Keepex大楼位于瓦拉斯港市郊，地处Maullín河边，该河是公认的水生生物走廊，具有丰富的生物多样性，可接收本地和迁徙物种，Keepex大楼的出现既是挑战，也是发展公司文化与环境之间积极关系的机会。
Located on the outskirts of the city of Puerto Varas, on the edge of the Maullín River, an aquatic biological corridor recognized for its rich biodiversity that receives native and migrating species, the Keepex building emerges as both a challenge and an opportunity to develop a positive relationship between the culture of the company and its environment.
我们很快就明白，这个项目是建筑，也是它所在的地方，是环绕它的森林，是河岸，是通道，是工人们走过建筑时的友好体验。12×50米的大棚隐藏在街道上，保持了树木和温带森林景观的轮廓，就像第一张图片一样，提出了一条内部道路，从一个方向穿过土地。
We quickly understood that the project was the building, but also the place where it is located, the forest that surrounds it, the riverbank, the access road, and the friendly experience of the workers when walking through the building. The 12×50-meter shed is hidden from the street, maintaining the profile of the trees and the temperate forest landscape as the first image, proposing an interior path that runs through the land in one direction.
我们走近树木旁边的建筑，通道是隐藏的，在穿过一段森林后，出现在一个科腾钢板的框架内。没有警卫或接待员，自动门在你走近时打开，一个可以看到桃花源的宽大楼梯邀请你攀登。经典的 “办公室 “概念并不能用来描述这个空间：一组不同形状和高度的房间和桌子提供了巨大的多样性，为不同的会议提供了空间，并为一天的任务选择最佳地点提供了可能。双层高度创造了一个阁楼和一个内部露台，可以看到位于赌场和游戏室上方的原型制作车间。
We approach the building next to the trees, the access is hidden and appears framed in a Corten steel plate after going through a section of the forest. There is no guard or receptionist, the automatic door opens as you approach and a generous staircase with views of the Myrtles invites you to climb. The classic concept of “offices” does not serve to describe the space: a set of rooms and tables of different shapes and heights offer great diversity that gives space to different meetings and gives the possibility to choose the best place for the day’s task. The double-height creates an attic and an interior terrace with views of the prototyping workshop that is located above the casino and games room.
设计是清醒的，很少有组装好的材料和隐藏连接件的建设性解决方案；结构是唯一的建筑装饰物。因此，通过自然光的入口，实现了刺激、宽敞和温暖的空间，与外部自然接触，体验由云层和一天中的时间产生的永久变化。设计的灵活性允许在原型车间和办公室中进行无限的配置。根据这一标准，还设计了赌场，它作为会议室和测试院，下午在那里举行课外活动。这些空间及其家具是与@surdeco的家具制造商一起设计和协调的。
The design is sober, with very few well-assembled materials and constructive solutions that hide the joining pieces; the structure is the only architectural ornament. As a result, stimulating, spacious, and warm spaces were achieved in contact with outside nature through the entrances of natural light, to experience the permanent change generated by the clouds and the hours of the day. The flexibility of the design allows infinite configurations in the prototype workshop and in the offices. With this criterion, the casino was also designed, which functions as a conference room and the test courtyard, where extracurricular activities are held in the afternoons. The spaces and their furniture were designed together and coordinated with the furniture makers of @surdeco.
我们考虑的是在其制作过程中和在地面上产生最小影响的材料，层压木，它具有良好的抗震性能和抗火能力，除了具有积极的碳足迹外，它还允许我们进行清洁和快速组装，在施工现场没有残留物。我们用绝缘金属板覆盖墙壁和屋顶，其尺寸可提供高热和能源舒适度。对于地板，我们使用精制混凝土的辐射板。此外，窗户和天窗的设计和计算是为了在一年中提供舒适和均匀的光线。
We think of the materials that will generate the least impact in its elaboration and on the ground, laminated wood, which has good seismic behavior and against fire, in addition to having a positive carbon footprint, it allowed us a clean and fast assembly, without residues in the construction site. We cover the walls and the roof with insulated metal panels, sized to provide high thermal and energy comfort. For the floors, we use radiant slabs of refined concrete. Also, the windows and skylights are designed and calculated to give a pleasant and homogeneous light throughout the year.
