Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

Throughout history, big size and long term constructions works had auxiliar buildings to house technical teams and in several times their families when they were in remote locations. Associated to dams, new capitals, bridges or airports, valuable architectures aroused. Mass-media society made possible to build and create architecture and engineering without a physical presence on the field. Because of that, this Construction Technical Pavillion shows an intention of making a slow, accurate, careful architecture and is more than an architecture work, is a way of making architecture.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

The expiration date of a function in a building is normal and usual but this fact must not confuse, nor give way to make temporary buildings. A building is a big economical and ambiental expense that must not be wasted, under a strict view only architectures associated to theatrical performances should be temporary as a waste in pro of higher aesthetics and actions. with the architecture of this building is intended to fix the temporality of the use it encloses, to petrify its mood. The building is raised over emerging footings as a common construction hut, its slopes and access stairs precasted independently, so this way the building is remarked with signs of belonging to a global construction process.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

Due to the fact that the pavillion is the first finished element of the construction works, a reference in a hostile environment, of big mounts of unearthed ground, stocks of material, dust and noise, the execution is made seeking protection from the surroundings by a cloister-like structure, completly closed in its exterior perimeter and totally opened to an inside garden defined by the building itself. The orthogonality of the building intends to control the space and define a reference for the rest of the construction works and making real the possibility of expansions for the adaptation to future functions.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

The own C shape of the building, open to North and closed to the rest of orientations is the most favorable for a low office building and generates a micro-climate in the interior patio that benefits hugely in summer conditions. The use of an auto-ventilated brick clear colored allows a favorable behaviour with a tight budget. Besides this brick is a key element in the expresivity of the building, trying to get a picture of open gap between bricks that is a real new feature for this material.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

Photo by Miguel de Guzmán. © TASH. Published on November 16, 2011.

LOCATION

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ROOF PLAN

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GROUND PLAN

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SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS

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SECTIONS AND ELEVATIONS

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BRICK FAÇADE DETAIL

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DIAGRAM

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