Under the leadership of the Canadian architect Siamak Hariri And after 14 years of work the Bahá'í temple of South America or Temple of Light, A structure as extraordinary as the landscape that hugs it.
«The Bahá'í community offers this space as a concrete contribution to the continuous development of our society, a place open to all, which promotes cordial affection and unity links, responding to the call made by Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the faith Bahá'í,» says the members of the community. It should be noted that this is the only one of its kind in Latin America.
The Temple of Light in Chile is the only one in its kind in Latin America.Sebastian Wilson Leon
It is a dome -shaped work and with nine monumental glass veils that seek, on the one hand, to represent the topography of the Andes and, on the other, to evoke the essence of inclusion and transcendence that the spiritual practice entails. The transformation is palpable outside in, because when the sun puts, the light transitions from white to silver until it reaches purple; A semiotic and poetic exercise by the creative geniuses behind the temple.
He is a structure in the form of a luminous dome, which echoes the undulating topography of the Andes.Sebastián Wilson León