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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. New City Hall in Nancagua, Chile by BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOSAugust 5th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS The new City Hall in Nancagua, a small rural town in Central Chile, aims to create a space able to accommodate various public situations and events. Because of its location, close to an old public park and to several historical buildings, it also makes possible the recovery and enhancement of the local heritage, both natural and manmade. The project, winner of a public competition, focuses not on the construction of an iconic volume, but rather on the creation of a memorable and public void that effectively connects the city with the valuable, but previously overlooked public park. As with other spaces with a high civic spirit, like the agora of Assos in Greece or the Piazza San Marco in Venice, the project emphasizes the construction of a void over the construction of isolated buildings. Spaces with a public void is created and “charged” so that it becomes a catalyst for public life.  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla
 Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla In order to connect the city with the park we propose an open square that links the city with the park, limited on its two longer sides (north and south) by the new municipal building. The square, non-existent in the competition brief, becomes the centre of the project. An urban void that allows for a wide range of unexpected situations and events to happen, whether individual or collective.  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla The project builds a connection between the two other ends of the square, which face completely different realities, reacting accordingly to both of them: while to the street it creates a void corner which opens the city, it builds a portico and a step that rises over the park. These two thresholds work together, effectively connecting the city with the park in a gradual and continuous sequence. Thus, we hope to revert the derelict condition of the centennial park, making it appear and bringing it closer to the city.  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla Galleries formed by a regular colonnade, which takes its size and materiality from the galleries of the former patronal house of the park, and which was formerly used as the city’s town hall, is what defines and unifies the main central space. At the same time, but on a smaller scale –more domestic as it were- is in these galleries where the daily life will take place, hiding all what could happen in an unforeseeable and uncontrollable way with the building behind.  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © Felipe Fontecilla  Image Courtesy © BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS  Image Courtesy © BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS  Image Courtesy © BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS  Image Courtesy © BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS  Image Courtesy © BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS  Image Courtesy © BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS  Image Courtesy © BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS  Image Courtesy © BEALS LYON ARQUITECTOS
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