Building Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 28.881 m²

TRU House Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 414 m²

JUVE House Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 461 m²

Sol del Valle Building Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 2.894 m²

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Architecture

Nicolás Building Marbella, Chile

Completed

Area: 4.353 m²

Sebastián Building Marbella, Chile

Completed

Area: 4.520 m²

Old Georgian Santiago de Chile

Project

Area: 975 m²

Box Building Santiago de Chile

Completed

Area: 6.102 m²

Senior Building Santiago de Chile

Project

Area: 25.800 m²

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Architecture

Theater and Museum for Escuela Naval Santiago de Chile

Project

Las Frutillas Complex Cachagua, Chile

Project

Area: 1.116 m²

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Monographs

Mardones works has been published by several architectural magazines in America, Europe and

Asia. 4 monographs were dedicated to Mardones works (2 in Argentina and 2 in Chile).

On 2003 the Argentinian magazine

"Casas-Houses" publish a

monograph about Gonzalo

Mardones work, with prologue by

Chilean National Prize Poet Raúl

Zurita.

In Chile "Zonacreativa ediciones"

featured the book "Gonzalo

Mardones Obras 2003 – 2005" for

the Serie "Arquitectos Chilenos

Contemporáneos" with

presentations by architects Enrique

Napp, Albert Tidy and Borja

Huidobro.

On 2006 the Argentinian Editorial

house Kliczkowski featured a double

number of the magazine ‘Casas

Internacional’ about Mardones

work. This has been distributing also

in book version hard cover; includes

conversations with the well-known

Argentinian Architecture Criticism

Tomás Dagnino who also presents it.

On 2015 ZC Ediciones Chile,

featured a monographic book

about Gonzalo Mardones works,

that includes 15 recent projects. The

introduction was made by the

editor Arch. Astrid Ljungmann and

the well-known architectural

criticism Arch. Fernando Montes.

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Lectures

- UCH Universidad de Chile, 2000

- Universidad de Los Andes, 2001

- Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María,

Valparaíso, 2003

- Universidad de Talca, 2006

- Universidad Finis Terrae, 2006

- Primer Seminario Internacional del

Hormigón, Chile 2006

Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile

- Expocasa, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 2007

- II Bienal de Arquitectura de Santa Cruz,

Bolivia 2008

Colegio de Arquitectos de Santa Cruz

- UMSA Universidad Mayor de San Andrés,

Bolivia

Magistral lecture

- XXIII CLEFA, La Paz, Bolivia 2008

Conferencia Latinoamericana de Escuelas

y Facultades de Arquitectura

Magistral lecture

- Colegio de Arquitectos de Guatemala,

2009

Magistral lecture

- Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala,

2009

- Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala,

2009

Conversation Session about Architecture

and Education

- Municipalidad de Quetzaltenango de

Guatemala, 2009

- Seminario Arquitectura, Barcelona, España

2009

- USS Universidad San Sebastián, Santiago

2009

- UFT Universidad Finis Terrae 2009


2009

Conversation Session: "Arquitectura

Blanca"

- UDD Universidad del Desarrollo,

Concepción 2010

- USS Universidad San Sebastián, Puerto

Montt 2010

- UDD Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago

2010

- XI Seminario Nacional ACHIPPA 2010

- COAC Colegio de Arquitectos de

Cataluña, Barcelona, España


2010, Conversation session

- USS Universidad San Sebastián,

Concepción

- ArcLatinAmerica 2011, San José de Costa

Rica

- Auditorio CPAU 2011, Argentina

Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura y

Urbanismo, Buenos Aires

- Centro de Arquitectura y Diseño "El Túnel"

2011, Argentina

Colegio de Arquitectos de Rosario

- VI Congreso Internacional de Arquitectura,

Arte y Diseño 2011

Universidad Autónoma del Caribe,

Barranquilla, Colombia

- UANL Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo

León, México 2012

XXI Simposio Internacional de Arquitectura

- UDD Universidad Del Desarrollo, Santiago

2012

- UDD Universidad Del Desarrollo,

Concepción, 2012

- PUC Pontificia Universidad Católica de

Chile 2013

Cearq Centro de Alumnos Arquitectura

- Universidad Autónoma de Temuco 2013

- V Conferencia Internacional BuildGreen,

Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013

Green Building Council

- 1er Congreso de Infraestructura Hotelera

de Chile, 2013

- III Congreso Internacional de Arquitectura

Religiosa Contemporánea 2013, Sevilla,

Spain

- UDD Universidad de Desarrollo, Santiago,

Chile 2014

Ciclo Arquitectura Cívica, Espacio

Democrático

- UDD Universidad de Desarrollo, Santiago,

Chile 2014

Conversation session: Valparaíso debate

- Cumbre Sur 2, Concepción, Chile 2014

Ciclo Enmateria

- UJMD Universidad Dr. José Matías

Delgado, El Salvador 2015

12 Obras - 12 Geografías

- Conference at the Philadelphia

Convention Center, AIA 2016

- Encuentro Inmobiliario Internacional 2018,

Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2018

- Encuentro Arquitectura. Chile – Uruguay.

Universidad de Chile, 2018

- UDD Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago

2019

- Academia Diplomática de Chile, Santiago

2019


Exhibits

- II Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 1979

Selected work: San Pablo Apartments

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- III Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 1981

