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Torres Siamesas
Siamese Towers |
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DESIGNER |
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CONTEXT |
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| Importance of the building in the territory and in the city |
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reinforced concrete, glass, cement-fiber
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ECO-SUSTAINABILITY |
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 We were asked to do a glass tower. Glass is very inappropriate for Santiago’s climate, because it generates green house effect, even though it’s a nice material to resist rain, pollution and aging. So we thought of using glass for what it’s good, on the outside, then do another building inside with efficient energy performance and allow air to flow in between the two. Convection of hot air creates a vertical wind which is accelerated by the “waists” of the building by Venturi effect, eliminating undesired heat gains before they reach the second building inside. |
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LOCATION |
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South America |
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 Metropolitana de Santiago |
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Santiago |
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 Santiago [Santiago de Chile] |
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Av. Monsenor Carlos Casanueva (Campus San Joaquín, UC de Chile)
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Education buildings
Universities, colleges
Research buildings and centers
Research buildings
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CHRONOLOGY |
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Project |
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2003 - 2004
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Realisation |
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2004 - 2005 |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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| Gregorio Carboni Maestri, "Alejandro Aravena. The Siamese Towers in Santiago de Chile", Materia 55, settembre/september 2007 [Involucri/Envelopes], "Progetti/Projects" pp. 76-85 |
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| Alejandro Aravena. Progettare e costruire, Mondadori Electa, "Documenti di architettura", Milano 2007, pp. 52-65 |
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| Jean-Marie Martin, "Le apparenze ingannano e l'intelligenza richiede attenzione", Casabella 747, settembre/september 2006, pp. 6-17 |
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| Justin McGuirk, "The "Siamese towers"", Icon 37, july 2006, pp. 27-28 |
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| "The Siamese Towers, Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile", A+U. Architecture and Urbanisme 430, july 2006 [Chile. Deep South], pp. 82-91 |
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| Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
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built sq.m. 5.000
site sq.m. 8.000 |
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| Design team |
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| Alejandro Aravena, Alfonso Montero, Charles Murray, Ricardo Torrejón |
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| Nicoletta Dal Zotto, Maddalena Barbi, Nicola Cascino, Elisa Alberti, Ilaria Tinelli, Raffaele Danzi |
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Photos © Cristobal Palma
Drawings © Alejandro Aravena
Text edited by Alejandro Aravena
Courtesy of Pritzker Prize/The Hyatt Foundation | ELEMENTAL
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