The VPVC office is a project commissioned to solve the demanding layout for a new bureau of lawyers, located in a single 500 sqm story of a translucent curtain-wall building with a single central circulation core in Santiago. Our proposal resulted the winner in a private competition.

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Architects: DRAA

Location: Vitacura, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Architects In Charge: Nicolas del Rio, Felipe Camus

Area: 500.0 sqm

Project Year: 2014

Photographs: Felipe Camus

Collaborator: Magdalena Besomi

Constructor: FyG

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The VPVC office is a project commissioned to solve the demanding layout for a new bureau of lawyers, located in a single 500 sqm story of a translucent curtain-wall building with a single central circulation core in Santiago. Our proposal resulted the winner in a private competition.
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Plan

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The programme requested contemplated allocating 23 individual lawyer?s offices, 4 secretaries, accountants, interns and an area of services. As it is commonly arranged there are different hierarchies which are depicted by different office sizes. Nonetheless we opted to organise this array towards the external perimeter (natural illumination) and connect every room with t...