Nómena Arquitectura

Morphology Building

Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto

MORPHOLOGY BUILDING

Nómena Arquitectos, Talia Valdez

ARCHITECTS
Nómena Arquitectos, Talia Valdez

MEP
Fernando Mendoza

CATEGORY
Retail

SECURITY
Julio Laurente

PROJECT YEAR
2016

COLLABORATORS
José Carlos Wong, Guillermo Obispo, Manuel Cornejo

PROJECT MANAGER
Andrés de la Flor, Ebel Reina

PHOTOGRAPHS
Diego Franco Coto

MANUFACTURERS
Bercris, Casa Rosselló

STRUCTURES
César Villegas

LOCATION
Av Mariscal La Mar 1332, Miraflores 15074, Perú

Text description provided by architect.

The project is located in an area of recent urban transformation in Lima, the neighborhood of Santa Cruz. Old mechanical workshops are turning into a new commercial area of bars, offices and housing.

The elongated site houses a vertical void (botanical garden) with a semi-urban character. Its boundaries impose a regular line in a discontinuous environment trying to use geometry to shape the city.

Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto
Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto
Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto

The building addresses various programs (commercial, office and cafeteria) vertically, overlapping them in five levels.

The commercial program is linked to the street through a base, the offices are located at higher levels and the cafeteria on the top level.

Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto
Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto

On the top floor, the cafeteria has outdoor conditions, a contained space on the sides but open to the sky.

The distribution hall has two different routes from the street; a more private to the commercial area and another more public and independent "side street".

Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto

Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto

The latter allows passersby to freely penetrate the building to the cafeteria through an architectural promenade. The commercial levels are linked with slow steps.

Two envelopes were used, that contribute to control the temperature and solar incidence on the main facade.

They work as a veranda (a space traditionally used in the east as protection/transition between interior and exterior) replacing the traditional curtain wall.

Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto
Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto

This idea is also a reference to the traditional Lima balcony that allowed to see without being seen, but this time through a concrete structural lattice.

The building reveals its section through a semi-public path, a vertical space that houses an interior botanic garden.


Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto
Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto
Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto
Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto
Morphology Building
© Diego Franco Coto


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Av. Mariscal La Mar 750, Lima 15074, Peru