Taller de Arquitectura de Bogotá

Macarena 626 Office Building

Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila

MACARENA 626 OFFICE BUILDING

Taller De Arquitectura De Bogotá

WIRING
Hp Tecnología

YEAR
2019

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

LOCATION
Bogotá, Colombia

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rodrigo Dávila

DESIGN TEAM
Diego Vásquez, Valentina Montoya

MECHANICAL
Alfonso Uribe

ELECTRICAL
Opa Ospin Pradilla Asociados Ltda

AREA
2100 M²

Hydrosanitary
Diseño Hidrosanitario

INTERNS
Juan Esteban Canal, Abedulio Camargo

CONSTRUCTION
Andexport Ingenieria Y Construcciones S.a.s

Text description provided by architect.

Macarena 626 is located among buildings of significant architectonic value in a privileged area of the city. The building was conceived through the understanding of the morphology and materials of its surroundings.

Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila

The instinctive circular first sketch of the project, was then modified along the design process, to become a polygonal floor plan, made up of four main planes.

The main volume, composed of a sloping roof and the polygon’s irregular plans, define a petrous morphology that rises from the ground by a glazed ground floor that opens towards the street.

Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila

The roof slopes intend to highlight the nature of Bogotá’s distinctive mountainous topography, tangible at the project’s site.

To address the level changes required due to the topography of the plot, the building generates a series of terraces and platforms that intend to create and inclusive and lively ground floor.

Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila

The glazed ground floor that bears above a petrous second storey that is carved in its interior by large courtyards which establish a connection with the greenery and the sky.

Both the sky and the landscape are framed by a set of truncated pyramids that appear on the roof.

Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila

Each volume works as a frame of the surroundings, showcasing the mountains, the “Torres del Parque” a heritage listed building nearby, and the traditional “International Center”.

The facade, made out of red site-cast concrete, seeks to blend with the buildings surrounding the project and also, to create a contrast between the colors orange (buildings) and green (mountains) already present in the area.

Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila


Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila
Macarena 626 Office Building
© Rodrigo Dávila


Macarena 626 Office Building
Plan - Basement floor
Macarena 626 Office Building
Plan - First floor
Macarena 626 Office Building
Plan - Second floor
Macarena 626 Office Building
Plan - Roof


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Macarena 626 Office Building
Facade - South
Macarena 626 Office Building
Facade - North
Macarena 626 Office Building
Facade - West

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