Rancagua Station in Villa Retiro, Córdoba
Rancagua Station, Villa Retiro, Córdoba, Argentinian Car Service Building, South American Architecture Photography
Rancagua Station in Córdoba
30 July 2020
Rancagua Filling Station
Architects: PON- Estudio de Arquitectos
Location: Villa Retiro, Córdoba, Argentina, South America
PON- Estudio de Arquitectos decided to organize the Rancagua Station project based on the modulation of the “large deck” that orders and unifies all activities. The project is conceived through a series of premises aimed at making land use and circulation more efficient, these premises fall into three large groups that summarize the following words: INNOVATION, SUSTAINABILITY and PROFITABILITY.
“Innovation”, in the way of conceiving a station in an integral way, both as a business and as a social meeting place for the neighborhood, where light, warmth and vegetation are incorporated as fundamental premises of the project.
We understand “sustainability”, such as the efficient use of available resources, the frank opening towards the environment, the incorporation of pre-existing vegetation, the use of natural light to reduce energy consumption, and the provision of 4500 sqm of roof for the installation of solar paneling and pergola of vegetation.
“Profitability” understood as the generation of value to improve the competitive differentiation strategy of the premises, from the operational capacity, the fluidity of the vehicle circulation, the posit...
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