The response to these three directives was a complex of three large production halls behind a 4-story high central building conceived as a regular grid using a structure of prefabricated concrete pillars and beams. This grid becomes the support for the different rooms, which are arranged within this structural system and are arranged, not without some tension, through this Cartesian arrangement. Due to the above, we chose to respect the geometric plasticity of the prefabricated system and not cover it, in order to expose the system's structural principles, as well as pillars, beams, ties, and rigid concrete nodes. The interstitial spaces that occur between the different parts of the program and the structure give rise to various instances: in some cases, they result in outdoor terraces, while in others they become double- and triple-height voids. It is these same interstices that create the possibility of future extensions, which will always be regulated within the concrete grid, maintaining the project's original logic. Glass, wood, Corten steel, and copper are the main materials used, which contrast the concrete structure´s nakedness and provide trans- parent but welcoming environments for those who work there. At the same time, they evoke the raw materials of the mining industry, thus achieving a building that in a certain way tells this company's history. a Meccano that could be disassembled and reassembled elsewhere. The Chilean Pavilion was conceived as a reticulated skeleton that envelops a wooden box inside which different activities related to the exhibition take place. This box rests, like a bridge, on six inverted steel tripods. In this way the ground was freed, reducing the impact on the terrain and incorporating the urban hustle and bustle inside a temperate horizon, typical of Mediterranean architecture that took root in central Chile as a result of Spanish influence in America. The verisimilitude of the diagonalized structure, to which the specific character of this Pavilion was entrusted, made it possible to bring a syn- thesis of physical and structural forms together. The box´s rationality imposed a flexible interior that favored new uses. !
In 2016, the pavilion was built again in southern Chile, this time in the city of Temuco. The new urban context and the immediate presence of the Ñielol hill, a sacred place for native peoples, gave rise to a new interpretation of the building. !
02_ SIOM BUILDING
The commission consisted of designing a mining product factory with pro- duction facilities and a corporate building, following three main directives: 1. The design had to allow for modifications and eventual expansions in the future. 2. Opt for a fast and efficient construction system. 3. The project, being a corporate building, had to reflect the company's standards and principles, as well as evoke the mining industry in the choice of materials.
03_ PIONEROS SCHOOL, CHICUREO
Pioneros School offers a new architectural approach to the design of educational spaces, particularly the classroom, one of the spaces that has changed the least in centuries despite technological and social advances in recent years. Through an alliance with Microsoft, it offers a symbiosis between an experiential and exploratory educational model, with architecture that adapts to different teaching methodologies. Thus, traditional classrooms are integrated into a large common space, called the "learning floor", with stations or subject modules. This space contains all the learning resources with which academics and students work and learn together. Likewise with outdoor spaces, where theoretical classes are merged with applied work in nature and the immediate context. Pioneros is located on the slope of the Las Rodríguez hill in Chicu- reo, which required a study of the topography and local conditions to minimize its impact and capitalize on the opportunities of its location under the principle of elevation adaptation. Continuing the concept of outdoor education, taking advantage of the orientation and freeing up space for sports fields, the +583.35 elevation was defined as the level where the learning modules are deployed, under an architecture that reinterprets the topography, opening views of the valley sequentially from pre-basic to high school. The accesses, playgrounds, and sports fields are suspended on terraces connected to each other by landscaping and inclined surfaces that overlook the El Loro ravine and the valley below. This is complemented by working with heights and materials to create a habitability that encourages experiential learning. Wood, as cladding, provides calm spaces, and managing different heights and interior light- ing creates spaces suitable for the students' requirements. All of this is
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