Article source: enrique browne y arquitectos asociados

The plot is located in a corner of the busy Vicuña Mackenna Avenue, on which an elevated metro runs. Located in front of the site is the largest Campus of one of the most important universities in the country. Its main access is on the diagonal to the site of the Santo Tomás Professional Institute. Another important issue is the oppressive presence of a metro station of 150 meters in length, located in front of the site with the height of 4 floors. The only visual relief occurs at the corner of the site, exactly on the mentioned diagonal. It was thus decided to access the Institute on that axis.

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• Architects: enrique browne y arquitectos asociados
• Project: SANTO TOMAS PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE – FIRST STAGE
• Location: San Joaquín, Chile
• Photography: Nicolás Saieh and Enrique Browne
• Collaborating Architects: Felipe Combeau, Tadea de Ipiña, Olimpia Lira, Cristóbal Teixido,  Gonzalo De la Parra,  Josefina del Río, Carolina Rocco.
• Function: Educational Infrastructure
• Site Area: 9861,5 m²

Built Area:  

• First Stage: 8106,8 m²
• Second Stage: 10288,3 m² (Under Construction
• Total Floor Area: 18395,14 m²
• Stories: 4
• Structure: Armed Concrete, Steel

Completed Date:

• First Stage: 2010 – 2013
• Second Stage: 2013 – 2014 (Under Construction)
• Client: CFT-IP Santo Tomás
• Interior Design: Browne & Swett Arquitectos
• Landscape Design: Browne & Swett Arquitectos
• Building Company: EBCO
• Structural Engineer: R.G. Ingenieros Asociados LTDA,  Jorge González and Juan Espinosa
• Technical Inspection and Supervision: IBLOCK  Willy Herrera
• Acoustics: Delta Acústica
• Illumination Project: Paulina Sir First Stage/ Alejandra Ramos Second Stage

Years:

• First Stage: 2010 – 2013
• Second Stage: 2013 – 2014