Article source: Schmidt Arquitectos

A perimeter volume layout that allows us to maximize solar exposure and views, creating a central space, Patio Mayor, a unique integrative (study) design for university life.  The regional headquarters of the Andres Bello University is located in the coastal city of Vina del Mar in the V Region of Chile. It lies in a temperate climate zone with a prolonged cloudy dry season and rainy winter which is strongly influenced by the Pacific Ocean, generating low temperature fluctuations during the year.

Image Courtesy © Aryeh Kornfelp / Martin Schmidt Radic

• Architects: Schmidt Arquitectos, Horacio Schmidt Cortes, Horacio Schmidt Radic, Martin Schmidt Radic
• Project: Andrés Bello University Regional Headquarters
• Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
• Photography: Aryeh Kornfelp / Martin Schmidt Radic
• Client: Universidad Andrés Bello
• Contractor: Guzman y Larraín
• Contributors: Cristián Maze, Karen Pradenas, Lina Rojas
• Structural Engineer: Sergio Contreras
• Landscaping: Juan Grimm
• Façade: Hunter Douglas
• Site Area: 15.191 m2
• Area: 43.000 m2
• Project Year: 2014

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