爱护环境是一个优先事项，这就是为什么该建筑位于距瓦拉斯港4公里的毛林河东岸，那里生活着90多种鸟类，包括一半以上的智利水生鸟类和其他处于濒临灭绝状态的动物，如Hullín。森林进入河中，转变为令人印象深刻的红树林，河水的波动引来了多变的海岸，淹没了森林和海滩。
Caring for the environment is a priority, which is why the building is located 4 km from Puerto Varas, on the eastern shore of the Maullín River, where more than 90 species of birds live, including more than half of the Chilean aquatic birds and other animals in a critical state of extinction, such as the Hullín. The forest gets into the river transforming into impressive mangroves and the fluctuation of the river draws variable shores flooding forests and beaches.
Keepex寻求对不同行业的水循环产生积极的影响：我们认为设计一个建筑，对在那里工作的人产生最大的积极影响。这是一个横向的想法，在项目的所有规模中，从地方、建筑和家具。避免污染这个生态系统的核心挑战是确保我们不干扰河水的质量。我们选择了没有树木的土地的最高点，我们与森林保持足够的距离，不接触树木，但足以使建筑与树荫融为一体。我们为污水系统安装了一个害虫过滤器，经过紫外线过滤后，渗入地下排水管中。
Keepex seeks to have a positive impact on the water cycle for different industries: we think of designing a building that maximizes the positive impacts on the people who work there. This is a transversal idea in all the scales of the project, from the place, the construction, and the furniture. The central challenge to avoid contaminating this ecosystem was to ensure that we did not interfere with the quality of the river water. We chose the highest point of the land where there were no trees, we distanced ourselves from the forest enough not to touch the trees, but enough so that the building blended in with the shade of the trees. A vermifilter plant was installed for the sewage system which, after an ultraviolet filter, infiltrates into an underground drain.
天气也带来了挑战，每年有1800毫米的雨量，强风和长冬。我们设计了一个朝北的屋檐棚，通过我们用格子和天窗调整的窗户措施，使其全年都有最好的光线。这使我们能够减少灯具的使用，有一个愉快的室内照明体验，此外还能减少电力消耗，并保持室内辐射板的热量。
The weather also posed challenges with 1800mm of rain per year, strong winds and long winters. We designed a gabled shed facing north to have the best possible light throughout the year through window measures that we adjusted with latticework and skylights. This allows us to reduce the use of lamps, have a pleasant interior lighting experience, in addition to reducing electricity consumption and maintaining the heat of the interior radiant slabs.
设计过程非常谨慎，在一年中多次实地考察，以了解这个地方和地面上的水的变化。我们研究了土地使用和大棚类型的各种选择，以找到最佳的综合解决方案。我们把项目的成功很大程度上归功于与Keepex人的有效和流畅的沟通。
The design process was very careful, with several visits to the field during a year to understand the place and the changes in the water on the ground. We study various alternatives for land use and types of sheds to find the best comprehensive solution. We attribute a good part of the success of the project to the effective and fluid communication with the people of Keepex.
Architects: LAGAR Arquitectos
Area : 8611 ft²
Year : 2019
Photographs :Nico Saieh
Manufacturers : Comercial Arratia, Rothoblass
Lead Architects : Andrés Laborde
Planimetry : Alejandra Fernández N, Fernanda Grand Lee
Landscape : Paula Bravo
Sanitary Consultant : CRUZ&CERNA INGENIERIA LTDA.
Electrical Consultant : MD Ingeniería
Climate Consultant : Enecal
Engineering : Jorge Dominguez
Construction : Constructora Lahuen
City : Puerto Varas
Country : Chile