Nicolás Valencia speaks with Chilean architect Sebastián Irarrázaval following the release of Escritos y arquitectura, the first monograph on his career, curated by Fernanda de Maio, published by Lettera Ventidue Edizioni in a bilingual Spanish and Italian edition, and funded by the 2023 National Fund for the Arts and Culture.
Who is Sebastián Irarrázaval? He graduated with a degree in architecture from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He founded Sebastián Irarrázaval Arquitectos, an office through which he has developed housing, public architecture, and cultural facilities in Chile and abroad. He has served as a faculty member at the UC School of Architecture, where he taught design studios and project courses. His work has been widely published and exhibited, earning various national and international awards, and is notable for its experimental approach to materials, construction systems, and the adaptive reuse of existing structures.