Selected works: León Houses and La Reina

Houses

- IV Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 1983

Selected work: Amapolas Apartments

- VI Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 1987

Selected works: Puertas de Lo Curro

Apartments and Rotonda de Lo Curro

Apartments

- VIII Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 1991

Selected work: Compañía Chilena de

Tabacos and British Embassy Building

- IX Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 1993

Selected works: Comercial Cerro Castillo

Building and Terrado Blanco Apartments

- X Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 1995

Selected work: Integramedica Building

- XI Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 1997

Selected Work: Comercial Duomo

Showroom

- XIII Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 2002

Selected work: MIM Museo Interactivo

Mirador

- XIV Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, 2004

Selected work: Chile Embassy in Germany,

Atika Showroom, Parque Automotive SK and

Gonzalo Mardones, Casas Houses n° 90

magazine

- GAP Global Architecture Profile Exhibition,

Australia 2011

Faculty of Architecture, Building and

Planning, University of Melbourne, Australia

- XIII Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires,

Argentina 2011

Works selected: Miele Gallery; Police

Museum, Theater and Cultural Centre

- 7º Festival Internacional de Arquitectura

EME3 Barcelona, Spain 2012

Selected work: 50 emergency Chapels

- AIQ Project of the Year 2011 Exhibition,

Israel

Zezeze Architecture Gallery, Tel Aviv

Selected work: Memorial 9

- AIQ Project of the Year 2012 Exhibition,

2012

Zezeze Architecture Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Selected work: Police Museum, Theater and

Cultural Centre

- XVIII Bienal de Arquitectura, Chile 2012

Selected work: Ignacia Apartments,

Memorial 9 and Police Museum, Theater

and Cultural Centre

- XI Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de

Costa Rica 2012

Selected work: Police Museum, Theater and

Cultural Centre

- 100 Architects of the year 2012

International Exhibition 2012

UIA Union Internationale des Architectes -

KIA Korean Institute of Architects, Korea

Korean Festival of Architecture, Daejeon,

South Korea.

- Blanca Montaña, Puro-Chile 2012


- Spark Awards 7th Annual Exhibition 2013

China International Industrial Design Fair,

Shenzen, China

Work exhibited: House Marcelo Ríos


International Exhibition, 2013



Selected work: Police Museum

-Spark Awards 7th Annual Exhibition 2014,

Taipei, China

Selected work: House Marcelo Ríos

- Faith & Form / IFRAA Awards Winners

Exhibition, Denver, USA 2013

National Convention 2013 AIA American

Institute of Architects


- Tavollo Dell’Architettura 2013

6 Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura

Bárbara Cappochin 2013

Piazza Cavour, Padova, Italia

Selected work: Memorial 9 and 50

emergency Chapels

- XIV Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires,

Argentina 2013

Selected work: Hotel Hornitos

- 7º Festival Internacional de Arquitectura

EME3, Sao Paulo, Brasil

Selected work: 50 emergency Chapels

- XIX Bienal de Arquitectura, Chile 2015

Selected Work: Center of Traditions

- XV Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires,

Argentina 2015

Selected work: Terraza Offices

- XVI Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires,

Argentina 2017

Selected Work: Capilla Totihue

- Tavollo Dell’Architettura 2017

8va Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura

Bárbara Cappochin 2017

Piazza Cavour, Padova, Italia

Selected Work: Capilla Totihue

- Religious Art & Architecture Exhibition, AIA

National Convention, EEUU, 2017.

Selected Work: Capilla Totihue.

- XVII Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos

Aires, Argentina 2019

Selected Work: Casa TRU y Mausoleo

presidente Aylwin.

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Jury Member

- Mardones has been member of the

Architectural Contest Commission of the

Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile (1990 to

1995). Together with the architects Horacio

Borgheresi, Mario Recordón and José Tuca,

Mardones wrote the Regulation and

guidelines for the Architectural Contest in

Chile. Also, Mardones is member of the Jury

Register of Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile.

- In the 1980’s, Mardones been Jury and

Director of the Degrees Projects

Architectural Contest at Bienal de

Arquitectura de Chile (1987); and the

Panamerican Architectural Contest "Habitar

poético en Cantalao" (1989) based in the

work and life of the Nobel Prize poet Pablo

Neruda.

- Gran Premio Bienal de Arquitectura de

Santa Cruz, 2008

Colegio de Arquitectos de Santa Cruz,

Bolivia

- XXII Concurso CAP, Chile 2008

- XXIII Concurso CAP, Chile 2009

- Wan Awards Residential Sector 2010,

London.

- II Concurso Hebel Todoobras 2010, Chile

- Primer Concurso Internacional

Arquitectura Caribe, 2011

Universidad Autónoma del Caribe,

Barranquilla, Colombia

- Concurso CTI Fensa / Mademsa for

Architecture Students, Chile, 2011

- Casacor Chile 2012

- Premio Arquitectura Todoobras 2014, Chile


Academic Involvement

- Universidad Central, Chile 1995 to 2005

Professor of Degree Project

- UFT Universidad Finis Terrae, 1996 to 1998

Professor of 5th year architectural grade

- UCH Universidad de Chile, 2000 to 2004

Professor of Degree Project

- UNAB Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello,

2000, Professor of Degree Project


2003, Guest Professor

- UFT Universidad Finis Terrae, 2006

Guest Professor


2003, Guest Professor

- Universidad de Talca, 2006, Guest

Professor


Chile 2009, Guest Professor


Chile 2012, Guest Professor

- UANL Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo

León, México 2012, Workshop / Guest

Professor

-Universidad Autónoma, Temuco 2014

Professor of 3th and 4th year architectural

grade

- UDD Universidad Del Desarrollo, Santiago

2014 Professor of Degree Project


Civic and Community Involvement

Gonzalo Mardones has been member of

the Chilean Presidential Advisory

Committee of the Ministry of Housing and

Urban Development for the creation of the

new National Urban Development Policy

(PNDU) 2010 - 2013. The government

decides to convene 26 experts to advice on

setting up the new PNDU to deliver the

objectives and parameters under which

national cities should be developed.

Mardones was one of those invited to

participated, including the Ministry, the

President of Colegio de Arquitectos, deans

of Architectures Schools, professional

academics, senators, congressmen, and

past Ministers. The PNDU was delivered to

the President of the Republic on 2014

successfully.

Gonzalo Mardones has been member of

the Council of the Gabriela Mistral Cultural

Centre GAM between 2011 and 2013. GAM

is a cultural center focused on access to

culture and the formation of audiences.

GAM, inaugurated in 2010, has become in

one of the main cultural centers of Chile.

