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Research Centre / Laboratories / Educational Facilities / Technical Pier
International Competition
The place is a trace of memory.
Located in Punta Arenas, on the coastal edge of the Strait of Magellan, the project proposes an architecture shaped by memory, wind and landscape. It responds to the poetics of the Magellanic territory: its eroded atmosphere, muted tones, maritime condition and the ship as a historical instrument of movement, encounter and appropriation.
The proposal is conceived as the construction of memory within a territory marked by amnesia. It reflects on the first inhabitants of the region and their relationship with extreme weather, nomadic movement and temporary shelter. Inspired by the Selk’nam people, the project reinterprets the idea of an itinerant dwelling — a fragile structure of branches and skins — as a contemporary architecture for research, education and encounter.
Rather than imposing a fixed object on the landscape, the project becomes a threshold between land, sea and memory: an inhabitable trace facing the Strait of Magellan.
International Competition
Organised by Ministerio de Obras Públicas, Government of Chile
Endorsed by Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile
Location: Punta Arenas, Chile
Year: 2017
Program: Research centre, laboratories, educational facilities and technical pier
Design: Karla Montauti and Leandro Crook, Associate Architects at Asnnoise (Argentina), with Cristian Araya (Chile)
Hand drawings: Karla Montauti
Sustainability advisor: Jorge Czajkowski
Team assistance: Daniela Morales, Annalisa Giacomini, Matías Guerra, Irene Bowles, Luciano D’Andrea, Juan Bereilh and I-Lan Huang
Video: Zapata Films