CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA
27/05/2014.
Award, IX BIAU. Campina Grande. [Paraíba] Brazil
metalocus, SARA REBOLLO
metalocus, SARA REBOLLO
Located in Campina Grande (Paraíba) this building was designed and built to accommodate the new headquarters of CREA (Engineering Council Body). 1º Premio en Concurso Nacional. Their authors, MAPA, are a team based at Uruguay and Brazil.
CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Façade. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Detail of brise soleil. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Staircase. CREA-PB HeadStaircase. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.quarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti. Click above to see larger image.
CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Hall. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Interior view. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Access view, sunset. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Night view. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA.
CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Brise Soleil detail. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA. Photography © Leonardo Finotti.
Elevation. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA.
Elevation. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA.
Ground floor plan. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA.
First floor plan. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA.
Section. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA.
Section. CREA-PB Headquarters by MAPA.
The project designed by MAPA, pays great attention on its outer skin, and its protection by a brise soleil from the strong sun. This skin allows 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.
CREDITS. DATA SHEET.-
MAPA (MAAM Studioparalelo)
Authors.- Luciano Andrades, Matías Carballal, Rochelle Castro, Andrés Gobba, Mauricio López, Silvio Machado, Álvaro Méndes.
Competition.- Project team.- Emiliano Etchegaray, Belén García, Gabriel Giambastiani, Aldo Lanzi, Sebastián Martínez, Nicolás Rudolph, Ken Sei Fong.
Executive Project.- Equipo de projecto: Sebastian Caram, Gerard Rouillier, Pablo Courreges, Emiliano Etchegaray, Belén García, Gabriel Giambastiani, Jaqueline Lessa. Renders.- MAAMMEDIA. Structure.- Tecnon (structure), Valls Engenharia (estructura brises structure). Landscape.- Plante Bem Paisagismo, Lourinaldo Pinto.
Construction Audition.- Vilanova Arquitetos: Marcus Vinicius, Fabiano Melo, Camila Vilar.
Construction.- AHP Construções e empreendimentos.
Area- 780m²
Location.- Campina Grande (Paraíba), Brazil.
Dates.- 2010 - 2012.
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MAAM + STUDIOPARALELO MAPA
MAPA is the fusion of MAAM and STUDIOPARALELO. Two architectural firms that become a binational collective driven by continuous exploration and that search for the relevant in the disciplinary and academic fields.
STUDIOPARALELO and MAAM ARCHITECTS were born in this century's first decade as independent architecture offices. In 2008 they began to share commissions and won several awards and competitions, as well as participation in exhibitions and biennials. After five years of partnership, they decided to merge both studies, establishing offices in Porto Alegre, Brazil and Montevideo, Uruguay.
MAPA is formed by Luciano Andrades, Matías Carballal, Rochelle Castro, Andrés Gobba, Mauricio López, Silvio Machado.
