THE PLAN AND OTTAGONO FEATURE OCHOALCUBO HOUSE

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BIRDWATCHERS HOTEL AND WETLAND CENTRE_EL YALI CHILE

THE HOTEL USES TENSILE FABRIC AND WICKER

The Hotel will be located in el Yali Wetland, one of the most important wetlands in the region. It will have 12 rooms and will follow eco-friendly practices; the first : the location, it great asset; one of the most important wetlands in Chile. Secondly we will apply to Leeds certificate and will follow "green hotel" philosophy .This includes eco friendly practices in building, operating and managing the hotel such as solid and liquid waste treatment, water and energy-use reduction and rain water management, use of renewable energy, use of recycled content in building materials, use of local and regional materials, using paint, sealants, carpets and adhesives with low VOC (volatile organic compound).
Since the area is windy , we will include eolic energy .
In order to generate low impact during construction: 1: the building will be grounded on pillars. 2. Construction will be based on prefab construction ( modular units of steel structure, timber from renewable forest, and tensile isolated roofs made with fabric and natural wicker).The hotel is only part of a bigger project. Other buildings, such as bird watching platforms and Wetland Centre will follow same ideology to honor the specificity of el Yali Wetland.

HOTEL SCHEME (ISOLATED BEDROOMS WITH SEPARATE ACCES ON TOP AND A PUBLIC BASEMENT)

THE WETLAND CENTRE IS CONSTRUCTED USING OLD AIRPLANE TECHNIQUES (LIGHT TIMBER STRUCTURE AND PAINTED COTTON)

• CREDITS
• HOTEL FOR BIRDWATCHERS _Architect: Sebastian Irarrazaval
• WHARF_Architect: Sebastian Irarrazaval,
• Collaborator: Angela Delorenzo

EL YALI WETLAND is the most important wetland of the central coast and central-north of Chile.It has more than ten bodies of water, among them Cabildo, Matanzas, Colejuda, El Rey,Seca, Los Molles and Los Boldos lagoons, and El Yali stream. It is a unique wetland,one of five in the world located in Mediterranean region. For this reason it has beenconsidered a Wetland of International Importance, meaning that it belongs to one ofthe 9 RAMSAR´s sites in Chile.
Within El Yali wetland is found the El Yali National Reserve, with a surface of 520 ha. Ofland protected by CONAF.Owing to its particularities, great variety of habitat, and high bird biodiversity, El Yali hassparked great scientific interest and has become a place worthy of being visited.
El Yali is the place with the highest gathering of bird fauna in the central region of Chile.Around 116 species of birds inhabit this beautiful Reserve.Among them, outstanding are the coscoroba swan, black-necked swan, chilean flamingo,Franklin´s gull, brown-hooded gull, white-cheeked pintail, cinnamon teal, lake duck, rosy-billedpochard, red shoveler, cocoi heron, silvery greb, white tufted greb, burrowing owl, phalaropes and manyothers

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Living Steel - Y Lego: Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects, Chile

Livignsteel web site features the Shortlisted Submission from Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects to Recife Site in Brazil. Please click the link bellow to go to the site and see it in detail. Plans, drawings and schemes are shown.

Living Steel - Y Lego: Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects, Chile

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WALLPAPER FEATURES Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects AS ONE OF THE 101 WORLD`S MOST EXCITING NEW ARCHITECTS

Wallpaper 101 issue

"Inspiration
Irarrazaval's travel and university work provides an important source of inspiration, as does the places he works in, such as a hotel project in Patagonia. Classic names appear in his list of architectural heroes; he admires Mies van der Rohe for his free plans, Frank Lloyd Wright for his capacity to create places, Paul Rudolph for his cubic volumes' plasticity and Carlos Raul Villanueva for his ability to creatively use light and shadow.

