MAPAA is a Chilean architecture studio founded by Cristián Larraín and Matías Madsen in 2007. They have lectured in Chile and abroad; their work has been widely published in national and international print media. They have received numerous awards.
In 2000 they received the Matrícula de Honor Generación 1999 in the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile to the Academic Excellence and their first prize was in 2012 for Curatorial and Design of the Chile Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In 2015 they were finalists for the Work of the Year in the Spanish-speaking world, from Plataforma Arquitectura.
In 2019 by the office representing Chile at the Latin American Architecture Biennial, Pamplona Spain. In the same year, Distinguished Work Award XXI Chilean Architecture Biennial, Pivadenco School; The Outstanding Work Award XXI of Chilean Architecture Biennial, Paillaleo School and the Selected Work Award XXI Chilean Architecture Biennial, OFMA.
Cristián Larraín is an architect and founding partner of MAPAA. He graduated in 2006 from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. He has been an assistant professor at the same institution since 2006. His teaching and research activity has always been linked to issues related to design, environment and city, standing out for works in which the study of the material and its relationship with space, allows to establish appropriate responses to the different problems that arise from the diversity of commissions he has faced.
We highlight his academic activity, from 2006 to 2016 he was assistant professor at Architecture Workshop of the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. In 2006 he was also assistant professor of the Energy Efficiency Course at this university.
Matías Madsen co-founder of MAPAA in 2007 Matías Madsen Jaime (Santiago, 1979), is an architect with a Master in Urban Development from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile in 2010 and winner of the Academic Excellence Award in 2000.
He has been a professor and assistant professor at the same institution during the period 2010-2018. Between 2009 and 2011 he was assistant professor at the Architecture Workshop of this university and also in 2015.
In 2000 they received the Matrícula de Honor Generación 1999 in the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile to the Academic Excellence and their first prize was in 2012 for Curatorial and Design of the Chile Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In 2015 they were finalists for the Work of the Year in the Spanish-speaking world, from Plataforma Arquitectura.
In 2019 by the office representing Chile at the Latin American Architecture Biennial, Pamplona Spain. In the same year, Distinguished Work Award XXI Chilean Architecture Biennial, Pivadenco School; The Outstanding Work Award XXI of Chilean Architecture Biennial, Paillaleo School and the Selected Work Award XXI Chilean Architecture Biennial, OFMA.
Cristián Larraín is an architect and founding partner of MAPAA. He graduated in 2006 from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. He has been an assistant professor at the same institution since 2006. His teaching and research activity has always been linked to issues related to design, environment and city, standing out for works in which the study of the material and its relationship with space, allows to establish appropriate responses to the different problems that arise from the diversity of commissions he has faced.
We highlight his academic activity, from 2006 to 2016 he was assistant professor at Architecture Workshop of the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. In 2006 he was also assistant professor of the Energy Efficiency Course at this university.
Matías Madsen co-founder of MAPAA in 2007 Matías Madsen Jaime (Santiago, 1979), is an architect with a Master in Urban Development from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile in 2010 and winner of the Academic Excellence Award in 2000.
He has been a professor and assistant professor at the same institution during the period 2010-2018. Between 2009 and 2011 he was assistant professor at the Architecture Workshop of this university and also in 2015.
