National Fungario.

The project is developed in one of the oldest parks in Santiago, the Quinta Normal. A nature sanctuary in the middle of the capital that lost importance after being the first botanical garden in the country, so it seeks to revitalize through the study of the conservation of a peculiar kingdom of biodiversity, the Fungi Kingdom.

ARCHITECTURAL IDEA\nThe fungus comes to give life to the land of the Quinta Normal Park, from an underground living element.\nThe project is discreet, acting in a secondary role before the pre-existing elements. It has a local focus and a careful approach to the natural environment, using the existing vegetation and occupying a spatially particular scale, which adjusts to the heritage geography.\nThe National Fungario is understood as a hybrid between the conventional museum and the botanical garden, conceived as a sunken garden, scientific and cultural, which acts as an underground landmark within the park. The main building does not appear to the naked eye, remaining apart from the heritage elements on the surface, except for a large hole, a place of symbolic discovery about the Fungi Kingdom, a landmark on the horizon and the main focus of light.\nDESIGN STRATEGIES\nIt is based on the three types of orders that can be attributed to a garden, relations of the classical garden, romantic garden and cosmic garden. These strategies are used to establish the Fungario, recognizing the proportions given by the same place and its elements.\nDeriving 4 spaces of exposure of the fungi, based on their fruiting requirements.\nProducing Courtyards: Chilean fungi, spatiality of a large fungi plantation which does not require light.\nLichens Walk: The only space that makes up the circulation itself, which receives natural light since it has Chilean Lichens.\nHipóstilo Courtyard: Pillars that contain lyophilized fungi. This spatiality is dedicated to fungi with very specific requirements for fruiting, making it difficult to achieve their habitat.\nSymbiosis Courtyard: Protagonist courtyard of the project, which acts as an underground landmark on the surface, being the main entrance of light. Is the only courtyard in which the plant kingdom and the fungi kingdom would coexist, having exposure to endemic species of Chile.\nSince the spatiality is mainly shaped by the natural element, it is understood that the culmination of the architectural work will be after the colonization of the natural element on the architecture.