架构师提供的文本描述。建筑简单而绝对，用两卷书来表达自己，这两卷是固体、封闭和几何上倾斜的物体所支撑的结果。

Text description provided by the architects. Architecture simple and absolute, expresses itself by means of two volumes that are the result of a sutil suport betwen solid, closed and geometrically leaned bodies.

Ferretería O‘Higgins的新公司大楼包括用于大规模采矿的高精度工具的办公室、服务和存储空间。

The new corporate building for Ferretería O´Higgins contains offices, services and storage space for high precission tools used in large scale mining.

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行政办公、服务和销售空间位于大楼的西端，存储和运营空间在后面。

Administrative offices, services and sales space are located in the west end of the building, storage and operations space in the back.

在前面，建筑物被三层高的大厅分成两个区域，楼梯突出是空间的主要元素，表现为悬挂、轻而透明的物体。

In the front, the building is divided into two areas by the three storeys high lobby, where the staircase stands out as the main element of the space, expressing itself as a suspended, light and transparent object.

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Guillermo Hevia H.

重量支撑结构采用Corten钢双层护皮，强化了两个实体的理念，同时保护了内部的外部温度和直接的太阳辐射。一个气室是建立在外部Corten钢皮和内部绝缘面板正面，这有助于创造一个非常有效的热障。

The weight supporting structure is surrounded by a Corten steel double skin, reinforcing the idea of two solid bodies, and at the same time protecting the inside of exterior temperature and direct solar radiation. An air chamber is created betwen the exterior Corten steel skin and the interior insulated panel facade, wich helps creating a very eficient thermar barrier.

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由于它的外部材料，建筑物的颜色随着阳光和时间的推移而变化。这座建筑作为一个活生生的身体，在它的皮肤上呈现出不同的、不断变化的橙色、棕色和欧氏色调。在前面，主立面突出在建筑物内，定义了一个由穿孔的Corten钢板制成的半用途的面纱，使人们可以同时在控制太阳辐射的同时向外看。这些薄片随风轻轻地不断地移动，结合位于其底座的多功能水镜的效果，使建筑物具有一种独特的尺寸。

Because of its outside material, the building changes color according to the sunlight and the passing of time. The building reacts as a living body, showing different and changing shades of orange, brown and ocher in its skin. In the front the main facade stands out within the building, defining a transluscent veil made out of perforated Corten steel sheets, that allows people to look outside controlling solar radiation at the same time. These sheets move slightly and constantly with of the wind, wich combined with the efect of the multipurpose water mirror located in their base, give the building a dinamic dimension.

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可持续战略

SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES

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自构思以来，该建筑采用了可持续和生物气候战略，赋予了合理利用能源和保护环境的特权。Corten钢双层皮肤产生了垂直的文丘里被动通风效果，与其他可持续的节能策略一起工作，以达到更好的室内工作空间的生活质量。

Since its conception the building incorporates sustainable and bioclimatic strategies, giving privilege to the rational use of energy and protection of the enviroment. The Corten steel double skin generates a vertical Venturi effect of passive ventilation, wich works together with the other sustainable and energy saving strategies to achieve a better living quality in the interior working space.

该建筑采用生物气候技术进行室内空间调节。在冬季和夏季，地球的外层被用作温度挡板，通过引入自然的地下气候空气并产生永久性的空气更新，全年达到18°和24°C(64.5°和75.2°F)的恒温(地热天气调节)。

The building uses bioclimatic technologies for interior space conditioning. The outer skin of the earth is used as a temperature baffle both in winter and summer, by introducing naturally underground climatized air and generating a permanent air renewal, achieving constant temperatures betwen 18° and 24°C (64.5° and 75.2°F) all year round (geothermic weather conditioning).

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被控制的阳光来自于天花板上的横纹(7%)，完全消除了白天操作中人工闪电的需要，节省了很大的能源。

Controled sunlight comes in trhough transluscent stripes in the ceiling (7%), completely eliminating the need for artificial lightning during daytime operations, with great energy savings.

一个多功能的水镜位于建筑物的前面，配置它的主通道。它除了具有一定的审美价值外，还是一种火灾时的水回收站，通过水的蒸发，使建筑物的立面在夏季保持寒冷，改善了室内的生活环境。

A multipurpose water mirror is located in the front of the building configuring the main acces to it. Besides having an aesthetic value, it is a water resevoir in case of fire, and through the evaporation of water keeps the facade of the building cold during the summer months, bettering the inside living enviroment.

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对水资源的合理利用进行了专项研究。采用高科技、高设计、高效率的手工艺品，采用自动水龙头，控制用水，减少用水65%左右。

Special atention was put into the rational use of water. Artefacts with high technology, design and efficiency have been used, with automatic faucets, controlling the use of water and reducing it in about 65%.

景观项目的基础是利用低度保持和低水含量物种、橄榄树和乡土草(禾本科)，明确表明更好地利用了隐蔽和经济资源。

The landscape project is based in the use of low maitenance and low water consuption species, olive trees and landgrasses (Gramineae), giving a clear sign of a better use of hidric and economic resources.

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