PANEL MEMBERS

Pablo Altikes

An architect who graduated from the Central University of Chile and holds a Ph.D. in Modern Heritage and Megastructures from the University of Seville. A founding member of Docomomo Chile and director of the Association of Architectural Firms of Chile, he has written five books on Chilean architecture. He has taught at several universities both in Chile and abroad. He served as vice president of the Chilean College of Architects and as the Chilean delegate to the Ibero-American Biennials in Medellín (2010), Cádiz (2012), and Rosario (2014). He is the former director of the School of Architecture at the Universidad del Desarrollo in Concepción. He has participated in various capacities in five Chilean architecture biennials. He is a member of the selection committee for the Mies Crown Hall Americas (MCHAP) Award, organized by the School of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT).

David Caralt

Associate professor and researcher at the School of Architecture at the University of San Sebastián in Concepción, where he served as director from 2016 to 2023. He holds a degree in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona and is a doctoral candidate at the same institution. His research focuses on the histories of the transmission of modern architecture through exile and migration, as well as on the nocturnal dimension of the city and its relationship to politics and spectacle. Together with Verónica Esparza, he is the editor of the book Emilio Duhart: Writings, Conversations, and Interviews 1947–1999, published in 2025.

Verónica Esparza

Associate professor and researcher at the School of Architecture at the University of San Sebastián. She holds a Ph.D. from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, with a dissertation on the architect Emilio Duhart. Her research focuses on the history and criticism of modern architecture in Latin America, as well as on heritage and its memory. She is currently studying the avant-garde training of Latin American architects in the United States and their professional transition back to their countries of origin. Together with David Caralt, she is the editor of the book International Networks, Journeys, and Exchanges: Modern Architecture in Chile (1930–1970), which will be published shortly.

Isabel García Pérez de Arce

Artist, curator, researcher, and professor at the School of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. She is currently Director of the Original Documents Archive at the Sergio Larraín García-Moreno Documentation Center of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies at UC. She was the Director and founder of the Arts Documentation Center at the La Moneda Cultural Center. She has curated projects since 2004, notably participating in the 28th São Paulo Biennial, the Reina Sofía National Art Museum, the MACBA Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, and the Metelkoba Museum of Contemporary Art in Ljubljana. She has participated in international seminars and conferences at Tate Modern in the UK, the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, and the IUAV University of Venice, among others. She was awarded the Research Residency at the Reina Sofía National Art Museum in 2011. She specializes in new artistic practices linked to the research and revitalization of archives in art, architecture, and design.

Fernando Pérez Oyarzún

Architect, professor, and researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile; holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from the Barcelona School of Architecture (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona), Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Recipient of the Chilean National Architecture Award in 2022. He served as director of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Chile. A faculty member at the School of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile since 1974, he is currently a Full Professor. He served as Director of that School and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Arts. He has practiced professionally as an architect and has exhibited or published some of his works in Chile and abroad. He served as a Visiting Design Critic at Harvard University (1990) and as a professor at the University of Cambridge (2000). His research has focused on topics related to the theory and history of architectural design, and he has published articles in journals such as Casabella, Arquitectura Viva, Projeto, Block, Harvard Architecture Review, Revista CA, and ARQ.