Camber of Commerce Building in Chapinero
CAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING IN CHAPINERO
Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
ARCHITECTS
Daniel Bonilla Arquitectos
PHOTOGRAPHS
Rodrigo Dávila, Sergio Gómez, Juan Silva
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Gerencia de proyectos Cámara de Comercio
DIRECTOR GERENCIA E INTERVENTORIA DE OBRA
Gutiérrez Díaz y Cia
MANUFACTURERS
Eternit, HID Global, Hunter Douglas, Vidplex, Vidrio Andino
BIO CLIMATIC CONSULTANT
Agustín Adarve
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
MQ Ingeniería ltda
DISEÑO DE ILUMINACIÓN
Maria Teresa Sierra
STUDENTS
Alejandro Méndez, Alejandra Torres, Giancarlo Mainero, Carolina Andrade
DESIGN TEAM
Daniel Bonilla, Juliana Lozano, Pedro Pulido, Seir Amaya, Alexander Roa, Adriana Hernández, Álvaro Acosta, Mauricio Morales, Oscar Montenegro, David Córdoba, Juan Andrés Díaz
LOCATION
Bogota, Colombia
CATEGORY
Institutional Buildings
PROJECT YEAR
2009
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THE URBAN
The project is proposed under the question of how a public building located in an anonymous corner of the city can provide urban life.
We thus formulate a siting where the floor plan tilts to build an artificial topography, creating an interesting dynamic with the traditional space of the platform and producing an urban balcony that adds to many public accesses in ascent or descent.
THE CONTENT
The program is broken down between operating and support areas, comprising:
a circulation and operational support volume, that serves to connect the levels and provide complementary technical areas to the building.
A volume or flexible prism serves to accommodate the activities.
It is conceived as a space capable of absorbing infinite changes in the future.
An interstitial space, operational crack or "atrium", which enhances the playful relationship between the two volumes.
It is strategically functional by providing the entry of natural light and ventilation.
THE ENVELOPE
The dominant mass is clad with an envelope of undulating plywood inspired by Kinetic Art, which produces visual distortion effects.
An institutional semi-frame accompanies it, taken from the generic image of recent buildings constructed by the Chamber of Commerce in Bogota.
THE EFFICIENCY
The building includes pertinent rational solutions relating to energy consumption and sustainability, such as the use of passive means of ventilation, lighting and sun protection.
