Pamela Prado

Many thanks Malaika Byng @malaikabyng and the Financial Times UK for including our work in Venice in your article on “Radical thatching: from humble cottage to striking modern landmark,” a collaboration between PUC @ucatolicaoficial , CINARK @cinark_cph , @aw_artworks ArtWorks and Summary Architects @__summary__ as well as @rcer_uc @estacionatacamauc @pablo_osses_mc @cda_uc @deserta_ecofolie @curatingcontexts @arq_uc @doctoradofadeu @taekkefirmaet and @milt0n0481 @mariaelenaboisier #biennalevenezia2025 #thatching #desertaecofolie #sustainablearchitecture

This is an interview extract with Emilia Kabakov by May 3rd 2022. ILYA & EMILIA KABAKOV: DISAPPEARING INTO AIR. Pamela Prado & Pedro Ignacio Alonso. @revista_materia “How to Meet an Angel” (2003) is an installation by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. In a plaque, a text is written: “An encounter with your angel in real life appears to be virtually impossible. But that is far from the truth. All that is necessary is to recall that this encounter can take place in extreme circumstances, and especially at critical moments in a person’s life. And, it is within our powers to create the situation for such an encounter.” #kabakov Source: kabakov.net #stopwar stopwar stopwar #stoptheviolence #stoptrump

Beautiful work by beautiful people @cinark_cph @taekkefirmaet @pedroignacio.alonso @curatingcontexts @architect.johannes.schotanus @fadeu.uc

CONFERENCIA Organizada por el Doctorado en Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos UC, the Architectural Association @aavisiting_school y Deserta Ecofolie @deserta_ecofolie ARQUITECTURA BIOGÉNICA Anne Beim / Johannes Schotanus / Thomas Gerner Centro de Arquitectura Industrializada – CINARK Real Academia Danesa de Arquitectura, Copenhague. @cinark_cph @arq_uc @doctoradofadeu Con trabajo desarrollando en Estacion Atacama UC @estacionatacamauc durante workshop Deserta Ecofolie Jueves 15 de enero. 15hrs. Auditorio Fernando Castillo Velasco Escuela de Arquitectura UC Con colaboración del Centro del Desierto de Atacama UC @cda_uc y la Red de Centros y Estaciones Regionales UC @rcer_uc

Lead by Anne Beim, CINARK is currently developing prefabricated biogenic panels, revisiting and improving Danish (and northern European) vernacular building traditions. At the Atacama UC Station, CINARK has been testing local materials such as tola, paja brava, brea, and totora from both the Atacama and the Altiplano, towards the prefabrication of façade panes that are insulating, fireproof, biodegradable and of negative carbon footprint. The international Deserta Ecofolie workshop is a collaboration between the Architectural Association in London, the School of Architecture of the Catholic University in Santiago, the Atacama Desert Center (CDA UC), the Alto Patache Fog Oasis Experimental Station, the UC Network of Regional Centers and Stations (RCER), and CINARK in Copenhagen. @aaschool @deserta_ecofolie @arq_uc @cinark_cph @cda_uc @estacionatacamauc @rcer_uc @hr_t_gerner @geguz90 @curatingcontexts @pablo_osses_mc

We’ve succesfully started our Deserta Ecofolie AA Visiting School to the Atacama Desert @deserta_ecofolie in collaboration with the School of Architecture and the Ph.D Program in Architecture, Design and Urban Studies at the Universidad Católica de Chile @arq_uc @doctoradofadeu well as CINARK from the Royal Danish Academy of Architecture @cinark_cph with the support of the Atacama Desert Center UC @cda_uc , the Atacama UC Fog Oasis Research Station of Alto Patache @estacionatacamauc and the Network of Research Centers and Field Stations RCER UC rcer_uc. To design of a minimal unit of inhabitation to be placed at the Atacama UC Fog Oasis Research Station in Alto Patache. As its name indicates, the site is characterized by the possibility of harvesting water from fog. This condition, together with the very high rate of direct solar radiation —perfect for collecting energy— defines the problem as the possibility to design an off-grid project within enquiries that could extended into the quest for self-sufficient production of food. Programme’s head: Pedro Ignacio Alonso (pedro.alonso [at] aaschool.ac.uk) Guest tutors: Anne Beim, Johannes Schotanus, Thomas Gerner (CINARK Royal Danish Academy of Architecture), Francisco Chateau, Germán Guzmán (Arch.UC), Pamela Prado (Curating Contexts). Advisors: Pablo Osses (Atacama Desert Centre UC), Alberto Prado (Arturo Prat University, Iquique) With special support from the Facultad de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño Universidad San Sebastián @hr_t_gerner @geguz90 @curatingcontexts @pablo_osses_mc @eauss_santiago @eauss_concepcion @faad_uss All photos by Nicola Rigo @_nicolarigo

