Erick Caro

Erick Caro is a Permanent Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV) since 2002, specializing in architectural design and education. He earned his architecture degree from PUCV in 2008 and is currently pursuing a doctoral thesis at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile under Professor Rodrigo Pérez de Arce, titled La Falaise, the Hexagón Project, and the Deployment of Space in the Maritime Ranch, Viña del Mar, 1955.

• Key research areas: Architectural Design, Urban Planning, Construction Technology, and Spatial Deployment.
• Notable contributions include co-directing projects like Las Vegas Park and Mining Museum in Calama, and his work with prefabricated systems in Sebastián Irarrázaval’s office.
• Projects selected for international exhibitions: Modular Hall at 2010 Venice Biennale and Caterpillar House at VIII Ibero-American Architecture Biennial.

In teaching, he leads second-year architectural workshops and graduate projects, emphasizing architectural observation as a core principle of PUCV education.