As part of a Canadian consortium sponsored by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), conceived and executed a 60 hectare “New Urbanism” civic centre design for La Pintana, one of the poorest district in Santiago. We introduced “participatory planning” principles for the first time in Chile to design a multi phase, complex, mixed used, and multi neighbourhood district plan. We also undertook detailed urban designs for each block working with Bob Glover, senior urban designer of the City of Toronto, and numerous local architects.