Heritage
HERITAGE CONSERVATION
Conservation also lives in memory and human history. In humanity’s ongoing struggle to survive adversity, adaptability has driven the development of techniques and knowledge that allow us to adjust to changing circumstances. This is no stranger to the Vodudahue Valley, the Comau Fjord, or the Chiloé Archipelago.
Carpentry is celebrated here, with its main expressions reflected in seafaring life, where fishing relied heavily on naval carpentry. Yet it also endures in the internationally renowned architecture of the archipelago’s wooden churches.
To honor and preserve the legacy of the brave men and women who once inhabited these lands, the Church of San José Carpintero has been built, and a Naval Carpentry Museum is currently being planned.
San José Carpintero Church
Inspired by the preservation of the work of the 18th-century inhabitants of insular Chiloé, who—together with Jesuits and Franciscans—built hundreds of churches, some of which today have been declared World Heritage sites.
In particular, the San José Carpintero Church takes as a reference model the Church of San Antonio de Colo.
Construction began on January 4, 2016, and was completed on February 28, 2018, when the images and religious elements were installed.
Its ultimate aim is to be a work that becomes part of its place, embracing contemporaneity and its own identity.
It is clad with local alerce wood shingles, the result of a “cross-fertilization” that brings together experiences: the transfer of knowledge from Chiloé carpenters to those of the Region; the participation of the community, which decides on the cutting of the shingles, the design of the pews, and the choice of religious images and the patron saint; and the incorporation of modern technologies—thermal efficiency, climate control, lighting, acoustics, fire protection—and a copper roof to preserve it over time.
Introductory Video
3D Virtual Tour
Gallery: Construction Process
CEMENTERIO
Siguiendo la tradición de las Iglesias de Chiloé, que siempre se acompañan por una casa sacerdotal, un muelle y un cementerio, en la explanada de Placeta se levantará un cementerio. El proyecto, liderado por Jahn Henriquez, y diseñado por el arquitecto Francisco Morandé, contempla un hermoso parque de 2400 m2, con senderos; jardines con árboles nativos; una fuente de agua con una cruz de hormigón y madera; iluminación y una pérgola. Las obras, comenzaron el 15 de febrero y se espera estén terminadas la última semana de septiembre.
Las puertas serán abiertas en octubre, dispuestas a recibir a todos los vecinos del fiordo Comau y sus alrededores que partan a la casa de Dios.
