Type: Commercial and office
Year: 2018
Location: Apoquindo, Las Condes
Area: 10.000 m2
Architects: L A N D and Amunátegui Barreau
Collaborator architects: Javier Lorenzo and Javier Basualdo
Structure: Luis Soler & Associates
Specialist engineers: DICyP
Client: Centinela
Constructor: SIGRO
Award: Selection, XVII Biennial of International Architecture of Buenos Aires 2019
Origami Building was born from an architectural tactic that seeks to reduce energy demand with respect to a completely glazed office building. This is achieved with a folded façade of varying angle in relation to the orientation, avoiding overheating passively and reducing energy consumption by 40%. The facade contains opaque and translucent planes, folded at angles ranging from 115 ° to 145 °.
The project is organized around a flexible grid of pillars and beams that make up a rigid frame, joined to slabs with a serrated perimeter to receive the folded window strips. The structural criterion sought rationality and efficiency, with a rigid core offset from its narrow length and the center of its maximum length. The building has 16 floors above ground level and 5 underground.
The building seeks to extend the path and incorporate the public space linked to the commercial use of the proposed plate on the first 2 floors, thus taking advantage of a privileged location for cyclists, pedestrians and users of public transport, given its proximity to the metro station Escuela Military, on the south side of Apoquindo Avenue.