Innovation
Irarrazaval believes strongly in working creatively with what already exists rather than struggling to invent something new. He also tries to combine theory and practice and enjoys organising his projects around the idea of circulation, as he feels that movement is central to the experience of space. The density of architectural elements - ramps, columns, staircases and skylights - is also vital, for example, in his Pedro Lira House project. He treats every commission as a challenge and opportunity for architectural exploration". (quoted from wallpaper 101 issue)

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A New Campus for Bezalel in the Center of Jerusalem | International Architecture Competition | Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects Submission

NEW BEZALEL ACADEMY OF ART
DESIGN AND CONCEPT STATEMENT

Design Team: Sebastian Irarrazaval and Francisca Rivera


In order to highlight the new open character of Bezalel Academy of Art and it aims at integrating the faculties with the inhabitants of Jerusalem, we believes that the building should incorporate public space within and around it. With these goals in mind, we organized the project around two main ideas: First; The building as a "podium" that negotiate the natural slope and creates a public square on top of the building and Second; An inner "street" that connects both the lower and upper parts of the site, integrating public circulation of the city and activating the core of the building.

THE PODIUM- particular condition of the site
Public space on top of the podium accentuates the particular condition of the site as the top of a mount, creating a big horizontal plane that takes advantage of the views of iconic places like the Mount Olive and Mount Scopus. Also, this public realm is thought to be a congregative space and at the same time: a vacant spaces for open exhibitions .

THE STREET-inner organization
The body of the building is organized alongside the inner street that gets access to different levels. Each faculty is organized around patios that incorporate natural light and ventilation . Common spaces to all faculties, such as the classrooms, are located on front of the building . Office spaces are located on top of it.
Larger spaces like the auditorium are placed next to the lower entrance and alongside the bigger patio.
MATERIALITY-contrast between interior and exterior
Regarding materiality, the main idea is to accentuate the contrast between interior and exterior. Consequently , we contrast the exterior skin and interior skin. Exterior surface is made out of Jerusalem stone, as it is posed in the competition documents and the inner skin is made out of different polish surfaces , alternating transparent, semi-transparent and opaque materials.

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AU-ARQUITETURA E URBANISMO BRASIL FEATURES INDIGO PATAGONIA HOTEL

EDITORIAL

A VIDA SE RENOVA by Simone Capozzi

Sopra com os ventos gelados da Patagônia chilena mais uma bela obra arquitetônica. No número 156 de AU, publicamos uma reportagem, acompanhada de uma análise do crítico Edson Mahfuz, sobre as Torres Siamesas, edifício projetado pelo jovem arquiteto chileno Alejandro Aravena. Agora, temos o privilégio de mostrar o Hotel Indigo, projeto de outro talentoso jovem profissional do Chile, Sebastián Irarrázaval. Seria necessária uma pesquisa mais aprofundada para entender o Chile e sua nova geração de arquitetos. Em uma rápida reflexão, entretanto, é possível levantar algumas pistas. A partir da redemocratização do país no final da década de 80, o Chile experimentou um rápido crescimento econômico que, acompanhado de algumas reformas, fez explodir o mercado imobiliário, assim como a demanda por novos e bem equipados espaços corporativos, shopping centers, edifícios residenciais, prédios de escritórios etc. Cresceu, portanto, a demanda por projetos de arquitetura. Há, como aqui no Brasil, uma produção variada, com claros desníveis de qualidade. Além disso, o patamar tecnológico da construção civil chilena não é dos mais desenvolvidos. A indústria de materiais de construção é incipiente, faltam normas técnicas adequadas e há problemas com a mão-deobra.
Em contrapartida, a população possui um bom nível cultural. A taxa de analfabetismo, por exemplo, está na faixa de 4% - no Brasil, tal índice supera os 13%. Reside aí importante diferencial no valor atribuído à cultura, à arte e à arquitetura. Entre uma arquitetura praticada com liberdade de expressão, como a vista no edifício de Aravena em AU 156, e uma abordagem mais realista (embora não menos criativa), que se adapta às limitações tecnológicas, como o hotel na Patagônia, a boa arquitetura chilena floresce e ganha respeito dentro e fora do país andino. Talvez seja isso o que tenha levado a revista japonesa A+U a se indagar se não seria dos confins do mundo que se pode encontrar a fonte de uma nova arquitetura.

