공간을 통해 예술, 건축, 디자인은 합성된다. 아트센터 내부의 주요한 보이드 스페이스는
3개의 구역에서 각 프로그램을 연결, 확장한다.
특히 80미터 가량의 무주공간이 연출되는 메인 보이드 스페이스는
구조와 건축의 경계가 만들어 내는 드라마틱한 공간으로
콘크리트와 철골부재의 합성 스트럭쳐를 통해 구현된다.
이렇듯 건축물을 디자인하는 주요한 테마는 동질의, 또는 이질의
요소들의 합성과정을 통해 시너지를 만들어내는 이종접합으로
내부 지향적인 콘크리트 큐빅의 장중한 건축물로 귀결된다.
그리하여 통합된 공간은 건축을 비롯한 디자인을 하나로 묶는 아트센터로
프로그램과 사람들을 공간 속에 합성한다.
reviewed by SJ
Centro Roberto Garza Sada de Arte Arquitectura y Diseño
Roberto Garza Sada Center for Arts, Architecture and Design (CRGS) is a 6 storey building with height of 5.4 metres between each level. Built in an area of 20,700 square metres. The building has a modulation of supports (columns) arranged in a grid of 9 metres per side, having 3 modules in the short side and 11 in the long one.
The main support structure is based on 4 frames in the long direction, spaced 9 metres one from another, and describing free spaces of about 80 to 65 metres. The main frames are stabilised trough a secondary structure which allows it to have the required stiffness to be structurally stable.
The structural concept is based on the principle of composite action, that is, elements of structural steel-lined concrete and united so that both receive and transmit efforts jointly (the concrete is not only architectural but structural).
The finishes of the building are:
» Granite floors or concrete polishing, epoxy-coated
» Apparent concrete walls, plaster, drywall or resin panel
» Ceiling drywall or prefabricated resin panel
Additionally it has windows of aluminium (profiles with thermal break) and insulated glasses with a low-e face are included in areas of direct exposure to the sun's rays. The windows system is reinforced by a system of automated blinds and linked to the lighting control system for a more efficient system. Architectural design concentrates most of the windows in three main holes that come from the rooftop to the floors below that allow the natural lighting and ventilation of the building.
The VRV air conditioning system provides high efficiency in electricity consumption for the divided spaces configuration of the building. Lamps are high efficiency and with electronic ballast that is linked to an intelligent system that detects heat, motion and daylight by sensors strategically located through the building. The system regulate the environment of each space providing the lighting required for the development of activities, while they save energy by allowing most of the lighting to be natural.
Electric and voice-data systems feature the best technology, in order to provide users with the most suitable conditions for the performance of academic functions in each space of the building.
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