| Chile Architecture Biennial | |
| Native Name: | Bienal de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de Chile |
| Status: | Active |
| Genre: | Architecture exhibition |
| Frequency: | Biennially |
| Location: | Santiago |
| Country: | Chile |
| First: | 1977 |
| Participants: | National, international, invited architects |
| Organised: | Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile |
The Chilean Architecture and Urbanism Biennial is a significant event that has been organized by the Chilean Association of Architects since 1977.[1] It aims to create a space for meeting, reflection, and exchange of ideas about architectural work, serving as a showcase for the best architectural and urban projects of the last two years.[2]
Since its inaugural edition, the biennial has been held in various cultural spaces in Santiago. In 2015, the event took place in Valparaíso, making it the first edition outside the Chilean capital.[3]
Since 2015, the selection of curators for the event has been conducted through an open call launched by the Chilean Association of Architects.[4] Seven years later, the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Heritage joined the selection process of pavilion proposals.[5]
The 2022 edition, entitled Vulnerable Habitats (Hábitats vulnerables), was postponed until January 2023 and featured several installations around La Moneda Palace in Santiago. These installations included designs by Smiljan Radić and Nicolás Schmidt, the reconstruction of a pavilion originally designed by Montserrat Palmer in 1972, and temporary structures designed by Jean Araya and Miguel Casassus, as well as Low Estudio.[6]
| 1977 | National Heritage | Patrimonio nacional | Cristián Fernández Cox | |
| 1979 | Citymaking | Hacer ciudad | Eduardo Cuevas | |
| 1981 | Housing | Vivienda | Marcelo Etcheverry | |
| 1983 | Heritage and Present: The Critical Recovery of the Past | Patrimonio y Presente: La recuperación crítica del pasado | Pedro Murtinho | |
| 1985 | Architecture and Quality of Life: Challenges of Social Housing | Arquitectura y calidad de vida: desafíos de la vivienda social | Ángel Hernández | |
| 1987 | Architecture and the Future: Investigating the Future to Build the Present | Arquitectura y futuro: Indagar el futuro para construir el presente | Fernando Castillo Velasco | |
| 1989 | Architecture and Criticism | Arquitectura y Crítica | Eduardo San Martín | |
| 1991 | Latin American Architecture: A Unique Path | Arquitectura Latinoamericana: Un camino propio | Jorge Iglesis | |
| 1993 | City and Environment, The Challenge | Ciudad y Medio Ambiente: El desafío | Juan Cárdenas | |
| 1995 | Towards the Year 2000, What City Do We Want? | Hacia el año 2000, ¿Qué ciudad queremos? | Víctor Gubbins | |
| 1997 | Public Space: Relevance and Destiny | El Espacio Público: Vigencia y destino | Pilar Urrejola | |
| 2000 | Public Architecture: Reinventing the Future | Arquitectura de uso público: Re-inventar el futuro | Humberto Eliash | |
| 2002 | Globalization, Communication, and Architecture | Globalización, Comunicación y Arquitectura | Alberto Sartori | |
| 2004 | Urban Reform: Let's Make It Happen | Reforma Urbana: Hagámosla realidad | Patricio Schmidt | |
| 2006 | Humanity, Quality, and Integration[7] | Humanidad Calidad e Integración | Cristián Undurraga | |
| 2008 | Towards an Architecture that Cares for Our Earth | Hacia una Arquitectura que cuide nuestra Tierra | Juan Ignacio Baixas | |
| 2010 | 8.8 Reconstruction | 8.8 Re-construcción | Guillermo Hevia | |
| 2012 | Cities for Citizens | Ciudades para ciudadanos | Sebastián Gray | |
| 2015 | Architecture and Education: The Country We Want[8] | Arquitectura y Educación: El país que queremos | Fernando Marín | |
| 2017 | Urgent Dialogues[9] | Diálogos Impostergables | Felipe Vera | |
| 2019 | Open Architecture Fair: The Common and the Ordinary | Feria Libre de Arquitectura. Lo común y lo corriente | Beatriz Coeffé, Joaquín González, Vesna Obilinovic, Juan Pablo Urrutia, Tomás Villalón | |
| 2022 | Vulnerable Habitats[10] | Hábitats vulnerables | Loreto Lyon, Cristóbal Molina |