ArchShowcase Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Exportadora De Miel in Metropolitana, Chile by DX Arquitectos + DEL SANTE ArquitectosAugust 30th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: DX Arquitectos The assignment was to place 2 prefabricated warehouses of 1000 m2 on a plot of 10000 m2, and design an office building of 500 m2 that would give the corporative image to the Licanray company. The first decision was to concentrate the design and budget efforts into the office building and its showroom.
The building is placed like a strip of 8m deep and 30m long on the east–west axis, parallel to the access road, and located at the narrow forefront. In this sense the building is placed like a visible face to the road, having 2 important open large façades, namely the north and south ones, and 2 blind façades, East and west façades. The warehouses are arranged behind this building in the north-south direction, leaving a distance that would allow for the loading and unloading of the trucks. For the structure of the main building, the use of laminated pine wood was proposed. Its construction was based on diagonal pillars in an ‘X’ form that configure the main façades, and by joining with the horizontal beams assemble the floors and roof. The main program of the office is elevated a floor so that it could capture the views, liberating the ground floor for accesses of building and the showroom. The expression of building is defined primarily by its structure. The enclosing elements, windows and walls, remain behind the structure, leaving it exposed. The roof fulfills the fundamental role of protecting the wooden structure, and its overhang on the north façade also keeps direct sunlight out of the offices. DX ARQUITECTOS DX was formed as a group of architecture in 2003, while the formal formation of the corporation was held in 2012. Its activities have the mission to provide its customers with full service architecture, interior design, landscaping and urbanism in an original and innovative way. With criteria of efficiency and respect for the environment we work in a network with passion and commitment, generating proposals that meet in full, the uniqueness of each project solving effectively each project stage; from its initial conception phase to the coordination of execution and engineering specialties and to the processing of municipal permits and certifications. DEL SANTE ARQUITECTOS This office is established in 1992 by Jose Luis Del Sante, in order to provide development-oriented projects, studies and comprehensive consulting services to carry out works of Architecture, Planning and Construction services. In 2008, he joined this office Ari van Zeeland and Danilo Palma, architects who come to consolidate a team that has been able to develop, manage and coordinate projects covering different areas. In addition, this office has managed to form a multidisciplinary team with various specialists and extensive experience. Among our customers are many municipalities, public and private institutions. Our expertise allows us to manage, develop and coordinate the different specialties involved complying with quality standards and deadlines required by the technical units. Tags: Chile, Metropolitana Categories: Industrial, Warehouse |