Gonzalo Mardones is actually member of

the Directory of the AIS Foundation. The

mission of the AIS is helps the Catholic

Church where there is misery. Mardones,

with the social view of an architect, helps

with projects when the community needed.

Two oratories (one for prisoners and other for

a school for immigrant’s children), 50

emergency chapels after the earthquake

(February 2010), a small church in a school

with kids in several social risk (build 2013)

one rural church renovating an existing Silo

(now under construction), and other small

church in Valparaíso after the fire damages

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(April 2014 - now on project) are some of the

recent works. All projects have been really

successfully, although 50 emergency

chapels would allow the communities of

churches damaged by the earthquake

rebuild their churches without making hasty

decisions about reconstruction in the

heritage, economic, and social

development field.

Also helps with architectural projects in other

social themes, not only for churches or

oratories. At least the 10 per cent of the work

of the studio is social work. In the last years

Mardones has been work with 3 Fire Stations:

two built, one in project (Been Firemen in

Chile is an amateur activity, with no fee).

Two Cultural Center: One for the Police

who’s want to have one little museum and

Mardones get involved to create a cultural

center with a theater for 700 persons; and

other cultural center in a town, open to the

public space, with the clear intention to get

curious the people and get them in. Also,

now the studio was working in a new

building for Fundación TACAL that includes

people with any kind of disabilities and

prepares them for the world of work; and in

a new social sport center in a commune

with several social risks.

During the first Government of the President

Michelle Bachelet, in the year 2007, Gonzalo

Mardones in collaboration with Fundación

Futuro presents to Mrs. President the project

30 Stadiums for Chile that consists in a

diagnostic of the main stadiums in the

country and in some ideas to renovate

them. Finally, the President creates an

important network of renovated stadiums.

Six stadiums were created during her

government, and six new ones during the

next period: President Sebastián Piñera

government (none of these stadiums were

designed by Mardones). The first kick off of

these new stadiums for Chile was the 30

Stadiums for Chile project. Mardones has

been consultant and advisor for several

sports projects, including the stadiums in

both governments period. Presently,

Mardones is member of the COL Local

Organization Committee for the Soccer

under 17 World Cup 2016 that will be

happening in Chile. The Mardones action

there, is the infrastructure and architecture

decisions.

Mardones actually is member of The Council

of CLAPES UC Centro Latinoamericano de

Políticas Económicas y Sociales.


Awards

- Biennial Miami Beach, USA 2007

Bronze Medal Housing, Edifico de

Viviendas Glamis

- Premio a la Obra del Año, Plataforma

Arquitectura, Chile 2007

Third place, Edificio de Viviendas Glamis

- Biennial Miami Beach, USA 2009

Biennial Medallion, Conjunto Residencial

Barrio Parque

Gold Medal Housing, Conjunto Residencial

Barrio Parque

Silver Medal Housing, Edifico de Viviendas

Tomás

Silver Medal Commercial Interiors, Taller

Gonzalo Mardones V.

- WAN Awards Residential, UK 2009

Finalist, Edificio de Viviendas Glamis

- World Architecture Community Awards, 5º

Cycle 2009

Finalist, Edificio de Viviendas Tomás

- World Architecture Cmmunity Awards, 3º

Cycle 2009

Finalist, Edificio de Viviendas Glamis

- The Americas Property Awards in

association with Bloomberg Television 2011,

UK

Winner Best Mixed-use Architecture: Miele

Gallery

- WAF Awards, World Architecture Festival

2011, Barcelona, Spain

Finalist ‘Civic and Community’, M9

Memorial 9

- AIQ Project of the Year Award 2011, Israel

AI Architecture of Israel and European

Community

Finalist, M9 Memorial 9


Cycle 2011

Winner: Police Museum, Theater and

Cultural Centre

- WAN Awards Civic 2012, UK

Finalist: Memorial 9

- Faith & Form / IFRAA Awards, USA

Winner Sacred Landscape: Memorial 9

- LEAF Awards 2012, UK

Finalist: Edificio Ignacia

- IIDA Best Interiors Latin America 2012,

International Interior Design Association, USA

Winner Best of Category / Restaurants:

Cumarú

- AIQ Project of the Year 2012 Award, Israel

AI Architecture of Israel and European

Community

Third place: Police Museum, Theater and

Cultural Centre


Cycle 2013

Winner, Edificio Ignacia

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- 6 Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura

Bárbara Cappochin, Padova, Italia 2013

Best works: 45 Capillas de emergencia

Best works: Memorial 9

- SPARK Spaces Awards 2013, New York, USA

Winner Gold Award: House Marcelo Ríos

- Gold Key Awards for Excellence in

Hospitality Design 2013, New York, USA

Honorable Mention, Best Eco-Conscious or

Socially Conscious Hotel category: Hotel

Hornitos

- IIDA Best Interiors Latin America & the

Caribbean 2013

International Interior Design Association,

USA

Honorable Mention, Hotels category: Hotel

Hornitos

- Next Landmark Competition, Italy

Finalist: House Marcelo Ríos

- Americas Property Awards 2014, L.A, USA

Winner: Best Architecture Hotel: Hotel

Hornitos

- Americas Property Awards 2014, L.A, USA

Highly Commended Single Residence

Architecture: House Marcelo Rios

- BBB Beyond Building Barcelona 2015,

Barcelona España.

Finalist: Lo Matta Cultural Centre

- AR Faith Awards

Winner: Capilla Totihue

- Premio Iberoamericano a la mejor

intervención del patrimonio edificado.


- Faith & Form / IFRAA Awards 2016, USA.

New Facilities Award.


- Arcmarathon Awards 2017, USA

Award: Re-thinking


- Prix Versailles 2018, Paris Francia.

Exterior Stores Continental Prize Winner.

(Central America, South America and the

Caribbean): Porcelanosa Store.

- Prix Versailles 2018, Paris Francia.

Exterior Stores World Prize Winner:

Porcelanosa Store.

- AR Future Awards 2019, UK.

Winner: Centro Deportivo Lo Barnechea.

- Faith & Form Awards 2019, USA.

