Proingas / WA Arquitectos

Architects: WA Arquitectos

Location: Pudahuel, Santiago, Chile

Architect In Charge: WA Arquitectos

Design Team: Gonzalo Iturriaga, Catalina Gómez Beck

Structural Engineering: Carlos Molina

Area: 1,300 sqm

Year: 2012

Photographs: Gonzalo Iturriaga

Located in the Enea Industrial Complex in Santiago, Chile, this building accommodates the administration offices and a showroom for Proingas, an industrial machinery reseller. The technological importance of the company, together with climate conditions of the site, were taken into account to define the design parameters of the project.

The building is composed of three parts: a two story L-shape volume that contains the offices and storage spaces completing the north and west sides of the building, a large double-height showroom space, and an exterior permeable skin that provides solar control to the north and west facades.

The offices are organized in the second level along a hallway that looks down to the showroom.

The layout of the offices is separated in two parts, one being a flexible open space and the other, a series of administration offices. The showroom is a large storage and exhibition space for the machinery, that is visually connected to the offices.

Stretch Metal Skin

Given the site’s dry climate and its exposure to major solar radiation from the north and the west, solar control was extremely important for this project. Therefore, a stretched metal skin with 20mm spacing was designed to provide shade and allow the proper ventilation of the office volume. This skin is supported by a steel structure that gives shape to the faceted facade.

Proingas / WA Arquitectos originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 22 Mar 2013.

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