We present the new special edition of the architecture magazine Summa+, issue 165: Hotels, Retail, and Offices. Published this past July, this issue presents a selection of works, highlighting the Y-TEC Technology and Antonini Schön Zemborain offices, which respond to the notion of a corporate headquarters associated with the idea of a campus, where work buildings are predominantly low-rise and establish a direct, welcoming relationship with the landscape. In addition, the issue features three expansions that also serve as adaptive reuse projects. These projects incorporate brick and—despite being located in distant cities—share an environmental concern reflected in the reuse of existing walls and structures, as well as in the preservation of the local brick-making tradition. The authors are H Arquitectes, Lacroze Miguens Prati, and Luis Elgue, respectively.
Regarding hotels, the Hotel Explora Valle Sagrado by architect Cruz Ovalle stands out, having faced the challenge of the valley’s strong symbolic and landscape imprint, including its centuries-old system of terraced farming. Also featured are hotels by Federico Eliaschev and Javier Sánchez, which share the space constraints typical of large cities.
Turning to retail, this issue highlights four projects that explore the counterpoint between new and old, smooth and rough, and technological and traditional materials. This dialogue between the new and the old is exemplified by the intervention of an old mansion in Valparaíso, the Antares brewery in Córdoba, the Tetuán warehouse in Palermo, and, in the suburbs, the Goodstën ice cream parlor in a typical house in Martínez.
