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Entwurf • Design Roman Bauer Arquit.; ESArquitectura
Bauherr • Client Instituto Francés de Estudios Andinos
Standort • Location PE-Lima
Nutzfläche • Floor space 640 m 2
Fotos • Photos JAG Studio, Juan Solano
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 126

INSTITUTO FRANCÉS

IN LIMA

In order to provide more space for storing the results of
research work on the Andean region, the Instituto Fran-
cés has been extended by two local team of architects.
This not only required a new building and a relocation of
the former main entrance, but also an upgrade to make
the old building earthquake-proof. The new ensemble
now also gives the public access to its archives.

L ima’s Barranco district is characterized by the architecture of the
early 20th century. Here, among other things, stands the single-
storey manor house built in 1899, which the architects from Roman
Bauer Arquitectos and ES Arquitectura extended for its use as the Insti-
tuto Francés de Estudios Andinos (IFEA). Founded in 1948, the institute
comprises valuable collections in the humanities and social sciences
ranging all the way from archaeology to biomedicine, and is inten-
ded to promote research and exchange between the Andean countries
and France. The necessary extension makes full use of the almost six
metre narrow and over 20-metre-long rear part of the property – but
leaves the historic courtyard with its impressive 100-year-old palm tree
untouched. The new building thus manages to remain structurally and
creatively detached from the listed old building. A corridor-like passa-
geway now leads visitors from the street past the manor house into the
courtyard, from which all archive rooms, a cafeteria and a bookshop
can be accessed directly. In addition to office and archive rooms, the
linear new building has a two-storey-high reading room, which can
also be used for conferences and academic events. Due to its special
location, the building does not have traditional windows. Instead, a
type of folding roof was designed based on a historical model, which is
called a teatina in keeping with the local building tradition and ensures
good ventilation formerly widespread in the city of Lima and coastal
areas. The planners also based the rest of the construction on regional
building systems, which, when combined, enable pleasant room tem-
peratures despite the hot and dry climate: only the ground floor was
cast in solid concrete. The upper floor was built using a timber frame
construction filled with traditionally woven reeds and clayey earth
from the building excavation. The design of the rooms, which were
thus realized in a resource-saving manner, remains focused on pure
materials and textures. Only in the reading room does the wooden
panelling concealing storage spaces make a statement with the milled
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan Grundriss Obergeschoss • Upper floor plan holes, thus referring to the text documents stored at the institute.

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