Comments on: Consorcio Building Concepcion / Enrique Browne

By: DAVIS Architects

DAVIS Architects — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:41:05 +0000

theDAVISintern: Do you think this could work in Phoenix? the folliwing is a great archdaily link: http://bit.ly/9COfGI

By: luxo

luxo — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:33:12 +0000

No one is thinking about water here…it’s why plants get zapped when money is involved.

By: thanhtran

thanhtran — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:05:25 +0000

creativity and contribute to the green city, but still very impressive and modern …….. unfortunately not exploited hygiene of the front, supporting this school all his

By: Inhabitat » Chilean High Rise Wrapped in a Living Green Wall

Inhabitat » Chilean High Rise Wrapped in a Living Green Wall — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:00:19 +0000

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By: Cristian

Cristian — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:46:18 +0000

The first image is an actual photo, but retouched in Photoshop. The original one was taken when the building was just made, and also showed some electrical cables that where removed as well…. as I ‘ve been told.

By: Consorcio Building Concepcion by Enrique Browne | IGreenSpot

Consorcio Building Concepcion by Enrique Browne | IGreenSpot — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:00:39 +0000

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By: Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Consorcio Building - Green Building in Concepcion, Chile

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:55:03 +0000

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By: Consorcio Building Green Wall « The Dirt

Consorcio Building Green Wall « The Dirt — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:13:57 +0000

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By: Hamster

Hamster — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:14:43 +0000

>>Santiago´s consorcio building…http://www.barqo.cl/v1/proyecto.php?tipo=39

By: Hamster

Hamster — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:13:37 +0000

By the way….plants are already growing..

By: Hamster

Hamster — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:12:50 +0000

Raul,
I think you have in mind the “Santiago´s Consorcio” building…but maybe you don´t know that building was actually design by Borja and Brown.

Brown is the one intrested in combining nature and architecture

By: ArchiSpass » Gruene Fassade zum Xten

ArchiSpass » Gruene Fassade zum Xten — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:17:09 +0000

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By: Boris

Boris — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:41:56 +0000

Things need only be as expensive and complicated as we make them. A trench, some containers and growing medium, and a bit of effort to maintain – how difficult is that? People are all gung-ho on greening everything but it’s often the first thing to be cut as soon as someone raises the slightest objection.

The details, “planting scheme” and “planter detail” above look quite wonderful with various flowering and non-flowering species. Without them this building is just another competent modernist box with little to distinguish it from thousands of others around the world.

By: Jasper, from Holland

Jasper, from Holland — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:04:01 +0000

@xing: confused aswell, i think it is a rendered image, because the text points out that the initial plan had plants on the north and west sides, which were eliminated

@Boris: Installing plants is more then just the plants itself, the whole construction supporting the soil as the drainage and water supply of the plants is quite extensive, making it expensive. And maybe there was already sufficient shading. Shame Though, really like green buildings (if they manage to be as green as on the renders)

Overall i think it looks really nice, detailing as far as i can see is really clean ^^

*goes check out borja huidobro architecture*

By: raúl

raúl — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 07:48:19 +0000

borjahuidobroing = to be turning into style of the architect Borja Huidobro

By: xing

xing — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:43:49 +0000

The first image confused me a bit at the first glance. I thought it is a rendering image.

By: Boris

Boris — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:07:12 +0000

“The glazed sectors had a ‘double skin’ with climbing plants on the North and West sides. This solution was eliminated for being expensive.”

Confusing. In the photos it looks like the trellis-ey structure was built but no climbing plants were installed. Are we supposed to believe a few vines were cost-prohibitive? Their shade would have probably lowered air conditioning costs.

By: nico

nico — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:24:48 +0000

raúl

What do you mean with that?

By: raúl

raúl — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:35:22 +0000

I think that he is borjahuidobroing