Resiter Office Building

Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis

RESITER OFFICE BUILDING

Raimundo Lira Arquitectos

MANUFACTURERS
Trespa

LEED CERTIFICATION
B-green

CONTRACTOR
Boetsch-lira Y Cox

CALCULATION
Luis Soler P. Y Asociados

TECHNICAL INSPECTION
Carlos Iñiguez

SANITARY PROJECT
Jaime Verdugo

HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING 
Cintec S.a.

ARCHITECTS IN CHARGE
Raimundo Lira, Marlene Fischer

PARTNER ARCHITECTS
Francisco García Huidobro, Carolina Jara, Arturo Saavedra

SANITARY PROJECT
Jaime Verdugo

LIGHTING
Mónica Pérez

PHOTOGRAPHS
Pedro Mutis

AREA
1455m²

YEAR
2013

LOCATION
Santiago, Chile

CATEGORY
Office Buildings

Text description provided by architect.

The new building is an addition to the existing Resiter building, located at the corner of Los Conquistadores and Los Hidalgos Street within Providencia district.

Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis

The new building was designed to be harmonic with the existing one, and achieve a unitary look between both buildings, keeping its main features, such as:

cubic volume, discreet openings, internal voids and a new façade cladding material which keeps color hue and visual weight of the existing building.

Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis

The new building was designed reaching the maximum volumen allowed by the planning constraints, comprinsing five-storeys and three underground levels.

The two buildings are joined at ground level by a marble clad triangular body as counterpoint to the two cubic volumes. 

Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis

This body contains the entrance to the new building and articulates the access to the basement of the existing building.

The building was conceived as a set of floor plans that are crossed and interconnected by two main axes: horizontal one on each floor, a north-south visual transference axis that is the continuation of the void-axis of the existing building. These axes form a transparency through the building towards the San Cristóbal hill.

Besides, these two organizing axes the volume is pierced with terraces positioned towards different views allowing the entry of natural light into the heart of the project.

Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
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The north and west façades are designed with a thickness of 70 cm and windows placed flush on the inner face, which allows regulating the entry of light into the building.

The ground floor contains an auditorium, offices for guests, an exit to the back yard and a hall that communicates with the existing building. The first and third floors are organized to contain individual offices and open plan areas for different work teams.

Finally, the board of directors has its premises on the top floor with a cafe. During construction it was decided to enable the roof as a terrace with panoramic views.

Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis

The second floor is more closed and contains private offices. The entire project was conceived following an energy saving criteria, so all engineering projects involved were designed based on LEED guidelines.

The project is fully enclosed by an envelope of ventilated and insulated façades placed on the exterior of the structural concrete wall, which greatly improves the thermal performance of the building.

Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis

Gold LEED building certification was attained thanks to all the design features in the different consultants plus a construction process that considered a waste management erosion and sedimentation plans with strict controls, and also management of indoor air quality during construction and prior to building occupancy.


Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis
Resiter Office Building
© Pedro Mutis


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