Max Núñez

Collection of Ideas is the third publication in the series ARQ Monografias relaunched in 2016 with the aim of presenting the work and ideas behind contemporary architecture offices at the local and international level. Architect Max Núñez Bancalari belongs to a generation of architects who began their professional practice over ten years ago, coinciding with the end of the starchitect hegemony that followed the political and economic environment until 2008. His projects defy the relationship between construction site and topography (remote natural environments, steep grounds, wild vegetation, high thermal oscillation areas, memorable geographical landmarks or buildings with symbolic/heritage presence) solved with elegant yet bold designs. "Like the approach developed at his father's "office" -and unlike most Chilean architects of the immediately previous generation- Max Núñez uses the type tradition to judge architectural decisions and look for their source of meaning"--Page 11.