TERRAZA OFFICES

Location: Huechuraba, Santiago de Chile
Construction: COVALCO
Engineering: Alfonso Larraín
Landscape Design: Luz María Ramírez
Photography: Nico Saieh
-XV Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires, Argentina 2015 – Exhibition
-LEED Silver Certified 2014

Terraza Offices built in 2014. A radical architectural element was chosen: the building refuses to the west (sun) with a large blind wall with ventilated facade that forms a gap of 6 stories high for circulation, turning into a great hall that naturally ventilates and lights up the whole building. This emphatic stance resulted in an energy efficient building that is LEED Silver Certified.
All facades have been worked in dark gray porcelanato (unique material) format 120 x 60 cm installed as a ventilated facade. The dark colour helps absorption and the ventilated system helps to cool the walls in summer and to warm them in winter.
The cover has been worked as a great green terrace, to be in communion with the imposing mountains that encase the Ciudad Empresarial: a magnificent natural environment.

Client: Anna Doe