La Fabrica Sustainable Masterplan, Foster + Partners Santiago Buildings, Architecture Design Images
La Fabrica Sustainable Masterplan in Santiago
11 Sep 2021
Architects: Foster + Partners, UK
Location: Santiago, Chile

La Fabrica Sustainable Masterplan
Marking the practice?s first project in Chile, designs for a new masterplan for La Fabrica have been revealed. The project centres on the regeneration of an existing mid-twentieth century factory building to create an integrated mixed-use urban quarter in the heart of Santiago, Chile.
Underpinning the sustainable focus of the project, the design is based on the adaptive reuse of an existing building while introducing timber as a new primary building material. Extending onto an adjacent site with a 550-unit residential development, the masterplan establishes an ideal live/work model that looks firmly towards the future.
David Summerfield, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners, said: ?La Fabrica offers an incredible opportunity to interweave the industrial heritage of the city with the urgent present need to establish a sustainable model of development. The project brings together the revitalisation of a historic landmark, the creation of an exciting mixed-use neighbourhood and the construction one of the largest new mass timber buildings in the region which will form the benchmark for sustainable buildings in the region.?

Located in the industrial neighbourhood of San Joaquin, the historic factory was once a major contributor t...