Zagreb Office / Oficina Bravo

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  • Architects: Oficina Bravo
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2798 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Photographs
    Photographs:Felipe Fontecilla
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Villalba
  • Lead Architect: Sebastián Bravo
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Zagreb Office  / Oficina Bravo - Interior Photography, Windows, Facade
© Felipe Fontecilla

Text description provided by the architects. Zagreb Office is a transformation project to turn a pre-existing structure into office spaces. The building is located on a corner site in Santiago, in an urban renewal zone that combines residential buildings and workshops. 

Zagreb Office  / Oficina Bravo - Exterior Photography, Glass
© Felipe Fontecilla

The project included finding an appropriate site, focusing on locating terrains that, whether because of their location within the block or because of their size, were not subjected to pressure from the real-estate market.

Zagreb Office  / Oficina Bravo - Interior Photography, Glass
© Felipe Fontecilla

The selected site is an old adobe and brick house built during the 1930’s, which operated as a motor automobile repair shop during 45 years. Since it had been used as a workshop, it was decided to empty out the interior, leaving the façade as the only remainder of its original residential nature.

Zagreb Office  / Oficina Bravo - Exterior Photography, Glass
© Felipe Fontecilla
Zagreb Office  / Oficina Bravo - Image 9 of 14
1st floor plan
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Zagreb Office  / Oficina Bravo - Interior Photography, Column, Beam, Handrail
© Felipe Fontecilla

The project’s strategy proposes a volume that is hermetic towards the outside yet open and transparent towards the inside. The floor plan is organized around a central patio and staircase that gives order and allows for light to enter the space. The structure of the project is resolved through an interior metallic grid that extends beyond the original façade.

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Exploded Axonometric

An obsolete structure is thus recovered through a small-scale intervention, revitalizing the neighborhood and allowing for a development that is harmonious with its scale and history.

Zagreb Office  / Oficina Bravo - Interior Photography
© Felipe Fontecilla

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Project location

Address:Ñuñoa, Metropolitan Region, Chile

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About this office
Cite: "Zagreb Office / Oficina Bravo" [Oficina Zagreb / Oficina Bravo] 30 Jun 2020. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/942510/zagreb-office-oficina-bravo> ISSN 0719-8884

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