In early 2015, the Regional Government of Santiago in Chile launched a public competition for the redevelopment of the Alameda-Providencia axis, an 11.3-kilometer-long avenue that serves as the most important mobility corridor in the Chilean capital.
The winning proposal was awarded in October of that same year to a team comprised of the firms Lyon Bosch, Martic Arquitectos, and Groundlab. Although construction was scheduled to begin two years later, in March 2019, the project was canceled by the administration at the time due to budget constraints. They announced that only a segment of the western end of the corridor would be renovated, though no progress has been reported since.
Three years later, on December 28, 2022, President Gabriel Boric, alongside local mayors and authorities, signed a public cooperation agreement to reactivate the recovery and transformation of the Alameda-Providencia axis in its original scope: from Pajaritos Street in the east to Plaza Baquedano, popularly known as Plaza Italia or Plaza Dignidad.
Although the announcement did not include the release of renderings, nor has it been confirmed whether the design will incorporate elements of the 2015 winning proposal, the plan will cost 115 billion Chilean pesos (138 million USD). According to Chilean newspaper La Tercera, the agreement is built on five pillars:
The current redevelopment project will involve the ministries of the Interior, Public Works, Transportation, and Housing; the Undersecretariat of Regional Development; the Metropolitan Regional Government of Santiago; and the municipalities of Lo Prado, Estación Central, Santiago, and Providencia.
Via La Tercera, Gobierno de Santiago.
This article was written by Nicolás Valencia. The translation is powered by AI.
