Jorge Victor Kicherer

 

Architect. Graduated from Buenos Aires University (UBA) in December 1979 In 1982 he builds next to ARQ. Loic De Marion's the 1st solar-powered house in Aix - Provence, France. He is a founding member of Kicherer-Bardach Architects SRL, company that provides architectural services that during its 20 years of practice in the market, developed many projects and ventures of commercial architecture, specifically in the areas of gastronomy, leisure and recreation.

 

In 2001 he founds KHL architects, together with 2 other architects: Oscar Hernandez and Alfredo Lizaso specializing in hospitality architecture: hotels, clubs, lodges, resorts, restaurants, bars and equipped condominiums. Among the latest works by architects KHL we can highlight: Alejandro 1º International Hotel (Salta), Five Cool Rooms Hotel (Honduras 4742 -Palermo BsAs), Hostería El Aura (Lago Verde National Park Alerces Province of Chubut) and Ribera Sur Hotel (Historic San Telmo - Bs As)

 

In 2010 he opens his new studio KICHERER ARQUITECTOS focusing its business on developing works for hospitality architecture. Among them we can mention Hotel Ribera Norte - San Fernando, Province of Buenos Aires, Apart. Soler 5519 Palermo Buenos Aires, New Clo Clo restaurant Costanera Norte Buenos Aires and the Sports Center for Centro de Patrones - Ezeiza, Province of Buenos Aires. Also, this year he founds Habitat Container with Mr. Jorge Diner, a company devoted to the development of sustainable and smart habitats using recycled shipping containers, collaborating with the environment’s care and the rational use of non-renewable energy.

 

During March, 2011 Architect Kicherer participates on behalf of the SCA, invited by the British Embassy at LONDON ECOBUILD 2011, the largest fair on sustainability in the world; and later participates in a workshop at the Buenos Aires embassy together with more than 150 professionals in the field. In October of that same year, he is a lecturer in the "Fourth international seminar on the environment, energy saving and technological innovation" held at the Central Society of Architects. During 2011, the studio carries out the project of the new headquarters building of the Gato Dumas Cookery School, Av. Córdoba 1751, CABA, with the inauguration scheduled for March 2013.

 

2012 begins with an arrangement with the Government of the Autonomous City of Bs. As. (Environmental Protection Agency) of the PLM (Mobile Clean Points) as sustainable urban equipment of the Buenos Aires squares; with which he is awarded with an Honorable Mention of the First National Award for Sustainable Architecture.

 

2013 begins with several commissions; among them are the South Ribera Hotel (Mar del Plata), the traditional Italian cuisine restaurant "Da Felice" in Punta del Este - Uruguay and the Surf and Skate Boarding Park for Olas del Sur S.A. During this year, his collaboration with the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires continues, developing a new generation of Mobile Clean Points. He also participates in the Argentine delegation representing the SCA in Ecobuild London 2013.

 

2014 kicks off with the design and construction of the new Italian restaurant 'La Stampa Palermo'. South Ribera Hotel in Mar del Plata is also completed and the project for a new sustainable hotel in the city of Colón, Entre Ríos, is carried out.

 

During 2015, the project and documentation for the new building of the Pre-occupational Medical Center of Av. Libertador 266, San Fernando is developed. At the same time, the project for the reconversion of Villa Montobello Colombo in Italian Tuscany is developed. The project, direction and construction of a condominium is carried out in PH, Rivera 752, Villa Adelina, San Isidro Party. Various feasibilities: reconversion of a summer house in Mahdia, Tunisia and; enlargement and reconversion of country house / Auberge in Courbouzon, Loire, France.

 

In 2016, the project of Clinica Médica Patrones expands. The studio begins the construction for a medical institution of medium complexity that will require three years of work. That same year, the project Haedo terraces in Florida, Olivos, Province of Buenos Aires, is developed: a condominium of 25 units, 70 m2 average per unit with wooded terraces. The studio also participates in the AySA National Preliminary Competition. The project and the execution of the restoration and value enhancement of Casa Paunero, Martínez, Province of Buenos Aires, is presented at The Ibero-American Competition for Intervention in Heritage obtaining the first prize.

 

During 2017, Kicherer Architects participates in the contest held by Saint Gobain Sustentable by presenting a Sustainable Social Housing project carried out by recycling 336 containers that transform into 184 homes distributed in 3 blocks Also, the project for the Housing and City contest in Avellaneda is developed. A showroom for Bestia, the clothing brand, is projected and documented. The project and work of the medical clinic of Avenida Libertador 266, San Fernando is extended.

 

In 2018, an office, parking and event building is planned in Libertador 361, San Fernando. The studio designs and develops the complete equipment of a single-family home in the Sodahaus condominium in CABA. In August of this same year, Jorge participates in the round table series "FORUM + CPIC" organized by the Professional Council of Civil Engineering which works as a multidisciplinary thinking space aimed at introducing improvements in projects in pursuit of sustainability and savings of non-renewable energies. The design and documentation of the housing condominium in Libertador and Junín corner in San Fernando, is also carried out. The studio designs and builds a store, offices and housing in José Ignacio, Maldonado, Uruguay for a clothing store. This project uses the steel framing building technique. The conceptual design of the new building, showroom and offices for the firm Lynch Cocinas en Olivos, Province of Buenos Aires, is designed and carried out.

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In 2019 the Higher Institute of Merchant Training is built with offices and event hall on Libertador 266, in San Fernando. The completion of the Commercial and Housing Building is carried out through the Steel Framing system in José Ignacio, Maldonado, Uruguay. The San Fernando Patrones Clinica Project is developed in Libertador 361 / Medium complexity clinic with a surgical unit with 4 operating rooms and 2 internment floors.