AVA BUILDING
Marsino Arquitectura
ARCHITECTS
Marcan Arquitectura, Marsino Arquitectura
3 D IMAGES
MARCAN
CLIENT
MARCAN Inmobiliaria y Constructora, Ing. Humberto Martínez Díaz
MANUFACTURERS
Fagor, Italgrif, TREBOL
MARSINO ARQUITECTURA COLLABORATORS
Francisca Valenzuela, Yesica Miranda
CONSTRUCTOR
MARCAN Constructora
MARCAN COLLABORATORS
Danny Murguía (Ingeniero), Felipe Carrasco (Ingeniero Constructor)
CALCULATION PROJECT
PRISMA Ingenieros
ELECTRICAL PROJECT
Jaime Alca
SANITARY PROJECT
Luis Segovia
WEATHER PROJECT
Jussef Liban
ILLUMINATION PROJECT
HILITE
LANDSCAPE PROJECT
Rafael Cubas Martins
KITCHEN PROJECT
VANESSA
COLLABORATORS ARCHITECTS
Lorena Hurtado
MARCAN ARCHITECTS TEAM
Rodrigo Martínez, Karina Puente Frantzen
MARSINO ARQUITECTURA ARCHITECTS TEAM
Jorge Marsino Prado, María Inés Buzzoni Garnham
ARCHITECTS ASSOCIATES
Miranda Arquitectos / Anteproyecto, Atelier R+R
PHOTOGRAPHS
Nico Saieh, Juan Solano Ojasi
AREA
18310 m²
YEAR
2016
LOCATION
Miraflores, Peru
CATEGORY
Apartments
Text description provided by architect.
The project tries (seeks or aims) to make visible the current moment of the city of Lima, and especially the neighborhood of Miraflores, in which the great cultural density of Lima is intermingled with cosmopolitan lifestyle.
This is expressed in all the temporal spheres of society, reaching its best formal representations in literature, decoration and gastronomy.
This cultural density is perfectly combined with a good amount of sophistication and results in the great Peruvian cuisine that surprises the world in the current fervid foodie scene, as it was recently described by the NY Times.
An initial concept then appears, which allows us to advance under a guideline: SOPHISTICATION.
The challenge was to build a building that reflects this value and initial concept, through design, with the challenge of consolidating itself as the best residential building in Lima and as a reference in South America.
How not to replicate this concept in Architecture ?, How should be a project that speaks the same language? That is the initial challenge.
This initial concept forced us (and allowed us) to advance in a long discussion that was giving shape to the project, even without even thinking about its Architecture ...
what Is SOPHISTICATED ?, How is a sophisticated structure ?, How is a sophisticated program ?, How is a sophisticated department ?, How should be its spaces? ... its finished ?, etc.
Just as the kitchen attempts to rescue the roots of this Peruvian cultural density, the challenge is - from Architecture - to rescue the modernism of Miraflores. The one that had been lost by the growing insecurity and that today, with a more secure city, recovers all sense.
How to recover the dignity of public space, how to integrate the pedestrian, this new citizen of Miraflores: cosmopolitan, urban, cultured and sophisticated, in a building that inspires "life from another angle."
