This project has been important to us since it came from the W + R Arquitectos Studio, a well known studio in Lima Peru and of course knowing the importance and impact that the project was going to have since it was being developed in one of the most beautiful art boutique hotels of Lima. What is unique or complex about the project?
Last but not least, Singular Lighting integrate a LED lighting system, attached to the tray, so it illuminates the entire surface from below providing the perfect touch of modernity and sophistication that the hotel required. Installation was also a challenge, we had to leave one of the diagonals unwelded in order to make it easier to join and in addition have the option in the future to uninstall it for maintenance without needing to disassemble the structure. Due to this, a special and detailed work in the pattern area was demanded. On the other hand, we raised intermediate points at each intersection between beams and braces that modified the surface of the cone. On one hand, we had the beams that we couldn´t change to much, for not loose shade and protection against the rain, and on the other hand we had the tensioning ring of the cone limited by the tray and the ceiling of the skylight, that is the entrance of the rooftop that we couldn´t touch.įinally, we decided to move slightly raise up the central beams and down the ones in the corners, generating 02 levels in the perimeter, allowing more control of the sun's entry in the lowers part and at the same time we reduce the amount of points to directing the water. The great challenge was to achieve a design that stood out, considering that the proportion of the cone was not ideal due to a difference between the beams and the cone’s ring structure. Moreover, the covering should have the least number of elements that interfering with the view as well as avoiding interfering with the terrace circulation. The main request was to create something different but sophisticated without losing its functionality: create shade while protecting as well from the typical drizzle of Lima’s winter months. The project should transform the existing terrace into a unique one so that the main element would be the cocktail bar.
W + R Arquitectos Studio responsable for the design and expansion of El Rooftop, the exclusive terrace of the only Relais & Châteaux hotel in Lima, the Hotel B, who commissioned us to design the cover for the new cocktail bar. The new Belgian pavilion frames and displays the existing pavilion, a piece of architecture that has been constantly adapted and transformed over the years.Please describe the project specifications In the new walled garden of the pavilion one can sit in the sun or under the shadow of trees. Visitors walk through between the two layers of the outer wall and enter the original pavilion through a side entrance, disorienting them before their experience of a new aggregate of spaces. The existing awning under the skylights of the pavilion was removed so that sunlight streams directly in. Chairs are spread here and there around the new pavilion to allow for moments of rest from the chaos of biennales past and present. The floor of both the existing pavilion and the new “garden” is covered with a layer of confetti that is both pragmatic and symbolic. In the Belgian pavilion for the 2008 Venice architecture biennale the existing pavilion building is enclosed by a seven-meter high wall-composed of standard Italian scaffolding that was rethought and redesigned-and thus separated from the predominant context of the architecture biennale. Fuente: OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, Revista 2Gīelgian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2008
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