Sacred Landscape

Ganador: Mausoleo presidente Aylwin.


Honors

- Premio Ministerio de Educación 1983,

Gobierno de Chile

Award for the Best degree Project, by

Chilean Government

- Premio 50 Años Pizarreño 1983, Colegio de

Arquitectos de Chile

Award for the Best degree Project, by

Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile

- Professor Degree and Foundation Member,

1988

Asociación Ex Alumnos Pontificia

Universidad Católica de Chile

- Premio Alberto Risopatrón 1989, Colegio

de Arquitectos de Chile

Award that recognized the work of an

architect in the trade union of Colegio de

Arquitectos de Chile.

- Premio Artevia Lafarge / AOA 2006

Award that recognized the architectural

innovation in concrete work.

- Premio a la Trayectoria 2008, Universidad

Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia.

Award that recognized the professional

career of an Architect.

- Arcprospect International Foundation

Council Member (2009 - 2012)




-Premio "Embajador para la era digital" en el

ámbito de Ciudad inteligente

(conectividad, salud y armonía urbana),

Fundación QUEVEO, Santiago de Chile.

Recognition to a citizen (architect or not)

who makes a good job by digital social

networks in the matters of intelligent city,

connectivity and/or health.

- CLAPES UC, Centro Latinoamericano de

Políticas Económicas y Sociales.

Council Member (2014 - )

- Brick Award, “Premio a la Trayectoria”,

Chile. 2018


Architectural Contest. Winner

- Edificio San Pablo, 1977 (completed)

- Edificio Amapolas, 1979 (completed)

- Edificio Terrado Blanco, 1991 (completed)

- Edificio Comercial Cerro Castillo, Chile

1991 (completed)

- Edificio Compañía Chilena de Tabacos y

Embajada Británica, 1991(completed)

- Colegio Nido de Águilas, 1993

(completed)

- MIM Museo Interactivo Mirador, 1999

(completed)

- Centro de Formación Espiritual Monte

Schöenstatt, 2006 (completed)

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- Plaza y Estacionamientos Públicos Lo

Castillo, 2007 (completed)

- Miele Gallery, 2007 (completed)

- Edificio Consistorial Lo Barnechea, 2013

(construction process)

- Piscina Municipal Lo Barnechea, 2014

(design process)

- Barrio la Viña, 74 houses (design process)

2.3 Publications

Books

- XIX Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile 2015.

Catalogue Book, Chile. 2015

Center of Traditions

- Premio Biennale Internazionale

Di Architettura Barbara Cappochin

Catalogue, Italy 2013

45 Emergency Chapels and Memorial 9

- 100 Architects of the Year 2012,

Korean Institute of Architects, Korea 2012

Chilean Police Museum, Theater and

Cultural Centre

- Eme3 International Architectural Festival

Catalogue, COAC Barcelona, Spain 2012

45 Emergency Chapels

- Fire, Crime & Accident, Braun Publishing,

Switzerland 2012, 18° Fire Station

- In Green! Public Architecture, IFeng Space

Press, China 2011, Miele Gallery

- Highlights Architecture, Shanglin Edition,

China 2011

El Parque Neighborhood and Chilean Police

Museum, Theater and Cultural Centre

- Thematic Museums, Design Media

Publishing, Hong Kong 2011


Cultural Centre

- Blanca Montaña, Arquitectura reciente en

Chile, Puro Chile Ediciones, Chile 2010

Glamis apartments and 18° Fire Station

- Design and Dialogue, Interview with 127

Interior Designers, China 2008

Interview with Gonzalo Mardones

- Arquitectura Contemporánea, Editorial

Kolon, Spain 2008

18° Fire Station

- ARCHITECTURAMA, Architectures a’ vivre,

France 2006

Gonzalo Mardones

- Houses of the world, TRAMA Ediciones,

Ecuador 2006

House RE and House VA

2.3 Publications

Periodicals

- ArquiTK Magazine, México.

N°89, 90 and 91, 2015

Hornitos Hotel, House for Marcelo Ríos,

Terraza Offices

- Hinge Magazine, Hong Kong

N°227, September 2014

Hornitos Hotel

- AOA Asociación de Oficinas de

Arquitectos Magazine, Chile

N° 24, December 2013

Cumarú Restaurant

- Casa Galería Magazine, Costa Rica

N° 55, December – January 2014

House for Marcelo Ríos

- Megaluz Magazine, Argentina

N° 70, November – December 2013

Hornitos Hotel (Featured on Cover)

- Ambientes Magazine, Chile

N°19, November – December 2013

Hornitos Hotel

- C3 Magazine, Korea

N° 349, 2013

Hornitos Hotel

- Urban Land Magazine, USA

February 2013

Article: ULX Technical Beauty; Ignacia

Apartments

- Arkinka Magazine, Peru

N° 206, January 2013

Memorial 9

- Contract Magazine, IIDA Best Interiors of

Latina America Winners Issue, USA

N° 53, December 2012

Cumarú Restaurant

- Faith & Form Magazine, Annual Awards

Issue, USA

Vol. XLV, N° 4 / 2012

Memorial 9

- AI Architecture of Israel quarterly, Projects

of the Year 2012 Awards Issue, Israel

N° 91, November 2012


Cultural Centre

- Todoobras Architecture Newspaper, Chile

N° 119, October 2012

Gonzalo Mardones Interview (Featured on

Cover)

- Il Giornalle della Architettura, Italy

N° 109, October 2012

News section: 45 Emergency Chapels

- Drevo & Staby Magazine, Czech Republic

N° 6/2012

Cumarú Restaurant

- Arquine Mag., Mexico, N° 61, 2012

Memorial 9

- A&C Architecture and Culture Mag., Korea

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N° 370 March 2012

Miele Gallery

- Enlace Magazine, Mexico

2012

Memorial 9

- AI Architecture of Israel quarterly, Project

of the Year 2011 Awards Issue, Israel

N° 87, November 2011

Memorial 9

- C3 Magazine, Korea

N° 323, 2011

Memorial 9

- Construir Contemporaneas Magazine,

Brazil, N° 03, 2011

House SMA

- IA&B Indian Architect and Builder

Magazine, India, N° 24, July 2011

Memorial 9

- Varandas Magazine, Brazil

N° 11, 2011

House TA (Featured on Cover)

