Crosses Lookout Point

The lookout is one of several interventions along a long pilgrimage route that crosses the mountains, walked by large numbers of pilgrims every year. The Chilean design team built one of the stops along the way.

The structure is a single concrete volume that projects from the slope, hovering above the ground among the trees. Its underside gives pilgrims shade and a place to rest, and its open end frames a wide view over the valleys.

Raw concrete was chosen for its strength and its ability to last in a remote setting with little maintenance. Seen from the path, the lookout reads as a solid, quiet form placed on the hillside.