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Published: Friday, August 31, 2007

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GOR Building

Designed by Pascal Arquitectos, GOR Building needed to meet certain thermo-acoustic requirements according to its regional location. The architect achieved this by using a highly effective energy saving hermetic facade.

By: Pascal Arquitectos

Architecture-Page | GOR Building by Pascal Arquitectos
[Left] Original GOR Building. [Right] Facade transformation.

Words from the designer

"The intervention in this 25 year old building ascribes to the damaged materials and the necessity to keep up with the new thermo-acoustic requirements of the area. To accomplish this objective a passive but highly effective energy saving facade was adapted. The target was to restore the building with a modern image with the evident utilization of new technologies."

Architecture-Page | GOR Building by Pascal Arquitectos
[Left] The complete restoration had to be made without emptying the offices. [Right] Utilization of new technologies.

Architecture-Page | GOR Building by Pascal Arquitectos
Veranda.

"Logistics were very complex because the complete restoration had to be made without emptying the offices. Physical factors were sorted out by building a hermetic facade; and placing a double aluminum facade with horizontal melaminized oversized wood louvers that block the sunlight, and laminated glass with a polyvinyl film in order to fulfill the thermo-acoustic requirements."

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