- Domus plus Magazine, China, N° 16, 2011

Glamis apartments

- Todoobras Architecture Newspaper,

Argentina, N° 80, 2011

Article about Gonzalo Mardones lectures in

Argentina

- AI Architecture of Israel quarterly, Israel

N° 85, May 2011

Gonzalo Mardones architecture studio

- Architecture & Detail, Glass Construction,

China edition, China, 2011, Miele Gallery

- 30-60 Magazine, Argentina

N° 28, 2011

3 Houses in Cachagua

- Summa+ Magazine, Argentina

N° 111, Noviembre 2010

18° Fire Station

- Varandas Magazine, Brazil

N° 05, 2010

House BE (featured on cover)


N° 99, February 2009


- AAA Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana

Magazine, Dominican Republic

N° 33, 2009

Glamis apartments and Vanguardia

building

- Ambijenti Magazine, Serbia

N° 36, 2008

Gonzalo Mardones architecture studio and

Vanguardia building

- Attitude Magazine, Portugal

N° 23, September – October 2008


- ARQ Magazine, Chile

N° 69, August 2008

Glamis apartments

- White Unlimited, Denmark

N° 02, 2007

Box building

- Retail Design International, USA

July 2007

Columbia Store (featured on Cover)

- RD2 Magazine, Argentina

N° 57, 2007

House RE (featured on cover)


N° 87, June 2007

Glamis apartments

- Piso Magazine, Mexico

N° 11, 2007

18° Fire Station

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3 _ EXHIBITS LIST

3.1 _ Glamis Apartments

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2004

Photographer: Gonzalo Mardones

Architects

3.2 _ Hornitos Hotel

Antofagasta, Chile

Completed: 2013

Photographer: Nico Saieh

3.3 _ Police Museum, Theater and Cultural

Center

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2010


3.4 _ Miele Gallery

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2011


3.5 _ Center of Traditions

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2014


3.6 _ House for Marcelo Rios

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2012


3.7 _ Ignacia Apartments

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2012


3.8 _ El Parque Neighborhood / 34 houses

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2005

Photographer: Gonzalo Mardones

Architects

3.9 _ M9 / Memorial for 9 girls

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2011

Photographers: Nico Saieh and Pedro

Mutis

3.10 _ Terraza Offices

Santiago de Chile

Completed: 2015

Photographers: Nico Saieh

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3.1 _ Glamis Apartments

Design Firm and Firm Record: Gonzalo Mardones V. Architects

Completion date: 2004

Design Architect, Project Manager

The challenge offered by this building was to resolve the theme of apartments with

varied programs within a 25’ 7”. frontage. Additionally, the Golf Club’s building code, in

this specific case of “remnant site” obliged the building to be restricted to a straight

bay, not allowing any element to project forward from the façades. In view of these

two conditions the design proposes the following:

First: the program is resolved mainly in the section, as the apartments are intercalated

vertically and horizontally in a spatial interplay, searching for natural light on the basis of

set-backs and balconies.

Second: the building sits on the ground by means of two larges 98-foot-long walls (East

and West façades) which contain a series of openings and windows of different sizes

that reflect the internal program. At the entrance, the building conforms its urban

façade with a system of horizontal windows and a coronation above which frames the

entrance.

Third: from a constructive point of view the building is resolved with concrete

incorporating titanium dioxide and a system of phenolic molds with 5-inch-wide planks,

which have been designed and modulated on the basis of the geometry of the

windows, sills, beams and walls. The exterior is completely white and all the doors,

windows and joinery items are in cedar wood.

Fourth: all the elements of the façades establish a composition of strict correspondence

with squares and rectangles in such a way as to ensure that the voids, light,

transparency and framing of views give each space its own identity, in the manner of a

photographer’s lens.

Awards Received:

- Bronze Medal, Bienal de Miami 2007.

- Plataforma Arquitectura Building of the Year, Third Prize, 2007.

- Artevia Lafarge Prize, 2006.

- Shortlisted World Architecture Community Awards, 3º Cycle, 2009

- Shortlisted WAN Residential Sector Awards 2009.

Publications:

- Summa+ Magazine N° 87, Argentina.

- Arq Magazine N°69, Chile

- AAA Magazine N°33, Dominican Republic.

- Best Selection of Shanglin, Hong Kong.

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- White Mountain, Recent architecture in Chile Book, Chile.

- Domus Plus Magazine N°16, China.

- Architector Magazine N° 50, Argentina.

- East Side Magazine N°30, Chile.

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3.2 _ Hornitos Hotel




The hotel for the Caja de Compensación Los Andes in Hornitos locates on a plateau

over a promontory 32 meters above sea level in the Atacama Desert, North of Chile. As

this is a privileged and immaculate place, the main challenge was to intervene trying to

be the less invasive possible. Therefore, we opted for a semi-buried architectural layout

carried out horizontally with a larger volume containing the hotel, and smaller volumes

scattered on the land (cabins), in order to cover the immediate area and join the

vastness of the desert. Every volume has been made of reinforced concrete pigmented

with the colors of the desert intensifying the intention of mimesis to try to pass

unnoticed.

The hotel has 5800 m2 and 38 rooms, other 36 in 18 cabins, an outdoor swimming pool,

an indoor heated-swimming pool, auditorium, meeting rooms, dining rooms, lounges,

gyms, etc.

