Empresa Portuaria Austral (the Southern Port Company) of Chile invites all Chilean and foreign architects to participate in the international competition for the design of the master plan and preliminary design of the Port of Mageallan´es´ new International Passenger Terminal in the city of Punta Arenas. All Chilean or foreign architects that participate must include on their team at least one architect that is currently a member of the Chilean Institute of Architects (Colegio de Arquitectos de Chile A.G.).
The winner of the competition will receive the first prize and the commission to develop the final draft of the International Passenger Terminal (TIP) project.
The city of Punta Arenas has experienced significant and sustained growth in recent decades driven by international tourism. This new dynamic offers important opportunities for the local economy and increasingly requires more and better services. Added to this process is the transformation of the city´s old port (Arturo Prat Pier - Muelle Arturo Prat) into a terminal with infrastructure to receive national and international cruise ship passengers - nowadays more than 100,000 visitors a year.
