Abstract

In 2020, Tallwood was commissioned to build a 12-story building with a mixed commercial and residential program in Coyhaique, the gateway to Chilean Patagonia and one of the most virgin territories in the world, but also a city that has one of the worst pollution rates in Latin America and is part of one of the countries with the highest seismicity in the world. This article explains the process and methodology behind the architectural and structural solution for the "Tamango" building, which today has a construction permit and is in the final phase of economic studies to start the construction of its 12-story tower and 21,112m2, which includes 2,806m2 for offices and commerce on a reinforced concrete plate and 9,528m2 for 68 apartments distributed in a hybrid structure of LVL columns and beams, CLT and reinforced concrete composite slabs, and vertical cores of reinforced concrete.