The strong sunshine, proper from the Atacama Desert, is controlled by a sequence of

intermediate spaces that allow a gradual transfer from the protected places to the

ones exposed to the sun. Common circulations and spaces of the hotel are mostly

open, generating air currents that allow constant air circulation. The building protects

itself from the sun setting with eaves and lattices. The roof, treated as a relaxation

place, a terrace to stay and watch the sea and the distant landscape, is a great deck

creating under itself an air chamber that allows to ventilate the roof and keep it

isolated from the direct sunshine affecting the adequate air conditioning in the internal

spaces of the hotel. The complex is provided with water directly from the sea having

inside the facilities a salt water treatment plant, which cleans water to be used and

deposits remaining salts into an indoor pool next to the hotel access.

Awards Received:

- The Americas Property Awards 2014. UK. Winner Best Hotel Architecture.

- IIDA Best Interiors Latin America & the Caribbean 2013, USA. Honorable Mention

Categoría Hoteles.

- Gold Key Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Design 2013, USA. Honorable Mention,

Best Eco-Conscious or Socially Conscious Hotel.

- XIV Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013 - Exhibition

Publications:

- ArquiteTK Magazine N°90, México

- Gonzalo Mardones Book, Chile

- Hinge Magazine N° 227, Hong Kong.

- Chic House Magazine N° 179, Mexico.

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- Megaluz Magazine N° 70, Argentina.

- AOA N°24, Chile.

- C3 Magazine N° 349, Korea.

- Ambientes Magazine N°96, Chile.

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3.3 _ Police Museum, Theater and Cultural Center




The Project for the new museum and the historic museum renovation was an order for

the General Director Alejandro Bernales (R.I.P)

The idea of Carabineros de Chile consists in the challenge to get the expansion of the

old museum and the new museum highlights the historical value.

A first consideration is to hollow and redesign the interior of the historic building

preserving the façades and getting a new spatial interior. Paintings white all the

façades and interiors and getting the connectivity between the new and the

renovation and the intervention.

A second action is the architectonic idea to cave and put the buildings in several levels

underground. Then we obtain the double purpose to not touch the park and the trees

of the site and to highlight the historic building that now reflects the façades in two big

water mirrors to Antonio Varas Avenue.

Then it a building that gets the most spaces underground but getting natural light for

interiors patios and cracks that permits a path also for the exterior.

All the façades of the new volumes are resolved with Concrete incorporating titanium

dioxide and a system of phenolic molds with 5-inch-wide planks.

The white walls highlighted in the abstract between the intense green of the trees and

the green roofs of the buildings.

The program also provides the showrooms of museums, the cultural center's

administrative offices; an underground parking building and a theater with capacity for

740 people with boxes allowing the orchestra and the choir of the police play along.

The theater is resolved entire in Cedar wood and the waving roofing permits an

acoustic experience and an excellence vision. In the same level is the cafeteria and

restaurant with an expansion to exterior terraces that permits good ventilation and

natural lighting.

Awards Received:

- World Architecture Community Awards, 10º Cycle 2011, Winner.

- XIII Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011 - Exhibition.

- AI Architecture Israel Project of the Year 2012, Third Place.

Publications:


- Area Magazine N°128, Italy.

- Architecture Highlights 4, Shanglin Edition, China.

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- Adhoc Magazine, Mexico.

- D+A Magazine N°23, Chile.

- Thematic Museums Book, Design Media Publishing Ltd., Hong Kong.

- AI Architecture Israel Magazine N°91, Israel.

- Architectural Digest Magazine, Mexico.

- H.O.M.E Magazine July/August 2012, Austria /Germany

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3.4 _ Miele Gallery




Chosen by Miele for this architecture competition, the site is a residential neighborhood

with residences in low, medium and high density, surrounded by parks and squares. It is

in close proximity to the new City Council Building and Bicentenario Park.

Nueva Costanera Avenue is an important commercial and cultural street full of art

galleries, restaurants, banks and shops.

Our architectonic proposal is a building that opens to the corner (the most public

place) in a play of façades of concrete and inclined crystals. These façades permit

light to reflect, and the transparency of the building creates a large display window for

the street, both people and vehicles.

The interior result of the idea permits the connectivity of all the levels. Spaces are

architectonic labyrinths paths that are even penetrating the underground spaces, a

unique possibility of light and natural ventilation.

A permanent in our work (sixth façade) is a double purpose: increase the land (scarce

resource) and increase offices and exhibition area around to open and semi open

spaces that combine intimacy and openness. Burying and open to the underground

and enable a new landscape which highlights the compressed presence of near walls

as a doorway to the sky.

The circulation path into the entire building was created in red steel (red is the Miele

corporate color) leaving a contrast to the materiality of the building, white concrete

with titanium dioxide incorporated. This red strip distinguishes over the white as a fauve

and runs over all levels to the roof.

The roof is conceived as the fifth façade creating a big terrace with a bar, a meeting

place in the height of the foliages. From there can see the immensity of the Andes

Mountain, the hills and the green of the neighborhood. As in all our works, also we insist

in the use of dividing walls as architectonic support (seventh façade). In this case the

walls of both streets characterize a new panorama, making a new landscape possible

and a new place for the building. This project represents the culmination of ongoing

dialogues between client and architect, essential to our way of seeing and

understanding the architectural design process. In this as in many cases the client story

allows many inspirations and ideas that integrate into the architecture.

Awards Received:

- The Americas Property Awards in association with Bloomberg Television, London,

England, Winner Best Mixed-use Architecture.

- The Americas Property Awards in association with Bloomberg Television 2011, Londres,

England, Five Star Building.

- XIII Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires, Argentina 2011 - Exhibition.

- World Architecture Community Awards, 10º Cycle, 2011. Shortlisted.

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Publications:


- Architecture Highlights 6 Shanglin Edition, China.

- H.O.M.E Magazine July/August 2012, Austria /Germany.

- Casas & Mas Magazine N° 154, Mexico.

- Architecture and Culture Magazine N°370, South Korea.

- World´s Best 2011 Americas Property Awards book.

- Architecture & Detail, China.

- In Green book, Dopress, China.

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3.5 _ Center of Traditions




The Center of Traditions is a cultural and social operation itself that locates on Lo

Barnechea Avenue, the main street of the Town Lo Barnechea, and belongs to the

commune with the same name. It is found in the Andean foothills of the eastern area of

the city Santiago de Chile, a place where families with high economic contrast live.

