Portfolio Matias Salas-2023

Portfolio-Matías Salas Ramírez

Nationality: Chilean

Date of Birth: 21/12/1992

Email: matias.salas.r@gmail.com

Web: www.lsaa.cl

EDUCATION

2023

“Heritage Without Frontiers” International Workshop. Milano.

2021+

Student of Master of Science, Architectonic Design and History, Politecnico di Milano. Polo Territoriale di Mantova, Italy.

2018

“The Architectural Imagination”, Online Program edx. Harvard University.

2017 Architecture Visualization Course, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. PUC.

2011-2016

Bachelor in Architecture | Architect, University of Santiago de Chile. USACH

2011-2016

Computational Diploma in Architectural design University of Santiago de Chile. USACH

LANGUAGES

Español Native Italiano B1 (CILS 2023, ITA)

English C1 (IELTS Academic 2020, NZ)

Deutsch A2

WORK EXPERIENCE

2022+

LSAA collaborating with MINGA. www.ccminga.cl

2022+

Tutoring part-time work for Politecnico di Milano, Mantova, Italy.

2019+ Architect Founder “LSAA Studio.”

2019-2021

Work and Holiday experience, New Zealand.

2018-2019

Architect in Seggiaro Architects (Cerda Pé Architects), Providencia, Santiago de Chile.

2017

Architect in T+AA, Talhouk Architects, Providencia, Santiago de Chile.

2016-2017

Min-Ouvè” Staff memeber,University of Santiago de Chile.

2015

Volunteer Internship, La Cisterna City Hall, Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

2015

Internship, Rio Ibañez City Hall, Rio Ibañez, Aysen, Chile.

2013-2014

CSA 2014 Atacama Solar Race, Design Director, ESUS, Solar Team University of Santiago de Chile

AWARDS + ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

2022

Italian Government MAECI Scolarship

2022/2023 for a Master degree at Politecnico di Milano.

2022

Client’s Favourite Award (Riaprire i Navigli Asociation + Studio Primitivo) International Milan Navigli Challenge competition.

2021

Italian Government MAECI Scolarship

2021/2022 for a Master degree at Politecnico di Milano.

2017

Second Place, “Universidad Central Contest” as part of the T+AA Architecture studio.

2017

Highest Score Thesis Project, School of Architecture, University of Santiago de Chile.

2015

Second Place, VII Latin-american ALACERO architecture contest for students. Bueno Aires, Argentina.

2015

First Place, XXIX Chilean CAP architecture contest for students.

2013

Honorific Mention, Internal contest TAAIII, School of Architecture, University of Santiago de Chile.

USE OF SOFTWARE

ArchiCAD

AutoCAD

Sketchup

Photoshop

In Design

Ilustrator

Twinmotion

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Languages

Board games, Chess,Catan,Risk.

Yoga & Meditation

Habits & Wellbeing

Podcasts

2022

Galleria dei Navigli

Buildner, Milano Navigli Challenge [Client’s Favourite Award.]

2016

Città Universitaria Poveglia

Thesis Project [Highest Grade, School of Architecture Universidad de Santiago de Chile.]

[First Place XXIX Chilean CAP contest, Second Place VII ALACERO contest, Buenos Aires, Argentina.]

School of Architecture and Engineering Politecnico di Milano

Professor Eduardo Souto de Moura.

2015

Sports & Social Center

XXIX CAP Contest

2022 Mantova’s Polimi Pavilion [Academic]

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Galleria dei Navigli

Team: LSAA Architects + Miled Lahoud

Location: Milano, Italy.

Year: 2022

Type of Project: Ideas Contest

[Buildner Contest, Client’s Favourite Award. Studio Primitivo + Associazione Riaprire i Navigli, Milano]

https://architecturecompetitions.com/mncc-cf-win-interview

About the Proposal

The project aims to return the natural character that featured the landscape of Milano during the beginning of the 19th century by recuperating the “Navigli” and the experiences associated to it: The greenery, The social encounter and the Navigation

The proposal can be understood as a system composed by 3 elements: A water corridor, Piazzas and Bridges. The former one is complemented by the idea of “Alzaia” the traditional service path reinvented as a boulevard along the water. Piazzas will act as stations for the boats and will represent the “genius loci” of each interest point. Lastly, bridges will mend the city again.

As examples, 3 gravity points are presented: Cas-

sina de Pomm, San Marco and Via Melchiorre GIoia. The last one as the main project.

