Chile possesses an outstanding cultural heritage regarding its architecture. The Spanish colonial inheritance brought a vast architectural legacy tightly bound to the landscape through the use of materials. However, environmental conditions and the tellurian nature of our country have produced significant losses of architectural heritage.
Therefore, the emergence of modern architecture in Chile was relevant due to technological development in materials and construction systems enabling better seismic behavior. In addition, there was a profound influence of American moder nism over some of the most relevant Chilean architects, such as Sergio Larraín García-Moreno, Juan Martínez Guttiérrez, Roberto Dávila Carson, and Rodolfo Oyarzún Phillipi. Their
contribution triggered the disciplinary development under the definitions of modern architecture through remarkable pieces of work such as the Oberpaur building (1929 by Sergio Larraín García-Moreno), Portales Housing complex (1954 by Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo y Huidobro), Universidad de Chile Lay faculty (1934 by Juan Margínez Gutiérrez), the building for the Electric Cooperative of Chillán (1962 by Juan Borchers),
and one of the most iconic modern pieces of architecture in Chile, the CEPAL (1966 by Emilio Duhart).
Within that context, the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Trinity (1954 by Jaime Bellalta) and its church (1962 by Martín Correa and Gabriel Guarda) are brilliant expressions of architectural modernism in Chile.
We are about to celebrate the first centenary of modern architecture irruption (the first CIAM was in 1928). Hence, many modern buildings will require assessments to reveal their current condition and conservation strategies and actions to preserve their cultural values over time. Chile will not be the exception.
智利在建築方面擁有出色的文化遺產，在西班牙殖民時期下，智利繼承了大量的建築物，透過材料的使用，緊密的融入地景之中。然而，在智利的環境條件和地質特性的作用使智利有了重大的建築遺產損失。
因此，現代建築保存運動在智利的重要性，要歸因於建築材料技術的發展與構築系統能夠更有效的抵擋地震行為的必要性。除此之外，美國現代主義對一些最重要的智利建築師產生了深遠的影響，如塞爾希奧·拉賴恩·加西亞-莫雷諾（Sergio Larraín García-Moreno）、胡安·馬丁內斯·古特雷雷斯（Juan Martínez Guttiérrez）、羅伯托·達維拉·卡森（Roberto Dávila Carson）和羅多爾佛·奧亞爾蘇恩·菲利皮（Rodolfo Oyarzún Phillipi）。他們的貢獻推動了在現代建築定義下的學科發展，通過出色的作品，如奧伯帕爾大樓Oberpaur building (1929 by Sergio Larraín García-Moreno),波塔萊斯住宅區 Portales Housing complex (1954 by Bresciani, Valdés, Castillo y Huidobro), 智利大學文學院Universidad de Chile Lay faculty (1934 by Juan Margínez Gutiérrez)奇爾蘭電力合作社大樓 Electric Cooperative of Chillán（1962 by Juan Borchers），以及智利最具代表性的現代建築之一，經濟和社會事務拉丁美洲委員會the CEPAL（1966 by Emilio Duhart）。
在這時代背景下，聖本督會修道院the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Trinity (1954 by Jaime Bellalta) 及其教堂(1962 by Mar tín Correa and Gabriel Guarda) 是個展現智利現代主義建築傑出的案例。
我們將要邁入現代建築萌芽的首個百年(CIAM最先成立於 1928)。因此，許多現代建築將會需要評估且揭發他的現況以及制定保存的策略與行動在時代的邁進下去保護其珍貴的文化價值，而智利將不是例外。