The building has spaces and infrastructure to promote community encounter and

cultural heritage. The cultural project aims to benefit more than 6000 students from

municipal and subsidized schools in the commune, in addition to the 13 folk groups,

that aim rescuing the roots of Lo Barnechea. For this, the building houses spaces for

theater workshops, visual arts, craftworks, handiworks, music, film, literature, board

games, ecology and environment, dance, arts and traditional cuisine, among others.

Placed in a corner lot, the cultural center was planned to open to the public roadway,

creating an outdoor amphitheater which is the extension of the public space, where

the acts and cultural events are exposed to pedestrians; and a large hall that runs

through the whole building, connecting levels and enhancing the encounter inside of it.

The building was designed in reinforced concrete, achieving large open spaces, so as

to shelter and incorporate the public space; with glazed facades open to the street,

showing the inner life of the cultural center like a shop window and hermetic facades

respecting the privacy of neighboring houses. The structure was reinforced with tubular

steel columns, which were arranged without apparent order; traverse the whole inner

height of the building, giving it measure and a playful character. The opposition of

open (glazed) and closed (hermetic) facades also show the position of the project

regarding capture of natural light and sunshine: they are open facades which allow

lighting the building (facing south), and hermetic facades to protect it from the sun

(facing north and west).

With a total area of 1,425 m2, the cultural center has two levels above the natural

ground level and two underground levels. The use of subsoil (the "sixth facade") can

extend the available surface (being the ground increasingly getting scarce), creating

bright and airy rooms through light courtyards and the main hall. Within the

underground enclosures is the main room, which is located under the amphitheater,

allowing great inner height and adequate acoustics for music, dance, etc.

The entire building has been finished in white, with the intention of enhancing the

natural light inside the building, and to be a milestone and a support (a blank page) to

the city, in order to develop the artistic and cultural skills of residents from Lo Barnechea.

Awards Received:

- XIX Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, Selection.

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Publications:

- XIX Bienal de Arquitectura de Chile, Selection.


- AOA Magazine N°24, Chile

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3.6 _ House for Marcelo Rios




The house for Marcelo Rios and his family comes from the order of this former tennis

player, also former World No. 1. It’s located in Valle Escondido, a place enclosed on the

foothills of Santiago de Chile within a stunning natural environment and a privileged

view to the hills and the golf course.

The house places at middle levels, adapting to the slope. Also, it’s half-buried in order to

appreciate and see the magnificent natural scenery from the access road. The roofs,

themes from the distance, were enabled as an expanding large terrace: a place to

stay, to enjoy the views, the environment and sunshine. The continuous roofs to the

terrace surface were designed with natural vegetation and grass, but Marcelo, like

every time he visited Wimbledon says that “The grass is for cows" so we decided to

implement a roof with synthetic grass. The artificial grass was installed on rafters, which

allowed generating an air bed that protects the cover from direct sunlight, preventing

from overheating and affecting the air conditioning inside the house.

The entrance hall acts like a kneecap that relates and distributes the different levels

generating inside a sum of continuous merged spaces seeking the views to the garden,

the golf course, the remote landscape and natural light. The house was designed with

two opposite faces: one closed to the street with walls containing internal circulations

bathed in zenithal lighting and courtyards, and a second face completely open to the

terraces, the garden and views protected from the sunlight with wide eaves and

beams.

We chose to use just one material, the exposed concrete, adding titanium dioxide to

the concrete in order to whiten it. Recently, nanotechnology studies have shown that

titanium dioxide added to the concrete helps eliminating toxic gases produced by

cars, like trees do. (Although that was not our aim but whitening the concrete, but we

believe that if it’s true, is good news). Every wall, opening, window, window sill, etc, has

been faceted with a 12 cm module obtained from the measure of the phenolic sheets.

The use of the subsoil, what we call the sixth façade, is present in rooms that open,

ventilate and illuminate through courtyards and the extension of the foundation to the

terrace. The subsoil houses a games room, a trophy room and a cinema.

The whole interior is white in order to enhance the brightness in the house. As the white

color makes the light bounce, this is strained and controlled through courtyards and

side zenithal openings. The floor and skirting boards help with the idea of white in the

interior. For that, bone color ceramic tiles in format 120 x 60 cm have been used. Large

windows are made of aluminum, helping with the monochromatic white image of the

house.

The garden was designed as a raised platform over the golf course, where it is possible

to see it but not to be exposed to it.

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Awards Received:

- Spark Space Awards 2013, USA. Winner Gold Award.

- Next Landmark Competition 2014, Italia, Finalist.

- The Americas Property Awards 2014. UK. Highly Commended Architecture Single

Residence

Publications:

- ArquiTK Magazine N°88, México

- Gonzalo Mardones Book, Chile.

- Inmobiliare Magazine N°34, Brasil.

- Chic Haus Magazine N°179, Mexico.

- Grand Designs Magazine N°120, UK.

- Casa Galeria Magazine N°55, Costa Rica.

- Chic Haus Magazine N°174, Mexico.

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3.7 _ Ignacia Apartments




The Ignacia Apartments Is placed in Santiago de Chile, in a neighborhood with

residences in low, medium and high density, surrounded by parks and squares and the

presence of the north hills, the Mountains and the proximity of the Mapocho River. The

investment operation consists in an atypical operation; instead of selling apartments sell

square meters. Each owner buys the square meters for develop by order the apartment

for the program of their needs.

Ignacia is a group of four large square footage apartments consisting in two volumes

with two apartments each. The volumes, with a rectangular floor plan, have three

complete floors and a fourth floor which is set back allowing the use of the roofs as

terraces and swimming pools (Fifth façade). Also, the project includes the use of the

habitable underground. (We call it the sixth façade) Penetrate the underground

spaces is a unique possibility of light and natural ventilation. Burying and open to the

underground and enable a new landscape which highlights the compressed presence

of near walls as a doorway to the sky.

