Alvaro González Embry
Professional Training and Experience
- Alvaro Gonzalez studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. He is titled the year 1974.
- 1974 and 1986, Architect of the Chilean Navy. In this position he develops land infrastructure projects. He participates as an advisor in the development of the New Las Salinas Naval Hospital.
- 1986 to 2000, Independent Architect. Focused on developing housing projects, real estate projects and education.
- 2001 to 2013, ABWB Associate Architect. At this stage he is in charge of leading the workshop of clinics and hospitals.
- 2014 to date, Partner Architect AGE Arquitectos. Office that it constitutes with a special focus on the development of Clinical Projects in Chile, Peru and Latin America.
Francisca González Varas
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
- Workshop manager AGE Arquitectos Office
- Studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso. She is titled in 2010.
PROJECTS
- Dávila Clinic (Santiago) 650 beds in 120,000 sq m (ABWB)
- Santa María Clinic (Santiago) 348 beds in 54,000 sq m (ABWB)
- Marine Hospital (Viña del Mar)
- Vespucio Clinic (Santiago) 83 beds in 45,000 sq m (ABWB)
- San Felipe Clinic (Lima-Perú) 63 beds in 16,500 sq m (ABWB)
- Universidad de Los Andes Clinic (Santiago) 108 beds in 56,800 sq m (ABWB)
- Ciudad del Mar Clinic (Viña del Mar) 2,500 sq m, plus 89 beds in 5,800 sq m (ABWB)
- Portal La Dehesa Medical Center (Santiago) 2,800 sq m (ABWB)
- Sanna Clinic (Arequipa, Perú)
- Children’s Rehabilitation Center Teletón (Calama, Copiapó, Valdivia, Coihaique and Santiago) 23,300 sq m (ABWB)
- La Colina Clinic (Bogotá-Colombia) 136 beds in 14,600 sq m (ABWB)
- MEDS Clinic (Santiago) 42 beds in 13,600 sq m (ABWB)
- Redesign of the Arturo Lopez Perez Foundation Oncology Center (FALP) (Santiago) 42 beds in 27,000 sq m
- ACHS – Worker’s Hospital
- Master Plan Puerto Varas Clinic, 10,000 sq m
- Plan Maestro Clínica Los Carrera, 10,000 sq m
- CESFAM of Colina (Santiago) 2,850 sq m.
- Remodelación Clínica Puerto Varas 2,000 sq m
- Remodelaciones y Ampliaciones Clínica Las Condes 3,500 sq m
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
- San Felipe Clinic – Centro Médico La Molina Camacho (Lima-Perú) 13,860 sq m. | Link
- Maipú Clinic (Santiago, Chile) [12,869 sq m] | Link
- National Cardiovascular Institute – INCOR (Lima, Perú)
- Los Leones Clinic (La Calera, Chile) [12,500 sq m] | Link
- Los Carrera Clinic (Quilpué, Chile). Trabajo Edificio Soporte [2,100 sq m], Remodelaciones Generales [2,000 sq m] y Edificio Estacionamiento [8,800 sq m] | Link
Present
Aware that clinical architecture is constantly facing new challenges and changes in technology, Álvaro continues to participate in conferences in Chile, Argentina, Mexico, the US and Germany.
Likewise, he recurrently visits the most important clinical centers in the US and continues to work in conjunction with important architecture offices in the US, such as SBR&A Architects, HMC Architects and SmithGroup.
To date, it has more than 30 years of experience in the development of hospital projects, having developed around 625,000 sq m in the last 15 years (all of them built).