Alto las Condes

Architect

Nicolás Matzner Weisner

Associate Architect on Design

Jaime Pascual Manchego.

Associate Architect on Construction

Cristián  Meneses Gómez

Associate Architect on Field

Carlos Cabalá Corté

Construction Company

NMW

Date of Construction

June - July 2009

Built Area

152 m2

Location

Av. Presidente Kennedy 1168
local  2212
Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

After more than 15 years it was time for the shop to relocate and change its style. The shop just moved location in the same shopping mall to a more classy kind of shop. That is why the industrial style of the average National Librería had to be left aside.

Although the “tetris” kind of central gondola was maintained, a diagonal path was added to the floor plan from the entrance to stimulate the internal walk. The wall gondolas, counter and other furniture had a gray finish, completely excluding the use of wood.

Although the “tetris” kind of central gondola was maintained, a diagonal path was added to the floor plan from the entrance to stimulate the internal walk. The wall gondolas, counter and other furniture had a gray finish, completely excluding the use of wood.

Metal grids where inserted on the ceiling for the illumination device. The diagonal corridor was projected on the ceiling, followed by an ornamental strip of light.   

Without a doubt the most particular element of this project is the double skin façade, which generates a visual effect; it appears to be moving for the eyes of the people walking outside. Its design consists of the repetition of a pattern based on the letter "N", which is the store logo. The signs are integrated in the façade, resting on and between the window layers.