Sofía Montealegre: The Thousand Lives of the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in Chile

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This week on the TERRAZA podcast, Nicolás Valencia speaks with Chilean architect Sofía Montealegre, author of the book “Capas de memoria,” published by LOCAL ediciones in 2024.

Montealegre writes about a giant that has changed both its name and its appearance over the last 50 years. Inaugurated in 1972, the UNCTAD III building was an emblem of the Unidad Popular, only to be transformed into the Diego Portales building during the dictatorship, and later reopened as the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM)—standing as a testament to our complex history.

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Cite: ArchDaily Team. "Sofía Montealegre: The Thousand Lives of the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center in Chile" [Sofía Montealegre: las mil vidas del Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral en Chile] 07 Jul 2026. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1078803/sofia-montealegre-the-thousand-lives-of-the-gabriela-mistral-cultural-center-in-chile> ISSN 0719-8884

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