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Urban Excursions
​Chile is a strongly centralized country, with most of its population living in the capital, Santiago, and some nearby cities such as Valparaíso and Viña del Mar. The continental territory extends for more than 5,000 km facing the Pacific Ocean and has about 380 km in its widest portion between the Andes Mountain range and the sea. This determines the day-long tours that are possible, taking the Conference venue as the starting point. All visits will be guided by members of the Organization, University professors, and PhDs, with special emphasis on urban issues, in collaboration with host institutions, public and private owners.
Tour 1: Modern Santiago
In Santiago, there are many buildings and complexes among the most important milestones of modern architecture in Chile and South America.
Among them, the Benedictine Monastery of Las Condes, the
CELAC headquarters, some residential buildings in Providencia and the city center, and the Portales Neighborhood Unit.
Tour 2: Housing in Santiago
The product of public policies since the 1930s, the housing
complexes for employees make up a rich panorama of
experiments and achievements of significant impact in the city. The tour includes the first projects, built in lots of approximately 100 x 100m (San Eugenio, Huemul 2, Arauco), and operations of greater scope, including the Juan Antonio Ríos, Matta-Viel and Remodelación República estates, and the Portales and Providencia Neighborhood Units.
Tour 3: Viña, Valparaiso and Ritoque´s Open City
Located 250 km from Santiago, on the Pacific coast, the
conurbation of Valparaíso and Viña del Mar brings together an appreciable number of high-value buildings and complexes. In the heritage conservation area of Valparaíso, there are at least five important examples including the Naval School, Quebrada Márquez estate and the modern buildings around Plaza Sotomayor, along with other cases located along the limits with Viña del Mar. There, the most interesting cases are related to the coastline and programs for housing, tourism and scientific research, such as the Montemar Marine Station. The visit to the
Open City of the IAV is a highlight of the tour, due to its
experimental nature and the active conservation of many of the buildings conceived in its 50-year history.
Tour 2: Recent Architecture in Santiago
Considered as a logical continuation of the heritage of the 20th century, contemporary architecture in Chile has had significant international repercussions, and includes a considerable number of buildings for public use.
Discover Chile
​Perhaps the members of the ISUF community want to take advantage of the long trip to South America and extend their stay to visit other places. With this in mind, we will plan a series of tours with our regional partners in Latin America. As organizers of the conference, we will
be in charge of connecting attendees with a reliable and experienced travel agency to purchase the tours.
From Santiago de Chile, it is possible to take tours to world-class national destinations, with architectural, archaeological, and gastronomic attractions, and unique parks and nature reserves in the world, some of which are World Biosphere Reserves or UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Sites:
North of Chile: Saltpeter offices and Atacama Desert
The Atacama region offers a rich architectural heritage from Inca, Hispanic, and recent times. The “company towns” built by the nitrate exploiting companies add to the landscape and nature of the desert, which is unique in the world.
Central Chile: Wine routes
At a short distance from Santiago are the wineries of the most prestigious wine producers in Chile. Newer routes such as the Limarí valley to the north, Casablanca and San Antonio towards the coast, and those of Maipo, Curicó and Maule to the south can be added to the traditional route of the Rapel valley.
Rapanui, Easter Island
Rapa Nui is an exotic and mysterious destination, inhabited by the enigmatic Moai, located in a unique landscape, halfway between the Polynesian and Western cultures. It is the most distant spot from any other place on Earth.
Chilean Patagonia: Torres del Paine and Tierra del Fuego
To get there from Punta Arenas, one must go across part of the Chilean Patagonia, driving by fjords, glaciers and snowy peaks. Torres del
Paine National Park with its rock formations, lakes and native vegetation is a worldclass destination, and offers the opportunity to stay in outstanding accommodation designed by contemporary Chilean architects.
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