The building is structured as a central organization, whose programmatic core is the auditorium, and which, mediated by a circulatory bellows, deploys leisure and educational programs on the perimeter. The public programs of general access deploys in the outer ring of the ground floor, towards the Rodrigo Bueno neighborhood, the access, the bar and the library, with semi-covered areas extend the programs to the exterior.
The exhibition areas, both covered and semi-covered, are located towards the Ecological Reserve. Located in the center of the building, the auditorium has a permeable perimeter enclosure system that can be opened expanding its spatiality, extending its interior to the spaces of the entrance hall, the library and the exhibition hall. This modality enhances the use of the auditorium and makes a dynamic space that supports multiple uses even more flexible and expandable.
The building generates series of expansions both on the ground floor and on the top floor. The expansions are understood as extensions of the quality of the interior space in semi-covered and uncovered spaces. In the case of the library, the expansion is the connection with the bar, giving the possibility of the appearance of a hybrid space where the activities of both programs can be integrated.
The building is structured as a central organization, whose programmatic core is the auditorium, and which, mediated by a circulatory bellows, deploys leisure and educational programs on the perimeter. The public programs of general access deploys in the outer ring of the ground floor, towards the Rodrigo Bueno neighborhood, the access, the bar and the library, with semi-covered areas extend the programs to the exterior.
The exhibition areas, both covered and semi-covered, are located towards the Ecological Reserve. Located in the center of the building, the auditorium has a permeable perimeter enclosure system that can be opened expanding its spatiality, extending its interior to the spaces of the entrance hall, the library and the exhibition hall. This modality enhances the use of the auditorium and makes a dynamic space that supports multiple uses even more flexible and expandable.
The building generates series of expansions both on the ground floor and on the top floor. The expansions are understood as extensions of the quality of the interior space in semi-covered and uncovered spaces. In the case of the library, the expansion is the connection with the bar, giving the possibility of the appearance of a hybrid space where the activities of both programs can be integrated.
AHRCC
Date 2023
Location Buenos Aires, Argentina
Type Competition
Program Administrative building
Project team Santiago Miret and Melisa Brieva
Collaborators Antonella Canobas, Lautaro Román, Juan Cruz Sivi, y
Facundo Haber
The project for the AHRCC Institutional Headquarters operates as a large urban coolant. Its envelope cools and keeps the façade ventilated, while the large patio in its center ensures that air always circulates while all levels receive natural light throughout the day. In addition, special emphasis is placed on most of the exterior (and interior, as in the case of the ground floor and access) horizontal surfaces having at least 10cm of absorbent surface with low planting, so that they are constantly kept moist. and fresh.
The façade presents a clear, serious institutional image, but at the same time modern and with clear signs of sustainability. Two flower beds are distributed across the different levels, generating a green façade, with the possibility of naturally ventilating all levels and generating areas with a great presence of nature, a key aspect in the new office buildings.