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SEBASTIAN IRARRAZAVAL FEATURED IN MONITOR MAGAZINE RUSSIA

ПОДПИСКА

FEATURED: INTERVIEW > ALEKSANDER KONSTANTINOV + ALVARO.SIZA SEBASTIAN.IRARRAZAVAL TATIANA.BILBAO MOUNT.FUJI +ARCH BERKOVITZ.O'DONAHUE INTENTIONALLIES STEVEN.HOLL
MONITOR UNLIMITED MAGAZINE

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SELECTED PROJECTS FROM IRARRAZAVAL DESIGN STUDIO CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY CHILE

Student: GUILLERMO HEVIA : "Y" PLAN
Student: SEBASTIAN BROWNE : "K" PLAN
Student: NICOLAS URZUA: "T" PLAN

Design studio led by Sebastian Irarrazaval at the School of Architecture is approached as an extension of the professional practice. In this regard professional endeavor and discoveries are translated to the academy . In order to enrich both realms we try to erase boundaries between one and the other. Same risks and same strategies are taken in both . As an example of this effortt,recent projects have been exploring the use of matrixes. Consequently similarities can be seen between San Damian House , The Shortlisted project for Living Steel competition and student work shown above.
The following 5 postes shown bellow and entitled "ESTRUCTURA MATERIAL..." contain student projects that were highly commended by the final jury that took place last week at the Catholic University.

Studio Design Team (PUC CHILE) : Sebastian Irarrazaval, Eduardo Castillo, Carolina Portugueiz, Sebastian Contreras, Augusto Angelini, Francisca Rivera

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: FIN DE SEMESTRE_Trabajo Destacado

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: FIN DE SEMESTRE_Trabajo Destacado

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: FIN DE SEMESTRE_Trabajo Destacado

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: FIN DE SEMESTRE_Trabajo Destacado

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: TRABAJOS DESTACADOS MAYO

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: TRABAJOS DESTACADOS MAYO

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: FIN DE SEMESTRE_Trabajo Destacado

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: FIN DE SEMESTRE_Trabajo Destacado

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: FIN DE SEMESTRE_Trabajo Destacado

ESTRUCTURA-MATERIAL /TALLER 4 ESCUELA DE ARQUITECTURA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE: FIN DE SEMESTRE_Trabajo Destacado

Shortlist of STEEL Designs announced to help combat global housing demands

Shortlisted firms were announced in June from São Paulo, Brazil in Living Steel’s 2nd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing. One of the largest architectural design initiatives in the world, the competition was designed by Living Steel to inspire architects to develop innovative and responsible housing designs and bring those creations to life through constructions around the world. The competition, launched on World Architecture Day and judged by an International Union of Architects-approved jury, generated tremendous interest among the world’s leading architects with more than 1,100 entrants from 88 countries having submitted Expressions of Interest this year.
The shortlisted firms were charged with the development of innovative approaches to sustainable building design that use steel solutions to address the economic, environmental and social aspirations of a growing world population. Scott Chubbs, Living Steel’s program director said, “There is an undisputed housing shortage for a population that is growing at the rate of a small city each day. The Living Steel International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing presents a challenge to the world’s architects to design effective and efficient housing for Brazil, China and the UK, using what we believe is the most effective material for meeting this critical need.”
With a total prize fund of €300,000, the winning submission for each location will receive a €50,000 prize and a contract to complete their design for the construction of a demonstration building in the target locations. The remaining shortlisted finalists will each receive a €10,000 honorarium.

Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects of Chile presented YLEGO which is designed around three key ideas, proposing a modular unit that maximizes cross-ventilation through a design that avoids corridors and always gives double orientation to every space. Geometric “Y” Lego units can be adjusted to suit different site conditions in a range of different configurations. The structural approach highlights steel’s qualities of lightness and high performance under tension. (quoted from www.canadianarchitect.com/)

Bellow it is shown the shorlisted entry from Sebastian Irarrazaval Architects .
Credits:

Architect: Sebastian Irarrazaval,
Collaborators Architects : Cristian Irarrazaval and Ximena García-Huidobro

Energy Consultant Architect: Javier del Río

Video Animation: Angela Dellorenzo

Rendering: Sebastian Contreras

Other shortlisted entries can be seen in http://www.livingsteel.org/
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