Tomás Villalón Aguirre (Santiago, Chile) is an architect who graduated with the highest honours from the University of Chile and holds a Master's degree in Architecture from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In 2013, he founded his Santiago-based practice, Tomás Villalón Arquitectos, focusing primarily on public, cultural and educational buildings, many of which have emerged from architectural competitions.
His professional career includes more than forty awards and distinctions in competitions and biennials. Among his projects are the Teatro Educativo de las Artes de Panguipulli (2022), developed with Nicolás Norero and Leonardo Quinteros, the Municipal Building of Providencia and the Corporate Building of the Central University of Chile. The Teatro Educativo de las Artes de Panguipulli received first prize at the 7th Architecture Works Competition of Wood Week in 2023 and was a finalist at the 14th Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism (BIAU), held in Brasília in 2026.
In 2014, he received the Promoción Joven Award from the Chilean Association of Architects and, in 2023, the Outstanding Young Architect Medal from the Chilean Association of Architectural Offices (AOA).
Alongside his professional practice, he teaches at the University of Chile and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and has also taught at other Chilean universities. He was co-curator of the 2019 Chilean Architecture Biennial and was responsible for the installation of the Chilean Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.
