This article examines the emergence and academic legitimization of landscape architecture in Chile, with a particular focus on its development at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile between 1976 and 1989. Set against a backdrop of political polarization and the dismantling of the Department of Environmental Design (DDA), the collaborative efforts of figures such as Esmée Cromie and Mario Pérez de Arce laid the foundations for the discipline’s academic recognition. The authors trace the mixture of serendipitous overlaps and continuous exchanges facilitated by media -correspondence, books, and journals- that not only documented these efforts but became key vehicles for fostering a sense of collectivity and gradually shaping the field over time.