University of Lima ETFE Cover, Perú

At the end of 2019, University of Lima requested CIDELSA to cover the exterior hall of the Fiftieth Anniversary Towers. LEED-certified building (recognition given to sustainable buildings with a favorable impact on the environment.) The space to cover is between the two imposing leaning towers one floor below street level. Its function is providing access to the dining room and to the four auditoriums that surround it, which makes it a very important pre-space and circulation. In addition, it technically serves to illuminate these underground environments.

Under these conditions, we decided to address the design with a material matching the building, that is ETFE, a 100% recyclable material that also allows for the passage of light that we consider so necessary. This technology would allow producing an unconventional surface intended to achieve an innovative volumetric contrasting the existing one but maintaining the spirit of the integral project.

The cushions are triangular in shape and vary in size, with areas of up to 22m2 and lengths of 10m, free of obstacles. One of the greatest advantages of using ETFE is that it allows us to accomplish translucent one-piece panels that are much larger than glass.