Meet the Chilean architect who has won the highest award of the social housing

Meet the Chilean architect who has won the highest award of the social housing - Commitment industry set a Chilean architect apart from others in its field to become the winner of the Pritzker Prize of architecture in 2016, the industry of the highest honor. "Human life is so much richer than money, Alejandro Aravena, 48, said The New York Times shortly after learning of the award.

Alejandro Aravena, above, which is based in Santiago, Chile became the 41st winner of the first Chile and the fourth in Latin America, after Luis Barragan (1980), Oscar Niemeyer (1988) and Paulo Mendes da Rocha (06).

His work covers a broad spectrum of scale and purpose, individual houses to large institutional buildings. "It includes materials and construction, but also the importance of poetry and the power of architecture to communicate on many levels," wrote the nine-member jury, which included Pritzker winners Glenn Murcutt and Richard Rogers, and the Supreme Court of the United States Stephen Breyer, in its citation.

Photo by Cristobal Palma

the jury continued: Alejandro Aravena embodies the rebirth of a more socially engaged architect, particularly in its long-term commitment to the fight against the global housing crisis and struggle for a better urban environment for all. He has a deep understanding of architecture and civil society, as evidenced by his writing, his activism and his designs. "

Here we see an example of the innovative 'approach of incremental housing developed Aravena. The process enables it to design "half a good home" on more expensive land near economic opportunities, and to leave space for residents to complete their home themselves, giving residents a sense fulfillment and personal investment, "the foundation said.

The top is the initial development Aravena funded with public money. is less than that residents themselves added. "What we've tried to do is to communicate that architecture instead of an additional fee, is an added value," said Aravena The New York Times . "We want to apply our talent - our knowledge - challenges that affect the majority of the population."

Shown: Villa Verde Accommodation (2013); Constitucion, Chile

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Praise for the architect flooded social media shortly after the announcement. Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic The New York Times , wrote on Twitter that he was very pleased that the announcement and Aravena is a human and elegant architect.

Aravena said Architectural Record after getting the news: "For a few minutes I misunderstood what I was called for. Then when I went, the emotion was so overwhelming that I could not speak. I was so touched. "

Here, the challenge Aravena was to accommodate 100 families living in a slum in 30 years with a grant of around £ 5.300 ($ 7.500). It provided families with the "half house" that would have been difficult for families to build, and the space left for them to complete the house as they see fit. "After a year, property values ​​have tripled, yet all families preferred to stay and continue to improve their homes, said Aravena.

Shown: Quinta Monroy Housing (04); Iquique, Chile

Photos by Cristobal Palma

Here "before" and "after" inner planes of a unit in the project in the previous picture. The summit is the "half of a good house" built with public money. Below is what a resident built on.

Shown: Quinta Monroy Housing (04); Iquique, Chile

Photos by Ludovic Dusuzean

another example of "half a good home" Aravena design approach. Again, the above is the initial development Aravena funded with public money. These include that residents were added

Shown :. Villa Verde Accommodation (2013); Constitucion, Chile

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looking for a cheaper answer to affordable housing in Mexico, said Aravena starts at around £ 20,000, he used the incremental approach to housing design these houses furnished duplex. These have an initial cost of around £ 14,000, but can reach the average income standard of 72 square meters [about 775 sq ft] after self-built expansions, he said

Shown :. Monterrey housing (2010); Monterrey, Mexico

Photo by Ramiro Ramirez

[denombreux«bâtimentséconomesenénergie[that] respond to the local climate with innovative efficient facades and floor plans and offer users of natural light and friendly meeting places "

architect created the foundation in a statement.

While Aravena said glass is a material suitable for the climate of Santiago, because it creates a greenhouse effect, he decided to use it for an outer shell of the two towers, encapsulating another building inside which is more energy efficient and allows air to flow between the two structures.

