Iván Poduje

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Poduje and the second or maternal family name is Capdeville.
Iván Poduje
Born (1968-01-01) 1 January 1968
Santiago, Chile
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Pundit
Architect
Known forAppearing in
Parent(s)Dinko Poduje
Laura Capdeville

Iván Slavko Poduje Capdeville[2] (born 1968) is a Chilean architect, pundit and politician.

He won the 2018 Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna Award in the urban planning category for his active participation in public debate.[3] In that capacity, Poduje has written three books on social disintegration and the lack of urban planning strategies as national stability issues.[4][5][6]

Among the architectural works in which he has contributed are the implementation of Line 6 of the Santiago Metro –and the extension of Line 3–, the Mapocho River Park in Vitacura, the redesign of the Vitacura avenue, the remodeling of the coastal promenade on La Marina Avenue in Viña del Mar, among others.

Biography

Academic training

Iván Poduje was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1968. He is the son of Dinko Poduje, of Chilean-Croatian origin, and Laura Capdeville.

In 1985, he joined the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV) School of Architecture in Viña del Mar.[7] In the early 2000s, Poduje completed his master's degree in urban development at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC),[7] where he also served as a professor until 2020.[8] He has also taught at Stanford University's Overseas Program.[9][10]

Career path

During Sebastián Piñera's second government, Poduje advised Housing Minister Cristián Monckeberg of the National Renewal (RN) party,[11][12] on a regeneration program for six historic neighborhoods, including Paseo Bulnes, the Las Cenizas neighborhood in Valparaíso or the Guacamayo Island in Valdivia.[13]

He also participated in the revitalization of Chilean vulnerable areas in Quilicura, Cerro Navia, Talca, La Pintana and Puente Alto. In addition, he participated in the management of public spaces such in Lo Barnechea, Maipú and Conchalí.[13]

In 2022, in an interview with Tomás Mosciatti on Radio Bío-Bío, he argued that a strategy for recovering vulnerable neighborhoods involves providing them with services that provide "territorial capillarity" to the surrounding areas, that is, establishing a sociability regulated by institutional functioning.[14]

Political career

In 2016, he joined the campaign team for Ricardo Lagos's (PPD) pre-candidacy, which was ultimately rejected by the Nueva Mayoría coalition in favor of Alejandro Guillier.[15][16] Years later, in 2021, then-pre-candidate Evelyn Matthei (UDI) hired Poduje to continue the regeneration of neighborhoods occupied by drug trafficking.[17] However, Matthei was also rejected, in this case to the detriment of Joaquín Lavín.

Since 2022, Poduje has been a regular panelist on the political debate show program Sin filtros.[18][19] In this context, he defended the rejection to replace the current Chilean Constitution of 1980 in the 2022 and 2023 referendums.[20][21]

Poduje ran as an independent candidate, supported by Chile Vamos (centre-right coalition), to compete for mayor of Viña del Mar in the 2024 municipal elections,[22][23] which he lost to Macarena Ripamonti.[24]

Works

Books

  • Gran Valparaiso: Debates, ideas y propuestas de ciudad (2018). Atisba Ediciones; (Participation on Chapters).[25][26]
  • Siete Kabezas: Crónica Urbana del Estallido Social (2020). Uqbar[4][5][6]
  • Chile Tomado (2023). Editorial Uqbar[27]

Papers

  • "Malles en Santiago. De centros comerciales a centros urbanos" (2009). Revista de Estudios Públicos.[28]

References

  1. ^ "La dura columna de Iván Poduje sobre Valparaíso: "El deterioro se confunde con bohemia y la falta de oportunidades con poesía"". The Clinic. 26 June 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Las batallas de Poduje". Litoral Press. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Los Premios de la Ciudad Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna 2018 ya tienen a sus ganadores". Santiago Resiliente. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Libro Siete Kabezas. Crónica urbana del estallido social". BuscaLibre. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Iván Poduje y su libro "Siete kabezas. Crónica urbana del estallido social"". Sonar FM. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b "¿Es «7 Cabezas» uno de los mejores ensayos del año?". El Mostrador. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "En Persona · Iván Poduje, arquitecto, socio de Atisba y candidato a la alcaldía de Viña del Mar". Icare. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Iván Poduje renuncia a la U. Católica por "discriminación evidente"". El Dínamo. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Iván Poduje – Stanford.edu". Stanford University. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Iván Poduje – Puerto Ideas". Puerto Ideas. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Iván Poduje, el fichaje "laguista" del ministro Monckeberg". La Tercera. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Presidente Piñera lanza programa de Regeneración de Barrios Históricos". Prensa Presidencia. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Presidente Piñera lanza programa de Regeneración de Barrios Históricos". Prensa Presidencia. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Iván Poduje y plan de recuperación de barrios". Atisba. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Ricardo Lagos da a conocer los primeros integrantes de su equipo de campaña". Emol. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  16. ^ "#LTenVivo: Iván Poduje comenta candidatura de Ricardo Lagos a La Moneda". La Tercera. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Matthei incorpora a Iván Poduje a equipo de campaña presidencial y pone foco en el narcotráfico". Canal 13. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Poduje vs. Macaya: La discusión que casi termina a las manos". La Tercera. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Tras dichos en Sin Filtros: Comunidad educativa de Viña del Mar desmiente a Iván Poduje y lo acusan de dañar a las familias afectadas". El Ciudadano. 29 April 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Iván Poduje: "La gente del Apruebo, en vez de argumentar, recurre a la muletilla fake"". La Tercera. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Iván Poduje: el arquitecto que pasó del "Rechazo" a el "En contra"". Ex-Ante. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Iván Poduje se convierte en el candidato único de Chile Vamos a la alcaldía de Viña del Mar". Ex-Ante. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Reconstrucción, movilidad social, inversión y seguridad: El plan de Poduje para Viña si vence a Ripamonti". Emol. 31 May 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Macarena Ripamonti vence a Iván Poduje y retiene Viña del Mar para el Frente Amplio". CNN Chile. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  25. ^ "Gran Valparaiso: Debates, ideas y propuestas de ciudad". Atisba. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  26. ^ "Gran Valparaíso: debates, ideas y propuestas de ciudad". Infraestructura Pública. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  27. ^ "Reseña: "Chile Tomado", una mirada territorial al repliegue del Estado en Chile". AthenaLab. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  28. ^ "Iván Poduje – Academia.edu". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
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