The project designed by MAPA, pays great attention to its outer skin, and its protection by a brise soleil from the strong sun. This skin allows the entry of light and the generation of comfortable spaces that play with the projection of the shadow. A building permeable to light, permeable to the vision of the city. Inside the space is divided into two zones connected by a walkway.
The scale of the building and skin allow reduce the building volume and also help to integrate the building in its urban context.
Description of project by MAPA
A Permeable building.
The precast concrete permeable “skin” does not resemble the usual glazed institutional buildings, impervious and impermeable. Instead its transparency and lightness give the whole building qualities recommended for the modern state institutions.
Inside, the patios play the main role – transparent and covered with glass panels over the main circulation areas, fully permeable over the garden and the reflective pool on the ground floor.
The program is distributed in two levels: The upper floor accommodates the administrative functions - divided in two sections connected by a metallic walkway while the ground floor receives the public functions with a multipurpose room able to work as a lecture space, seating up to 150 people. The main hall and other areas are open and unfenced – totally permeable – and all connected and delimited by its double height internal patio space.
