14K Building
The 14K building is located in the Miraflores Campus of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences of the Universidad Austral de Chile. It is used by teachers, students, and private companies with the aim to generate an exchange in research and market opportunities in the areas of innovation and entrepreneurship.
The site corresponds to a University property that is open to the community with the main structuring road that is connected to various areas of public spaces and a string of independent buildings that are established as intermediaries between the road and the surrounding nature.
Photography by © Nicolas Saieh
Originally, the building was planned in two stages. The first stage corresponds to the development of the main floor which houses the laboratories, workshops, offices, cafeteria, and leisure and flexible work areas. The second stage corresponds to the development of the upper floor, which is planned as an extension of the previous program. It basically consists of a showroom, workshops, and offices. This program will be flexible according to the needs adopted in the project development. The building is conceived as a compact pavilion that houses under one roof various disciplines of the University to show the interaction and development between them to the community.
Photography by © Nicolas Saieh
The general volumetry of the building recognizes the adjacent public space, which establishes a clear relationship with the pedestrian based on the façade ...