ABSTRACT
The lack of reaction in Chile after the 1970s world energy crisis, mostly due to the local availability of inexpensive fuels and a policy in favour of unregulated markets, has revealed a costly outcome in economic, social and environmental terms. In addition, the effects of a technological gap of two decades are such that fewer solutions are currently being offered, little knowledge has been integrated within architectural training and few engineering firms are prepared to take up the coming task.
