Estimated Investment €11m. To this end, Auer brought in lighting designer Werner Lampl.His contribution was to design an illumination system for the whole building, from the entrance hall to the restaurant, though the most challenging area was the paths to the bedrooms.“This was where most light would spill out, so we divided illumination into systems,” Lampl explains.
L'Observatoire européen austral (ESO) exploite dans le désert chilien de l'Atacama le « Very Large Telescope », l'un des plus grands ensembles de télescopes au monde. It is mainly used for the ESO scientists and engineers who work there on a roster system. Though the word “hotel” suggests groups of tourists coming and going, the ESO Hotel is in fact a private relaxation facility for the astronomers who visit the European Southern Observatory and a permanent residence for the engineers and scientists who work on the site.
“In the event of an earthquake, the structure would float above ground, thus absorbing the shocks of the horizontal movement,” he says. However, astronomy is very strenuous work, demanding high concentration over a long period of time, so ESO wanted a place where its people could rest and recuperate away from the highly technical world of telescopes and electronic apparatus.So, the question that faced Auer was what kind of oasis would fit into a landscape bare of any other point of reference?
Although the exterior of the house follows the Modernist tradition by providing two long plates for the roof and floor of the villa, Klotz introduces subtle alterations to adapt it to local conditions. Ainsi, outre les chambres et les espaces de travail, l'hôtel dispose de cours intérieures à la végétation luxuriante, d'une cantine, d'une salle de sport et d'un bassin de natation. Architects and Designers Auer und Weber. Mist-like water sprays in the garden and natural evaporation from the pool create a subtropical climate.Humidity is a comfortable 35%, compared with 5% outside the hotel.
In fact, this building, finished in 1999, does not have an air-conditioning system but relies on natural ventilation alone. Surrounding cliffs act as a support wall, although they do nothing to impede the breathtaking views of the ocean, especially from the dining wall balcony.This emphasis on reflecting nature sets the hotel in direct and deliberate contrast to the high-tech telescope complex atop Cerro Paranal’s summit.
The skin of the building is partly covered by louvers that control the environmental conditions.
(Ruth Slavid)San Pedro de Atacama is a pre-Inca town situated around an oasis in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, which is the driest desert in the world. You can still appreciate the panorama with its colours and emptiness.” His L-shaped building includes 120 rooms, swimming pool, fitness centre, restaurant, library and lounge areas.It sits in a harsh yet beautiful environment that could have been spoiled immeasurably without deft and imaginative design.
of Chile. This and the adjacent administration block can be reached via a long entrance ramp that extends into the entrance rotunda.
Beyond the deep conceptual reasons of the project, to visit the school is to experience a modern, daring piece of contemporary architecture. Visitors generally stop there in order to visit the surrounding natural wonders, including the desert’s salt flats.
Les scientifiques qui y travaillent dans des conditions climatiques extrêmes ont besoin d'un hébergement qui leur permette de se régénérer entre les phases de travail et qui leur offre toutes les commodités d'un vrai « oasis » au milieu d’un environnement hostile. This circular courtyard, decorated with palm trees and cactus plants, runs down 9m to a swimming pool.A single element of the hotel’s structure is visible above the horizon: a raised dome made of a steel skeleton 35m in diameter.This rises above the hotel’s central lounge area and creates a formal counterpoint to the telescope’s enormous concave mirrors.
The concrete used for construction was mixed with iron oxide to match the russet earth in which the structure sits, allowing it to blend in with the terrain.
Ramps, double volumes, and mezzanines are the architectural elements that make interaction between the architecture and its users possible. Hotel Director Vitacura offers 4-star accommodation in the heart of the residential Vitacura district, near business areas, restaurants, embassies and supermarkets of Santiago. The 8,500-square-foot (790-square-meter) new space floats on top of the existing school and is defined by a continuous metal roof that compresses and dilates the internal spaces. This was devised by structural engineers Mayr and Ludescher.It was their job to ensure that the architects’ plans fitted in with the construction methods of local contractors. „It's a stunning place!
Moreover, at these altitudes high solar radiation for 360 days a year threatens people’s health. To continue this nature-inspired theme, the steel used in the facade and interiors has been powder-coated, to give it the appearance of raw metal.This use of concrete helps combat the extreme temperature differences found in the region.