NAME OF THE PROJECT: Yali Birdwatcher Hotel project
ARCHITECT: Sebastián Irarrázaval
Own undertaken on a wetland in Chile
Yali Birdwatcher Hotel will be located in Chile, in el Yali Wetland, one
of the most important wetlands in South America and the biggest mediterranean
wetland in the region. It is a hotel for birdwatchers and will have 12
rooms on top, each one with independent access.
The hotel will follow eco-friendly practices; the first : the location,
its great asset; one of the most important wetlands in Chile. Secondly
we will apply to Leeds certificate and will follow "green hotel"
philosophy .This includes eco friendly practices in building, operating
and managing the hotel such as solid and liquid waste treatment, water
and energy-use reduction and rain water management, use of renewable energy,
use of recycled content in building materials, use of local and regional
materials, using paint, sealants, carpets and adhesives with low VOC (volatile
organic compound).
Since the area is windy, we will include eolic energy. In order to generate
low impact during construction:
1: the building will be grounded on pillars.
2. Construction will be based on prefab construction ( modular units of
steel structure, timber from renewable forest, and tensile isolated roofs
made with fabric and wi wi wicker natural wicker).
The hotel is only part of a bigger project. Other buildings, such as bird
watching platforms and Wetland Centre will follow same ideology to honor
the specificity of el Yali Wetland.
Yali Hotel Chile Photos from Sebastián Irarrázaval Mar
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YALI WETLAND is the most important wetland of the central coast and central-north
of Chile. It has more than ten bodies of water, among them Cabildo, Matanzas,
Colejuda, El Rey, Seca, Los Molles and Los Boldos lagoons, and El Yali
stream. It is a unique wetland, one of five in the world located in Mediterranean
region. For this reason it has beenconsidered a Wetland of International
Importance, meaning that it belongs to one ofthe 9 RAMSARīs sites in Chile.
Within El Yali wetland is found the El Yali National Reserve, with a surface
of 520 ha. Ofland protected by CONAF. Owing to its particularities, great
variety of habitat, and high bird biodiversity, El Yali hassparked great
scientific interest and has become a place worthy of being visited.
El Yali is the place with the highest gathering of bird fauna in the central
region of Chile. Around 116 species of birds inhabit this beautiful Reserve.
Among them, outstanding are the coscoroba swan, black-necked swan, chilean
flamingo, Franklinīs gull, brown-hooded gull, whitecheeked pintail, cinnamon
teal, lake duck, rosy-billed pochard, red shoveler, cocoi heron, silvery
greb, white tufted greb, burrowing owl, phalaropes and many others.
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