OBJECTIVES

© Pablo Pintos

Architects: Estudio Lorieto-Pintos-Santellán arquitectos

Location: Tomás Berreta, Canelones, Canelones, Uruguay

Architects In Charge: Conrado Pintos, Victor Lorieto, Luis Santellán

Author: Intendencia Municipal de Canelones

Area: 600.0 sqm

Photographs: Pablo Pintos, Diego Villar, Courtesy of Estudio Lorieto-Pintos-Santellán

Structural Engineer: Ing. Carlos Scoseria

Air Conditioning And Fire Protection Engineers: Ing. Luis Lagomarsino

Sanitary Engineer: Pablo Richero

Mepf Engineer: Walter Riveiro

Acoustics: Arch. Gonzalo Fernandez
© Diego Villar

OBJECTIVES As a result of the need to build a new front of house (cafeteria, administration, restrooms, staff areas, etc.) and to change the circulation layout to provide for universal accessibility, the spatial perception of constricted public areas was doubled. The new building associates with the existing one in a complex manner. First, it acknowledges the primary role of the theater building, and takes from it its design guidelines: material and color, its own height and the height of its formal components, how its façade aligns, and the leading role of solid over hollow. However, this relationship is strained by opposites: the weight of the older bu...