Estudio Larrain

Ismael 312 Apart Hotel

Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Rodrigo Larrain Illanes
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

Ismael 312 Apart Hotel

Estudio Larrain

ARCHITECTS
Estudio Larrain

CLIENT
Tripode S.a.

COLLABORATORS
Claudio Cepeda

MANUFACTURERS
Duromarmol, Kone, Atika, Budnik, Duomo, Minassian, Superval

ACOUSTICS
Ingenieria En Control Acustico

INTERIORS
Árbol Color

CONSTRUCTION
Ecomsa S.a.

TECHNICAL INSPECTION
Juan Eduardo Mujica

PROJECT ARCHITECTS
Rodrigo Larrain Galvez, Rodrigo Larrain Illanes

LIGHTING
Monica Perez & Asociados

PROYECTO ELETRICO
Eletrico : Propamat

STRUCTURES
Alfonso Larrain

SITE AREA
201,30m²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Chile

CATEGORY
Hotel

ISMAEL 312 HOTEL

Ismael hotel is a small hotel that gets bigger due to its environment. The site has only 180 m² (9x20 meters), and overlooks two streets, Ismael Valdez Vergara and Monjitas.

Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
Cortesía de Estudio Larrain
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

CONTEXT

The block is composed of 9-story high buildings with a continuous facade, reflecting different architectural styles from different times, as a cultural display of our architectural heritage in perfect conditions.

At the project site there used to be a 3-story building, declared "discordant and of little architectural value" by the National Monuments Council, which allowed us to think of a completely new project, with a contemporary proposal.

THE PROJECT

This is a building in the city and for the city, so we wondered, how do we insert a contemporary project into a consolidated block? We understood that our intervention was like "an extra touch on an existing painting" so we could either hit it right or ruin it.

Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
Cortesía de Estudio Larrain
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Rodrigo Larrain Illanes
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
Cortesía de Estudio Larrain

The project however does not correspond to any of the past eras, but rather to the present and therefore we believe that it should not resemble or mimic anything, nor try to adopt some preexisting architectural style.

Instead, it should propose a language that reflects contemporary architecture, in dialogue with its environment from the predominant elements, solids and voids, colors and textures.

The architectural composition of the block considers three main orders - Base - Body - Top

Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Rodrigo Larrain Illanes
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Rodrigo Larrain Illanes

From the viewpoint of the architectural language, the buildings on the block are characterized in each case by their balconies, as elements that are attached to the buildings, but with their balustrades, geometries and details define an architectural style and expression, either modernist, baroque or classical.

Thus, the project draws on a transparent base that makes the building appear to float above the ground, linking visually and functionally both streets.

We therefore decided to break the hermetic nature of the block between the park and the city, and the building has access from both sides.

Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Rodrigo Larrain Illanes
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma

The design of the body containing the rooms has balconies off each bedroom, which like the rest of the block, are presented as an expressive and volumetric element. Not as an attachment, but rather as part of the building.

Thus the walls of the facade are folded, creating and containing the balconies, and generating a side window to the inside that increases the brightness of the rooms.

The top of the building is again a void that programmatically solves a terrace - pool.

Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Rodrigo Larrain Illanes


Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma
Ismael 312 Apart Hotel
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma


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Estudio Larrain
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Estudio Larrain
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