Shown: Siamese Towers (05), San Joaquin Campus, Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

Photo by Cristobal Palma

Shown: Siamese Towers (05), San Joaquin Campus, Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

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Aravena graduated as an architect from the Universidad Catolica de Chile in 1992, and established his own practice two years later. In 01 he began directing elementary, a "Do Tank ', which' focuses on public interest projects and social impact, including housing, public space, infrastructure and transportation," according to the foundation.

Here, a series of coastal views are sitting along the areas of the mouth of the Maule River to Port Maguellines in Constitucion Chile, part of sustainable post-tsunami reconstruction plan.

Shown: Constitucion Seaside Promenade (2014); Constitucion, Chile

Photo by Felipe Diaz

Shown: Constitucion Seaside Promenade (2014); Constitucion, Chile

Photo by Felipe Diaz

Tom Pritzker, chairman and president of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award, said the work Aravena 'provides economic opportunities to the less privileged, mitigates the effects of natural disasters, reduces power consumption and provides the welcoming public space. Innovative and inspiring, it shows how the architecture at its best can improve people's lives. "

Here Aravena has created a stopover on a remote hill that is part of a Mexican pilgrimage route. Curve, similar in structure to the hollowed stone offers shade and cross ventilation

Shown :. Las Cruces Pilgrim Point Lookout (2010); Jalisco, Mexico

Photo by Iwan Baan

Aravena has served on the jury of the Pritzker Prize 09-2015, was a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of design in 00 and 05 and is currently the director of the Venice architecture Biennale 2016, which will open its doors in May this year.

Alejandro Aravena leading a new generation of architects that has a comprehensive understanding of the built environment and has clearly demonstrated the ability to connect social responsibility, economic requirements, design of human habitation and the city, "the jury wrote. "Few people have reached the requirements of the practice of architecture as an artistic effort, as well as address social and economic challenges of today. Aravena, his native Chile, won both, and in doing so has really expanded the role of the architect

Shown :. Medical School (04), Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

Photo by Roland Halbe

Shown: innovation Center UC - Anacleto Angelini (2014), San Joaquin Campus, Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

Photo by Nina Vidic

Shown: Cabin Writer (2015), the Jan Michalski Foundation; Montricher, Switzerland

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Shown: Bicentennial Park children (2012); Santiago, Chile

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Shown: children Bicentennial Park (2012); Santiago, Chile

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Shown: dormitories University of St. Edward (08); Austin, Texas

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Shown: dormitories University of St. Edward (08); Austin, Texas

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Shown: Mathematical School (1999), Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

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Shown: Mathematical School (1999), Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

Photo by Tadeuz Jalocha

Shown: Atrium innovation Center UC - Anacleto Angelini (2014), San Joaquin Campus, Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

Photo by James Florio

Shown: Medical School (04), Universidad Catolica de Chile; Santiago, Chile

Photo by Roland Halbe

Shown: Promenade Metropolitan (1997 ongoing); Santiago, Chile

Picture by Guy Wenborne

Shown: Promenade Metropolitan (1997 ongoing); Santiago, Chile

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Aravena and partners Elemental - Gonzalo Arteaga, Juan Cerda, Victor Oddo and Diego Torres - were enlisted to work on the reconstruction of the city of Constitucion, Chile, following a earthquake and tsunami of 2010.

Shown: Post-tsunami sustainable reconstruction plan Constitucion (2010 ongoing); Constitucion, Chile

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as for what is to come for elementary and Aravena, architect wrote in an email to the foundation that he and his colleagues hope to use momentum to explore new territories, to face new challenges, and walk in new areas of action. "

He adds: "After such a peak, the path is not written. So our plan is to not have a plan, facing the uncertain, open to the unexpected "

Shown :. Elemental, from left to right: Alejandro Aravena, Claudio Tapia, Gonzalo Arteaga and Paula Livingstone; Santiago, Chile

See previous winners of the Pritzker Prize: Frei Otto | Shigeru Ban | Toyo Ito | Wang Shu

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