Deserte Ecofolie AA Visiting School to the Atacama Desert AA / UC Visiting School 2026 Monday 5th to Monday 12th January 2026 Estación Atacama UC Oasis de Niebla de Alto Patache Programme’s head: Pedro Ignacio Alonso (pedro.alonso [at] aaschool.ac.uk) Guest tutors: Anne Beim, Johannes Schotanus, Thomas Gerner (CINARK Royal Danish Academy of Architecture), Francisco Chateau, Germán Guzmán (Arch.UC), Pamela Prado (Curating Contexts). Advisors: Pablo Osses (Atacama Desert Centre UC), Alberto Prado (Arturo Prat University, Iquique)

Many thanks Christopher Hawthorne @christopherhawthorne for including our Deserta Ecofolie @deserta_ecofolie in your Punch List Year in review: the best rooms of 2025. @aw_artworks @cinark_cph @fadeu.uc @arq_uc @rcer_uc @estacionatacamauc @mariaelenaboisier @timstreetporter @pablo_osses_mc

In Chile’s Atacama Desert - one of the world’s most extreme climate - Deserta Ecofolie(@deserta_ecofolie ) by Pedro Ignacio Alonso(@pedroignacio.alonso ) and Pamela Prado (curatingcontexts) explores the limits of architectural minimalism. This 16 m² prototype operates as an eco-technical system, integrating fog catchers, solar panels, and wind turbines to sustain off-grid habitation. Its biogenic prefabricated façade, developed with CINARK (@cinark_cph ) , employs reed thatch, eelgrass, clay, and cork in demountable wooden cassettes - a study in low-carbon resilience. Conceived as a tool for measurement, it questions architecture’s role beyond comfort - towards performance, adaptability, and planetary survival. A fragile yet radical experiment, Deserta Ecofolie is architecture distilled to its essence: energy, ecology, and endurance. Photo courtesy : La Biennale di Venezia (@labiennale ) & (@_nicolarigo ) Nicola Rigo #DesignOwl #ArchitectureIndia #GlobalArchitecture #DesignInnovation #FutureOfBuilding #ArchitecturalStorytelling #DesignNarratives #SustainableDesignCulture #ArchitectCommunity #ArchitectureMedia #DesertaEcofolie #AtacamaDesert #EcoTechnicalArchitecture #BiogenicFacade #OffGridDesign #SustainableArchitecture #MinimalDwelling #ExperimentalPrototype #CINARK #ArchitecturalResearch

Thrilled to be back to the splendours of the arid territories at the Atacama UC Fog Oasis Research Station in Alto Patache @estacionatacamauc , in collaboration with the Atacama Desert Centre (CDA UC) @cda_uc and the UC Chile Network of Research Centres and Field Stations (RCER UC) @rcer_uc . As usual, many thanks professor Pablo Osses @pablo_osses_mc , and Milton Avilés @mistava03 for all the support. This time we are here with our MARQ @marq_uc design unit titled “Grow your own food”, which is linked to Francisco Albornoz’ work and his desert greenhouse growing strawberries from fog harvested water. Very glad to count this time with my co-tutor Francisco Salas @fjsalash and artist Gianfranco Foschino @gfoschino as well as our very special guest professor Taku Sakaushi @taku_sakaushi . Please do not miss our next workshop here, in Jan 2026, the AA Visiting School “Deserta Ecofolie” @deserta_ecofolie in collaboration with the School of Architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile @marq_uc , CINARK at the Danish Royal Academy of Architecture @cinark_cph and Pamela Prado at Curating Contexts @curatingcontexts !!! @aaschool @aavisiting_school @christopher.d.pierce @fadeu.uc Photo credits @gfoschino

Deserta Ecofolie 3D modelling by @fjsalash and I Axonometric own authorship