Last week, Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena won the Pritzker Architecture Prize. To celebrate, Dezeen has produced this short movie, which serves as an introduction to Aravena's work.
The monumental cube structure of the UC Innovation Center ? Anacleto Angelini designed by Aravena for his alma mater, the Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago. Photograph by Nina Vidic
Aravena, 48, was selected as the 2016 winner of the Pritzker Prize ? architecture's equivalent of the Nobel Prize ? by a jury that included leading architects Richard Rogers and Glenn Murcutt.
"He understands materials and construction, but also the importance of poetry and the power of architecture to communicate on many levels," said the jury, which described Aravena as the leader of a new generation of socially conscious architects.
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The Chilean architect studied at the Universidad Católica de Chile, and has designed a series of major buildings for the university's campus since founding his own firm in 1994.
The latest is the UC Innovation Center ? Anacleto Angelini, a monumental concrete structure with large glass openings. The building won the architecture category in the London Design Museum's 2015 Designs of the Year.
The 2004 Quinta Monroy Housing project in Iquique brought Aravena's "half a good house" concept to international attention. Photograph by Cristobal Palma
Aravena is best known for his social...