SMILJAN RADIC, MUSEUM OF PRECOLOMBIAN ART, SANTIAGO, CHILE

Smiljan Radic's renovation of the Chilean Museum of Precolombian Art in Santiago, Chile, located in the old Royal Custom's house


the covered arcade of the building serves as an internal street




the main patio contains the museum's shop inside a cristal box, the cafe, and the ticket counter, all under a plastic air bubble ceiling

the second patio is open to the air, and contains different usable rock sculptures



up to the archeological corridors, down to the exhibition bunker


up the stairs to the American continent archeological rooms

the corridors and rooms upstairs exhibiting archeological relics from other cultures of the continent, including Inca and Maya

and down the dark stairs to the new extension, the Chile before Chile room, an anthropological bunker designed by Smiljan Radic containing precolombian treasures of the territory now known as Chile, which exist as illuminated by their aura within the architectonic penumbra

and amazing Quipus in the main exhibition room

Smiljan Radic
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
Extension and Refurbishment
Santiago, Chile 2014
http://www.precolombino.cl/

See proper architecture photos by Cristobal Palma here

with thanks to Irene, Elodie and Alfonso from Chaco Art Fair for their invitation to Santiago

SMILJAN RADIC'S OWN HOUSE 'CASA CR' IN SANTIAGO, CHILE

Smiljan Radic at the entrance of his own house, Casa CR in Santiago, Chile.
During a visit to Santiago I was fortunate to meet an old hero, architect Smiljan Radic who I have admired and followed his work since I first stumbled into his work in 1998-99 and discovered a project he had made (The Extension to the Casa del Carbonero/ Charcoal Burner's Hut) in which he dissolved the boundaries between art/architecture/sculpture/land art.


a black ground floor, upper floor with walls made of a double polyester membrane coated with PVC, with roof structure controlled by two floats inflated by a small air compressor

side entrance into the house

Chilean empanadas for lunch




up the stairs to the upper floor studio



soft sculptures by Marcela Correa, Radjic's partner in the floating studio




and floating hammocks and Weimaraner in the backyard deck






and rocks catching rain water...

and read an interview with Smilian Radjic by Jose Castillo in Bomb Magazine here
with thanks to Irene and Elodie from Chaco Art Fair for the invitation to meet Smiljan.

SMILJAN RADIC, BLACK CONCRETE BEAMS SUPPORTED BY GRANITE BOULDER ROCKS AT MESTIZO RESTAURANT IN SANTIAGO, CHILE

Mestizo restaurant by architect Smiljan Radic in Santiago de Chile






black concrete beams supported by granite boulders which act like columns














and sunset with topiary dog and palms in the park

with thanks to Ignacio Murua and Javier Gonzalez Pesce

http://www.mestizorestaurant.cl/