Emilio de la Cerda
Chair, Department of Cultural Heritage, Catholic University of Chile
Emilio de la Cerda
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Holcim Foundation Awards 2017 jury for Latin America
Emilio de la Cerda, Chair of the School of Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile at the LafargeHolcim Awards jury meeting for Latin America at Faculty of Architecture & Urbanism, University of São Paulo, Brazil in June, 2017.
Last updated: August 24, 2024
Between 2018 and 2022, he was Deputy Secretary of Cultural Heritage at the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, in addition to serving as president of the Council of National Monuments of Chile.
In his professional practice, as a partner of the firm OWAR Arquitectos as well as independently, he has developed public and private projects, which have been published in various specialized media and exhibited in different disciplinary instances. He is co-author of the Quinta Monroy project in Iquique, the first housing complex developed by the ELEMENTAL initiative. Between 2011 and 2014, he served as executive secretary of the Council of National Monuments of Chile.
He was Director of the School of Architecture of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2014-18).