Montserrat Palmer

• Name — Montserrat Palmer • Born — 13 September 1933 • Education — University of Chile • Occupation — Architect • Notable Works — Estación Mapocho

Born to Catalan parents, Palmer was born in Santiago, Chile, and enrolled at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 1952. However, she eventually graduated from the University of Chile in 1961. Two years later, she was hired as a professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile. In 1974, she had to resign from her position due to the interventions of Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship. The following year, she was hired as a professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where she eventually became the first female Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies, leading the institution from 2000 to 2004. As a researcher, her first publication was entitled 50 años de arquitectura metálica en Chile ("50 Years of Metallic Architecture in Chile"), composed of two volumes. In 1984, she published La comuna de Providencia y la ciudad jardín ("The Providencia District and the Garden City"), a study where she deployed an analysis strategy that mixed morphology and history to examine the Providencia commune in Santiago, Chile. In 1993, she published La arquitectura contemporánea de la madera en Chile ("Contemporary Wood Architecture in Chile"), a development study covering a period from 1969 until 1990, which included works that became emblems of post-dictatorship architecture in Chile, such as the Klotz House (1990) by Mathias Klotz and the Chile Pavilion for the Seville Expo '92 by Germán del Sol and José Cruz Ovalle.

• Hostería La Pirámide (1963), alongside Carlos Martner • Plaza de la Constitución Pavilion (1972) • Estación Mapocho Cultural Center (1994), designed alongside Teodoro Fernández, Rodrigo Pérez de Arce and Ramón López.