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Mi casa es su casa

Chilean firm Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados designs a red house on stilts on the island of Chiloé >
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Oliber helps people with partial or total atrophy of the hands

Chilean design graduate Bárbara López designed a low-cost tool to give new hands to those in need. >
When a natural disaster occurred in Chile, Alejandro Aravena and his team set out to rebuild the city

The architect tackles the reconstruction of a city through public participation. >
Graduates in Chile transform abandoned urban lots into community spaces

Sitio Eriazo, a collective of theatre, architecture and art graduates are on a mission to restore beauty to these spaces. >
Award-winning Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena on rebuilding a city after a natural disaster

Aravena’s work sits at the intersection of public interest and social impact, addressing issues of housing, public space, infrastructure, and transportation. >
Andile Dyalvane, gt2P on creating The Wishing Wall

The Chilean design group and the South African ceramicist on their unlikely partnership. >
Andile Dyalvane, gt2p in never-before-seen installation at Design Indaba 2017

An unexpected link emerges between the Chilean design group and the South African ceramicist. >
Wacom Creatives: Alberto Montt on storytelling through illustrations

“As human beings we have an enormous capacity of assigning stories; we feel stuffed with our stories, and I love that.” >
Make Care products give teens with butterfly skin back their independence

The project won Best of the Best at the Chile Design, 2017 Design Biennial. >
Great Things to People (gt2P)

Architect

Chilean architecture, art and design studio Great Things to People (gt2P) experiment with digital crafting to systematise local knowledge and cultural heritage. >
What if we can recreate and control lava?

gt2P, a Chilean studio investigates the material properties of volcanic lava. >
Yerka: The Fort Knox of bicycles

Three Chilean engineering students dropped out of college to develop an unstealable bicycle with an integrated locking system. >
An innovative new knit for outdoor wear brand Patagonia

The environmentally-conscious brand has developed a new fabric that promotes sustainability in Patagonia’s grasslands. >
Bureo turn old fishing nets into skateboards

The team behind Bureo skateboards is working with fishing communities to upcycle discarded nets. >
Alejandro Aravena’s UC Innovation Centre wins 2015 Design of the Year Award for Architecture

London’s Design Museum selects the Chilean’s university building over 15 other acclaimed nominees. >
The good half house

Elemental in Chile is doing more than half-heartedly answering the question of social housing. Alejandro Aravena talks to Nadine Botha. >
Alejandro Aravena

Architect

Alejandro Aravena is the principal of Alejandro Aravena Architects and the executive director of Elemental, a do-tank focusing on projects of social impact. >
The essential Alejandro Aravena at DI2010

You’ll be forgiven for associating Alejandro Aravena’s architectural designs with the primitive. >

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