RESTORATION OF VIRGEN DEL CARMEN TEMPLE

Tacora, General Lagos County. Chile

Altiplano 19,600 ft ATSL

Architect in charge

Project by Heritage Restoration Workshop of Fundación Altiplano

May 2011 to August 2012

In charge of the direction of the Virgin of Carmen in Tacora temple restoration, by using traditional techniques through a School-Workshop Program with the Aymara Andean communities in northern Chile.

Temple of the eighteenth century in Andean Baroque style.

Materiality of adobe bricks, mud mortar and lime plaster.

Traditional Roofing covered with straw.