The Aulas Building

The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz

THE AULAS BUILDING

OMN Arquitectos

ARCHITECTS
OMN Arquitectos

CLIENT
Dirección de Infraestructura, Pontificia Universidad Católica

MANUFACTURERS
Forbo Flooring Systems, Arauco, B&P, Cintac®, Duomo, Hunter Douglas, Losepp, METRALUM, Pizarreño, Quattro, Romeral

FIRST STAGE CONSTRUCTOR
GHG constructora

SECOND STAGE CONSTRUCTOR
CSM constructora

STRUCTURAL CALCULATION
Soler & Asociados

AIR CONDITIONING
Térmika

COLLABORATING ARCHITECTS
Rodolfo Guajardo, Patricio Mancilla, Camila Díaz and Andrés Bartelsman

SANITARY
Juan Olcay, Héctor Valenzuela

ARCHITECT IN CHARGE
Osvaldo Muñoz Nordenflycht

PHOTOGRAPHS
Felipe Díaz

ELECTRICITY
Ingelmor

AREA
5800 m²

CATEGORY
Educational Architecture, University

LOCATION
Macul, Chile

YEAR
2016

The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz

Text description provided by architect.

The Aulas Building is located in the access park by Vicuña Mackenna of the Campus San Joaquín of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz

At the time of projecting the building was very important the environment in which it would be located.

The extensive green areas and trees of great foliage should be part of its infrastructure. For this reason, it was placed parallel to the park and facing access from an open facade.

The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz

To achieve the lightness of the north facade and thus the integration with the park, the structuring of the building was very relevant in the development of the project.

The pillars should be of small section and non-orthogonal lines so that they resemble the environment and simulate being trunks that supported the program.

The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz

For this reason, the structure was composed of a braced wall to the south and concrete pillars of greater section to the north. The latter were moved away from the perimeter, to make it seem that all the charges to the north were taken by the steel pillars.

The plants are organized from a large corridor to the north and precincts that are set back from the facade to allow a panoramic view through their circulations.

The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz

On the first floor are public programs, cafeteria and study hall. On the upper floors classrooms and at the underground level auditoriums.


The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz


The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz
The Aulas Building
© Felipe Díaz


The Aulas Building
Basement floor
The Aulas Building
1st Floor Plan
The Aulas Building
2nd Floor Plan
The Aulas Building
3rd Floor Plan
The Aulas Building
4th Floor Plan
The Aulas Building
5th Floor Plan


The Aulas Building
Section AA
The Aulas Building
Section BB


The Aulas Building
North Elevation
The Aulas Building
South Elevation