Telecommunication antenna and tower lookout in Santiago, Chile

PROJECT: International public competition “antenna tower Santiago”
YEAR: 2013
LOCATION: Santiago, Chile
TYPOLOGY: Telecommunication antenna tower and lookout.
DESCRIPTION: Telecommunications antenna, technical rooms, panoramic terrace, café and shop with 4000 m2 aprox.
STRUCTURAL & ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: GmásP
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN COAUTHOR: Saez Joannon
CONSULTANT: Alejandro Gomez Vives, Brainxbrand
AWARD: Honorable mention

This is a new 141m antenna that will mark the profile of Cerro San Cristobal. It will replace the multitude of antennas that currently monopolize the top of the hill. The building, in addition to telecommunications services, includes a panoramic terrace on the top floor, café and shop. The whole building is distributed around a central oculus in which the telecommunications antenna is suspended. The oculus also concentrates the structural function, and it becomes the only contact of the building with the ground.

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