Research output per year
Research output per year
I am a Chilean architect specialising in industrial settlements, with a particular focus on buildings and built spaces for large-scale mining operations. Given the evolving nature of industrial operations and extractive logistics, numerous settlements are currently experiencing abandonment and deterioration, consequently compromising their historical significance and social sustainability.
My research and design work focuses on the Chuquicamata mining camp in Chile, critically examining the company town typology and the intricate process of housing camp closure. This research delves deeper into urban development, exploring the nuanced social and community conditions that emerge during periods of transformative change.
My experience of growing up in Chuquicamata and subsequently working at the copper mining company provides me with an empirical and authoritative perspective on community life and the profound operational influences shaping these environments.
My core belief is that adaptive reuse and strategic adaptation generate critical preservation and sustainability initiatives. These approaches not only validate historical narratives but also create transformative development opportunities for buildings, urban spaces, and communities. Through my research in master's and doctoral studies, I have developed a holistic understanding that adaptive reuse projects must be approached from an urban perspective, ensuring continuity through community practices and public spaces—a methodology that connects architectural intervention from the urban scale to the most intricate material details.
I am currently focused on the changes in settlement and territory associated with extractive logistics and operational transformations, arguing that the process of urban discard manifested in these settlements represents a continuous analytical lens that allows us to better comprehend urban dynamics.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Master of Architecture, MA Architecture and Adaptive Reuse, The Manchester School of Architecture
18 Sept 2022 → 1 Sept 2023
Award Date: 11 Oct 2023
Master of Architecture, MA Architecture and Urbanism, The Manchester School of Architecture
18 Sept 2021 → 7 Sept 2022
Award Date: 7 Sept 2022
Master of Architecture, De campamento a ciudad minera. Estrategia de inserción urbana mediante espacio público. , Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Catholic University of Chile)
1 Mar 2004 → 12 Sept 2006
Award Date: 12 Sept 2006
Bachelor of Architecture, Proyecto Enlace _ traslado de una Comunidad proceso urbano de impacto integración y desarrollo hacia una nueva ciudad refundada desde el centro, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
1 Mar 1998 → 12 Dec 2003
Award Date: 12 Dec 2003
Chief Engineer, Logistics Services , CODELCO Chile, Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile
1 Dec 2010 → 18 Oct 2020
Architect, Team Leader, Public program "Quiero mi Barrio", Ilustre Municipalidad de Calama
1 Dec 2007 → 30 May 2010
Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis