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A spine against the south wind.

UNAB Concepción
Talcahuano, Concepción
Education / Phased construction
Universidad Andrés Bello building in Concepción
Architecture
Ramírez Moletto Arquitectos + S3 Arquitectos Asociados
Years
2008–2010
Area
26,000 m²
Programme
Twelve degrees, six phases
Images
Photographs and visualisations

A campus in six phases.

The building will house twelve degree programmes and is developed in six phases. The main block, on the southern edge, frees the northern part of the site for sunlight and shelters it from the prevailing south wind. Three classroom wings extend perpendicularly, offset by half a level and linked by ramps in a central hall; between them, gardens bring light and vegetation inside.