Vaulting among the vineyards. OFMA by MAPAA
07/03/2022.
[Pirque - Santiago] Chile
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OFMA is an office designed by MAPAA immersed in an extensive vineyard within the Pirque wine-growing area. On a mountainside near the Maipo River Valley on the southern outskirts of Santiago, Chile.
An award-winning work in the XXI Biennial Architecture of Chile 2019, OFMA stands out for its distinguished vaults and its ability to integrate into this rural Chilean landscape.A family tradition of wine production has led to its original design.
An award-winning work in the XXI Biennial Architecture of Chile 2019, OFMA stands out for its distinguished vaults and its ability to integrate into this rural Chilean landscape.A family tradition of wine production has led to its original design.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
OFMA by MAPAA. Photograph by Pablo Casals Aguirre.
Ground floor plan. OFMA by MAPAA.
First floor plan. OFMA by MAPAA.
Section AA. OFMA by MAPAA.
Section BB. OFMA by MAPAA.
Perception drawing. OFMA by MAPAA.
Model. OFMA by MAPAA.
The idea of OFMA by MAPAA blends in with the landscape through warm sandy colours and a greyish roof. Large windows open on all the blocks providing privileged views and allowing to admire the countryside panorama from almost the entire building.
The challenge of this project was to create an office that was conditioned by a central space as a meeting room and by a symbolic work of art that was to be located inside, a large Italian tapestry. Its imposing roof and large walls of reinforced concrete resolve the structure.
The challenge of this project was to create an office that was conditioned by a central space as a meeting room and by a symbolic work of art that was to be located inside, a large Italian tapestry. Its imposing roof and large walls of reinforced concrete resolve the structure.
Description of project by MAPAA
The work is located south of the city of Santiago within the Maipo River Valley, characteristic for its wine production. Specifically on the northern slope of one foot of the hill, on a vineyard and an olive grove.
The commission consisted of developing the offices for a father and his son, which must be independent but linked through a central space, which will function as a meeting room. In the central space, there was to be an Italian tapestry 3.6 meters high by 6 meters long. On the other hand, the project had to account for the family tradition linked to winemaking.
Program and views. The building is located perpendicular to the hillside, organizing the program through three naves, in which the offices and the meeting room are located to the north; Main access, reception, bathrooms, cellars, and kitchen to the south.
Below these, there is secondary access and the parking area. To the north, there are views towards the valley and the vineyards, which are presented as long, clean, and open views. To the south, there are views linked to the state of the foot of the hill, with short, immediate, and close views.
The tapestry and the vaults. The presence of a large work of art in the central space of the building, conditions the configuration of support for it, a wall, which in turn must have a distance, height, and envelope relationship that allows its correct display.
As an envelope capable of configuring the aforementioned conditions, the image of the underground cellars used to store the wine emerges, characteristics of the winemaking tradition of the central area, which through their brick masonry vaults resolve their shape, which is they are used as references for the project, literally transferring them to the surface through new materiality, concrete, thus giving rise to the idea of a vault capable of covering a large span without intermediate supports, which unload the efforts on lateral supports.
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Architects
MAPAA. Cristián Larraín, Matías Madsen.
Design team
Architects.- Alessandra Delisio, Felipe Miquel. Structures.- Manuel José Ruiz. Construction.- Héctor Hernandez.
Area
330 sqm.
Dates
2018.
Manufactures
Cbb ReadyMix, Vidrios Lirquen, faser ventanas, kaltemp, tecpro.
Location
Pirque, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Photography
Cristián Larraín, Matías Madsen. MAPAA
MAPAA is a Chilean architecture studio founded by Cristián Larraín and Matías Madsen in 2007. They have lectured in Chile and abroad; their work has been widely published in national and international print media. They have received numerous awards.
In 2000 they received the Matrícula de Honor Generación 1999 in the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile to the Academic Excellence and their first prize was in 2012 for Curatorial and Design of the Chile Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In 2015 they were finalists for the Work of the Year in the Spanish-speaking world, from Plataforma Arquitectura.
In 2019 by the office representing Chile at the Latin American Architecture Biennial, Pamplona Spain. In the same year, Distinguished Work Award XXI Chilean Architecture Biennial, Pivadenco School; The Outstanding Work Award XXI of Chilean Architecture Biennial, Paillaleo School and the Selected Work Award XXI Chilean Architecture Biennial, OFMA.
Cristián Larraín is an architect and founding partner of MAPAA. He graduated in 2006 from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. He has been an assistant professor at the same institution since 2006. His teaching and research activity has always been linked to issues related to design, environment and city, standing out for works in which the study of the material and its relationship with space, allows to establish appropriate responses to the different problems that arise from the diversity of commissions he has faced.
We highlight his academic activity, from 2006 to 2016 he was assistant professor at Architecture Workshop of the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. In 2006 he was also assistant professor of the Energy Efficiency Course at this university.
Matías Madsen co-founder of MAPAA in 2007 Matías Madsen Jaime (Santiago, 1979), is an architect with a Master in Urban Development from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile in 2010 and winner of the Academic Excellence Award in 2000.
He has been a professor and assistant professor at the same institution during the period 2010-2018. Between 2009 and 2011 he was assistant professor at the Architecture Workshop of this university and also in 2015.
In 2000 they received the Matrícula de Honor Generación 1999 in the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile to the Academic Excellence and their first prize was in 2012 for Curatorial and Design of the Chile Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In 2015 they were finalists for the Work of the Year in the Spanish-speaking world, from Plataforma Arquitectura.
In 2019 by the office representing Chile at the Latin American Architecture Biennial, Pamplona Spain. In the same year, Distinguished Work Award XXI Chilean Architecture Biennial, Pivadenco School; The Outstanding Work Award XXI of Chilean Architecture Biennial, Paillaleo School and the Selected Work Award XXI Chilean Architecture Biennial, OFMA.
Cristián Larraín is an architect and founding partner of MAPAA. He graduated in 2006 from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. He has been an assistant professor at the same institution since 2006. His teaching and research activity has always been linked to issues related to design, environment and city, standing out for works in which the study of the material and its relationship with space, allows to establish appropriate responses to the different problems that arise from the diversity of commissions he has faced.
We highlight his academic activity, from 2006 to 2016 he was assistant professor at Architecture Workshop of the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. In 2006 he was also assistant professor of the Energy Efficiency Course at this university.
Matías Madsen co-founder of MAPAA in 2007 Matías Madsen Jaime (Santiago, 1979), is an architect with a Master in Urban Development from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile in 2010 and winner of the Academic Excellence Award in 2000.
He has been a professor and assistant professor at the same institution during the period 2010-2018. Between 2009 and 2011 he was assistant professor at the Architecture Workshop of this university and also in 2015.
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