Via Melchiorre presents itself as an unique urban configuration in the city, the extended avenue with no intersecting streets presents the opportunity to connect the two parks with a naviglio of strong character.

A green and blue core for the city. The existing Parks are connected by the “Galleria dei Navigli”: a Bridge-Piazza. The Bridge is posed over a perpendicular volume that host the Navigli station and allows the activation of the smaller park.

The Gallery is perceived as another piece in the methapysical composition of elements arranged in the area. Roads are disposed underneath the canal.

Site Impressions and references

1/ Milan’s canals system in 1888

2/ Naviglio Bereguardo within the rural landscape

3/ “L’ Alzaia”, Signorini Telemaco 1864

4/ The Piazza and the Duomo di Milano

5/ Cassina de Pomm Industrial past

6/ Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and “the water parvis”, Venice

7/ The Library of Trees and the methapysical composition of volumes

8/ Pontevecchio, The bridge and the social encounter, Florence

9/ Rialto bridge, Venice

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Galleria dei Navigli: Piazza

The interior of the bridge is a large open space,a democratic area enclosed by two monumental reinforced concrete trusses that overlook the new naviglio.

The use of arches and vaults beams evokes social and traditional values and at the same time the atemporality of the intervention, an sculpture to celebrate the tradition of the navigli.

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Città Universitaria Poveglia

Team: Matías Salas

Location: Venice, Italy.

Year: 2016

Type of Project: Ideas Contest

[Highest Grade, School of Architecture Universiy of Santiago]

About the Proposal

Proposal for the YAC Poveglia Contest for a master plan for the island of Poveglia.

The proposal considers a University Campus composed by 3 Faculties according to the history and tradition of Venice and Poveglia: Architecture + Trade + Agriculture.

The Island is reorganized as follows:

North Island: designed as a Public Park + Students Ac-

comodations, taking as starting point the current existing forest there and the recuperation of the historical agricultural traces, from the middle of XX Century; The Main Island is proposed as a the “University Citadel”, a place for Faculties and equipment, designed following the historical complex where the old hospital took place. Finally the defense Octagon is projected as a Memorial to the history of Poveglia.

New Programs are located at the age of the island, creating a newfacade facing the lagoon, the gesture allows panoramic lookouts over the entire area.

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Sports & Social Center

Team: Matías Salas

Location: Valparaiso, Chile.

Year: 2015

Type of Project: Ideas Contest

[First Place XXIX CAP Contest, Second Place ALACERO]

https://www.archdaily.cl/cl/772704/primer-lugar-xxix-cap-2015centro-deportivo-y-social-universidad-de-santiago

About the Proposal

The proposal is based on a replicable cross volume Bridge-Beam located over the bottom of the ravine. Through this, a fast circulation is generated at the street level, which allows the connection of both sides.

The path becomes the main articulator of the projects, unifying everything that is happening either inside or outside the volume.

The volume is divided into 2 areas, the former is the main area in which a multicourt is centered located, and the second one is two contained boxes located at the edges, complementing with programs of services

and social encounters.

The public space is designed considering squares and a green corridor.

The squares are located at both sides of the bridge acting as a transition space into the volume.

A green corridor for the community is provided at the bottom of the ravine, an opportunity for having native species and a water drain system. It unifies the bottom sides of the hill and allow strategic points for water collection in cases of emergency.

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Polimi Pavilion

Team: A. Escobar + A. Zavala + F. Paderno + M. Lahoud + M. Salas

Location: Mantova, Italy.

Year: 2022

Type of Project: Academic, Public Building

[Professor: Eduardo Souto de Moura + Barbara Bogoni]

About the Proposal

The Pavilion is conceived as an elongated volume of glass, “a plinth” mirroring the facade of Palazzo d’ Arco, The volume is surmounted by two opaque masses. The composition generates a new Piazza, surrounded by 4 buildings: INA House, Palazzo D’ Arco, Polimi and the new Pavilion.

The first one, consolidates the corner of the Piazza and via Domenico Fernelli and host the Polifunctional room, the second one, host the workshops on a se-

cond level.

The main access to the project is aligned with the axis entrance of the Palazzo d’ Arco. Programs are articulated from central foyer, from here is possible to access the two areas of the pavilion: Exhibition room and Cafeteria. The back part of the Pavilion is solved through a system of “vicolos” and “cortiles” following the system of the city.

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