Its a common thing that, due to social and technological changes and also because of  programmatic inconsistencies for the present times,  different types of projects becomes abandoned and deteriorated.

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Architects: PLAN Arquitectos

Location: Gramado 100, Puerto Varas, X Región, Chile

Authors: Rodrigo Cáceres Moena, Alejandro Vargas Peyreblanque, Álvaro Gonzalez Bastías, Carolina Vargas Miranda, Álvaro Barrios Feliú

Area: 1250.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Pablo Blanco

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From the architect. Its a common thing that, due to social and technological changes and also because of  programmatic inconsistencies for the present times,  different types of projects becomes abandoned and deteriorated.Hence, and some time ago, the Amsterdam Declaration, with respect to integrated conservation, stated the importance of certain buildings, which had to be preserved by mutating their use, but rescuing the patrimonial asset to the present life.
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As it is clear the heritage building is not adapted to be an Art Center, it must be conditioned for this, combining the new program and current technologies with the heritage legacy.

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THE PROJECTThe condition of a new program, Art Center, that was to be implemented ...