决定在智利天主教大学工程系的圣华金校区建立一个采矿中心。该网站面临广阔的维库尼亚马肯纳大道，那里的高架地铁系统通过。最初的任务包括6层楼，教室、教授室、礼堂和一个小型采矿博物馆。我们设计了一种构造的“岩石”(选项1)。

It was decided to build a Mining Centre in the Engineering department of the Catholic University of Chile, in the San Joaquin Campus. The site faces the wide Vicuña Mackenna Avenue where the elevated metro systems runs through. The initial assignment considered a volume of 6 floors with classrooms, professor rooms, auditorium and a small mining museum. We designed a type of constructed “rock” (option 1).

 Level -1 Floor Plan

一级-1楼图

然而，考虑到大道的大面积、高架地铁车站和邻近的高大建筑物的强大存在，解决方案似乎微不足道。因此，我们提出了另一种选择：该方案将所附建筑物过滤到地面以下。因此，建筑物上方的区域作为绿地给予了学生。在这段时间里，有一个“裂缝”为节目提供了光线和空气。这条裂缝的尽头是一座小山，里面有博物馆和更大的礼堂(选项2)。这一建议很有吸引力，因为它增加了绿化面积，这正是使校园人性化和协调一致的问题。此外，绿色覆盖提供了约25%的节能。

However, the solution seemed insignificant given the large size of the avenue, the powerful presence of the elevated Metro station and the tall neighbouring buildings. We thus proposed another option: that the programme filter through the annexed buildings to a below ground level. As such, the areas above the buildings were given to the students as green spaces. Along the length there was a “crack” providing light and air to the programme. This crack ended on a small hill that housed the museum and the larger auditorium (option 2). This proposal was attractive given that it increased the green areas, which is exactly the issue that has humanized and given coherence to the campus. Additionally, the green cover offered approximately 25% in energy savings.

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c.Nico Saieh

然而，后一种选择遭到反对，因为没有“建筑物”来证明新的建筑。因此，我们提出了第三种备选方案，即保留“裂缝”，但以一座带有柱子的长建筑物代替山丘，作为结论(备选案文3)。这一解决方案获得批准。

However, the latter option was objected given that there was no “building” to evidence the new construction. We thus offered a third alternative that maintained the “crack” but replaced the hill with a long building with columns as a conclusion (option 3). This solution was approved.

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(C)Enrique Browne

后来，该部的主管部门发生了变化，也改变了方案。由礼堂和教师俱乐部取代的某些活动。因此，拟订了备选案文4。这一选择也被埋在地下，形成了一个“T”，只留下一个铜圆柱体，作为该建筑群的访问和视觉参考。

Later there was a change in the authorities of the Department, which also changed the programs. Certain activities where replaced by an Auditorium and a Faculty Club. Thus, an option 4 was elaborated. This option was also buried under ground creating a “T”, leaving visible only a copper cylinder that serves as an access and visual reference of the complex.

 Detail Section

细节科

该中心包括一个绿色屋顶盖和其他节能项目。紧靠地面的办公室和教室墙壁，营造出一种高标准的热环境，冷却和取暖所需能源较低。

The Centre incorporates a green roof cover and other items of energy efficiency. The offices and classrooms walls, which are next to the earth, generate a thermal ambience of high standards, with low cooling and heating energy demands.