This commission consisted of developing an apartment building for sale in an eminently residential area of the Providencia community. As a central axis, the project seeks to link itself with the tradition of modern medium-density housing, which in the Providencia community has been developed splendidly since the middle of the last century. First of all, in its relationship with public space, it provides the street view with the strip of the front garden and defines a transparent and open access hall, integrating itself with the city. In terms of height, an effort was made to use only 8 of the 12 floors allowed by regulations. The floor plan is divided into four quadrants, four corner apartments with double orientation, with only two apartments per elevator. This configuration seeks to revive another one of the spatial qualities that characterized the Providencia apartments from the 60s and 70s, liv- ing-dining room spaces that are arranged parallel to the facade, and allow for a large frontage of natural light and views. Another important point is the integration of an integrated terrace, which extends the front of the living-dining room and is connected to the hallways, providing them with natural light. The materiality of the building seeks to highlight the three layers of the volume; on the first floor its transparency is highlighted with glass enclosures; the intermediate floors accentuate the horizontality of the perimeter beam, with a king yellow handrail, and between them is a continuous solution of windows and planes clad with heat-treated wood that contrast their natural color with graphite-painted concrete beams. The last two recessed levels are clad in the same wood to accentuate the differentiation to the volume confined by the beams but are tied in with the continuous solution located in the second plane on the lower floors. ! 04_ Josué Smith Solar 449 Building Providencia, Santiago
The educational building for the School of Veterinary Medicine at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile was designed to incorporate animal health into the emblematic San Joaquín campus in a building that would be recognizable and appropriable by students, professors, and administrators. The building is located on the south-eastern boundary of the cam- pus and is conceived as an end and pause. Formally, it is a three-story rectangular volume in a north-south direction superimposed on a lower volume of a technical nature sunk into the ground. Its location and orien- tation permit the creation of an elevated courtyard related to the green areas of the campus and the construction of a terrace that recovers an uninterrupted view of the valley, looking towards Sierra de Ramón to the east and the Manquehue hill to the north. It is organized on four levels: The practical learning areas; necropsy and anatomy operating rooms are located on the plinth, on the second floor are the academic offices, on the third floor are the laboratories and, finally, on the roof is an equipment room where the facility and climate equipment are condensed. The project combines design and function through three strategies. First, a construction system of rigid reinforced concrete frames was chosen. This allows for wide interior spans that facilitate the program's configuration. Second, the technical installations are displaced and organized to- wards the interior of the west facade. This allows all floors to be connected to the technical plinth, which optimizes the use of the open floor plan and minimizes conflicts between elements. Third, vertical volumes of metal partitions are created to confine the previously located installations. These are arranged rhythmically along the western facade, providing functionality, protection from the sun, and enclo- sure. This results in a distinctive and recognizable building appearance. ! 03_ The PUC School of Veterinary Medicine Macul, Santiago
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