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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Talca Hotel & Casino

Architects: Rodrigo Duque Motta / Rafael Hevia García-Huidobro
Location: Talca, 
Client: Gran Casino y Hotel de Talca
Collaborators: Cristóbal Martínez / Catalina Ventura
Structural Engineer: Eduardo Valenzuela
Interior Design: Francisca Varela
Lighting Design: Ramón López / Matías López
Technical Inspection: José Tomás Vargas
Contractor: Inarco
Constructed Area: 15.000 sqm
Project year: 2007
Construction year: 2008
Photographs: Guy Wenborne &  Motta

Since the very beginning, this commission was determined by a preexisting disposition of the various parts of the program (casino, hotel, restaurants, and convention/event’s center), predefining surface areas, position in plan layout, and corresponding levels within the structure.
This program predisposition, under which the operation license was granted, generated a juxtaposition of various recognizable building structures with particular form and expression, amounting to a fragmented and poorly composed building.

A second important condition was its location sharing the site of a Shopping Mall in a peripheral location to the City of Talca. Though allowing to opening the project towards the further context gaining views of the Andes and Talca itself, the immediate context needed particular attention: the intersection of two high traffic main roads, and the Shopping Mall’s desolated parking lot.
The third relevant subject to take into account was the thermal conditioning of the building. Over 400 gaming machines in the casino and convention areas plus the concentration of large crowds generated enormous amounts of heat. Thus, obtaining efficiency in climate control systems was essential.



























































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