As in all our works, also we insist in the use of dividing walls as architectonic support

(seventh façade). In this case the division walls characterize a new panorama, making

a new landscape possible and a new place for the building.

The four apartments have the special condition being that they are all different, both

regarding their programs and their square footage. Each apartment has at least two

levels and each one is accessed through a double height space.

The program is resolved mainly in the section, as the apartments are intercalated

vertically and horizontally in a spatial interplay, searching for natural light on the basis of

set-backs and balconies.

The sustainability of Ignacia building is principally by the use of the fifth, sixth and

seventh façades. These permits separate the building, heat and cold, creating natural

isolation, ventilation and lighting.

The importance of using and controlling the natural light and shadow permitted a

bioclimatic proposal and the creation of intermediate spaces that permits the use of

the interior spaces to stay, play and rest with natural light all day long.

Also, each dwelling sets with the rooms to the north (sun). A correct orientation and

solar panels on the roofs contributed to the energy saving.

The only element that unifies all the apartments is the materiality and the terminations.

Only one material reinforces the idea of a unique volume: the concrete. The interiors

are entirely white that permits more luminosity, reflecting the light. Doors, windows and

carpentries were in cedar wood.

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From a constructive point of view the building is resolved with concrete incorporating

titanium dioxide and a system of phenolic molds with 5-inch-wide planks, which have

been designed and modulated on the basis of the geometry of the windows, sills,

beams and walls.

Awards Received:

- LEAF Awards 2012, Residential Building of the Year, London, Finalist.

- World Architecture Community Awards 13 Cycle, 2013, Winner.

Publications:


- Architecture Highlights 6 Shanglin Edition, China.

- Urban Land Magazine, USA.

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3.8 _ El Parque Neighborhood / 34 houses




This is a housing development of 34 homes with large square footage, all different, set

on the slopes of a hill to the east of Santiago. The arrangement is developed along 3

parallel streets from which one enters the houses through their upper floors. These are

developed over two or three storeys, with the garden remaining on the lower level and

one level above the following street. The plots are contained by stone walls, which

combined with the volumes and materiality of the houses (organic texture) give unity to

the development. From the streets and between the houses we discover the impressive

view these have, from inside towards the valleys and hills to the east of Santiago.

Awards Received:

- Bienal Medallion, Bienal Miami 2009 (Built Projects)

- Gold Medal, Bienal de Miami 2009 (Multi Family House)

Publications:

- Architecture Highlights 4, Shanglin Edition, China.

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3.9 _ M9 / Memorial for 9 girls




The place opens like a dialogue from the love of Mary at the foot of the Cross.

The Manquehue hill is the backdrop that contrasts with the sky. The evocation of nature

reaches the relief of a sacred place. The superposition of the inner circle in front of the

geometry of the ramp that descends makes clear the connection between the spirit

and human reincarnation. Between the sacred - divine and reason. The work takes

primary forms which are easily recognizable. Should be left to attract curiosity and fall

within the oratory ‘Virgen del Parque’. The work is constructed from the underground

and opening up to the sky through a concrete cone of nine feet in diameter. 9 lanterns,

9 modules symbolize the 9 girls who left earlier. Is the presence of divine light, light that

allows gravitate concrete forms, its contours, its plains, leaving them in the park in order

to make apparent the dimension of sky. In other words: the interiorization of the sky and

the light into the center of gravity of the ground. Above is sky. The folds of concrete

were shown as a human gesture with which the architecture welcomes a gathering

place, a place of refuge, a meeting place within the park.

It is accessed by a ramp 16 meters long with a 12% slope to reach the memorial oratory.

In the geometric center were planted a magnolia, this tree is the only of nature that has

9 leaves into each one of its flowers. From a constructive point of view the oratory is

resolved with concrete incorporating titanium dioxide and a system of phenolic molds.

The floor is paving stones the manner to a carpet horizontal and inclined in a green

slope of grass.

As protection guardrail system used a tempered glass embedded in concrete

elements. A band of concrete on the paved surface to create a bench that faced with

the presence of the Virgin welcomes 9 candles and 27 smaller candles which are

inserted into the folds of concrete.

Awards Received:

- 6th Biennial of Architecture “Barbara Cappochin” 2013, Padova, Italy. Finalist. 40 Best

International Projects.

- Faith & Form / IFRAA Awards 2012 - Sacred Landscape, Winner.

- WAF11 World Architecture Festival 2011 - Civic and Community, Shortlisted.

- AI Architecture Israel Project of the Year 2011, Finalist.

- World Architecture Community Awards, 10º Cycle, 2011, Shortlisted.

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Publications:


- Premio Biennale Internazionale di Archittetura Barbara Cappochin book.

- AI Architecture Israel Magazine N°87, Israel.

- C3 Magazine N° 323, Korea.

- AOA Magazine N° 17, Chile.

- Exkema Magazine N° 10, Colombia.

- Enlace Magazine, Mexico.

- IA&B, Indian Architect and Builder Magazine, India.

- Anuario AOA 2010 - 2011, Chile.

- Arquine Magazine N° 61, Mexico.

- Faith & Form Annual Award Issue, USA.

- Arkinka Magazine N° 206, Peru.

- Area Magazine N°128, Italy.

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3.10 _ Terraza Offices




A radical architectural element was chosen: the building refuses to the west (sun) with

a large blind wall with ventilated façade that forms a gap of 6 stories high for

circulation, turning into a great hall that naturally ventilates and lights up the whole

building. This emphatic stance resulted in an energy efficient building that is LEED Silver

Certified.

All facades have been worked in dark gray porcelanato (unique material) format 120 x

60 cm installed as a ventilated façade. The dark color helps absorption and the

ventilated system helps to cool the walls in summer and to warm them in winter.

The cover has been worked as a great green terrace, to be in communion with the

imposing mountains that encase the Ciudad Empresarial: a magnificent natural

environment.

Honors:

- Selected Project XV Bienal de Arquitectura Buenos Aires 2015, Argentina.

- LEED Silver Certified.

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