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Project Location
Hornitos, Chile
Year of Completion
2012
Building Type
Recreational
Building Massing
Low Rise
Architect Location
Santiago, Chile
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
Owner
Hotel y Cabañas Hornitos