Project Name

Hornitos Hotel

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Project Location

Hornitos, Chile

Year of Completion

2012

Building Type

Recreational

Building Massing

Low Rise

Project Architect

Gonzalo Mardones V Arquitectos

Architect Location

Santiago, Chile

Owner

Hotel y Cabañas Hornitos

Student Author

Sheng Yan

Archived Year

12-4-2018

Climate

Cold Desert Climate (BWk)

Application

Exterior, Interior, Structure

Material and its Properties

Concrete with locally mined aggregates not only provide the building a color that is similar to that of the locale, but also provide veranda spaces to cool hotel rooms during the day, and heat for the cold desert nights by concrete’s inherent high thermal retaining properties.

Architect Website

http://www.gonzalomardonesv.cl/

Other Sources

https://www.archdaily.com/375284/hornitos- hotel-gonzalo-mardones-viviani?ad_medium=gallery

Environmental Response

Concrete's high diurnal thermo storage property allows heat absorbed from sunlight to radiate to the interior at night.

Recommended Citation

Gonzalo Mardones V Arquitectos, "Hornitos Hotel" (2012). Building Case Studies. 295.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/bcs/295