Articles by Karen Valenzuela

Straddling freshwater wetlands and a tidal estuary just six feet above sea level, this house’s site demands extraordinary sensitivity to environmental concerns. Local zoning restricts the structure’s maximum coverage and proximity to wetlands areas, while Fema requirements set the first-floor structure above the base flood elevation. The house’s basic massing is therefore predetermined, limited to a one-story, 1,900 square foot design, raised eight feet above the ground. The spaces within this envelope are arranged, articulated, and fenestrated based on an innovative structural system that infuses the house’s inner areas with light and circulating air.

The Albi Grand Theatre is going to transform the texture of the city as well as its cultural influence. This building appears as an outstanding architectural symbol, on the outskirts of the historic centre. We have given priority to the presence of the Grand Theatre instead of the cinemas, in order to organize around it a network of public spaces and of cultural facilities. The Grand Theatre will be its centre.

The Albi Grand Theatre is going to transform the texture of the city as well as its cultural influence. This building appears as an outstanding architectural symbol, on the outskirts of the historic centre. We have given priority to the presence of the Grand Theatre instead of the cinemas, in order to organize around it a network of public spaces and of cultural facilities. The Grand Theatre will be its centre.

The project is located on the suburbs of Santiago, on the Chicureo valley, inside a development that groups 5.000 sqm flat sites, with native shrubbery and hawthorns. The clients, a young family with 4 daughters, were looking for a big site on the suburbs that wasn’t affordable on the city. They’re planning to settle and generate a new life there, with all the possibilities that a 5.000 sqm site can offer in different stages of life.

The project is located on the edge of Khao Yai mountain range, one of the most important and extensive national reserve forested regions of Thailand. The existing site is an abandoned agricultural land but has a great potential of viewing the beautiful panoramic view over the area.  On the front, the land faces a small local road, and, on the back, there is a small mountain right next to the boundary line.

The project is located on the edge of Khao Yai mountain range, one of the most important and extensive national reserve forested regions of Thailand. The existing site is an abandoned agricultural land but has a great potential of viewing the beautiful panoramic view over the area.  On the front, the land faces a small local road, and, on the back, there is a small mountain right next to the boundary line.