Project Details
- Project Name
- Calama PLUS
- Client/Owner
- Calama PLUS Consortium: Regional Government of Antofagasta Calama Municipality Codelco Minera Gaby Mall Plaza Aguas Antofagasta Enaex El Abra Empresarios del Loa Chilean Construction Chamber
- Project Types
- Planning
- Project Scope
- New Construction
- Shared by
- Angela Cook
- Team
- Alejandro Aravena, Principal
- Project Status
- On the Boards/In Progress
Project Description
FROM THE ARCHITECTS:
Calama PLUS is a public-private initiative aimed to compensate the Calama inhabitants, in response to their massive and constant complaints about the negative environmental impact of mining activity on the city. It is intended to improve, on one hand, its urban quality, and on the other, to preserve and expand its condition of oasis. With a participatory design process, the master plan includes 23 projects to improve the city ranging from urban parks, public spaces and schools to proposals on how to use more efficiently scarce water resources.
