BTEK – Interpretation Centre of Technology by ACXT

BTEK is an interpretation center for new technologies, focusing on visits by groups of students. This raises the building as a landmark, a landmark in the landscape, through two apparently exempt pyramidal volumes and interconnected, low flush:

The first is a black volume that emerges from the earth, a composition heavier and closed its three metal facades and whose roof is made entirely of a grid of solar panels. This commitment towards clean, renewable energy is applied to the rest of the building, geothermal installation, materials, exhibition contents, etc..

The second volume, in contrast to the first, is generated by two curtain wall facades and an indoor artificial turf was born as an extension of the land and plant comes to occupy the entire field to the limits of construction.

Covers the connection below ground, also artificial grass, merge with the land and the environment around them.

The entry is generated through the first volume in the crease of one corner marks the entrance to the building and ramp shows. As you descend a flight arrival metal covers, collecting the visitor.

The move is the jump into the reception area, called “canyon” in its narrow dimensions and 18 meters of headroom. Leaks are accentuated due to narrowing of the course and falling ceiling height as you go along.

The set is staggered to accompany the slope, generating three floors. The connections between these are grand staircases and ramps that come with the geometry and volume of the whole. It generates a sequential scan, different types of rooms being designed to respond to potential exposures and content: From high ceiling rooms conventional variable height to rooms with and without natural lighting in which it reaches sixteen meters of headroom.