Atelier Boronski working with Urdaneta Zeberio and Lian Satrustegui of IMO Design were awarded 1st Prize in the national design competition for this government project.
It comprises 4,000 sq m of Instrumentation Laboratories, Forecasting Studios, an underground Wind-tunnel and a Weather-balloon launch room, as well as Meeting rooms, Staff Accommodation and Reception areas.
Three cylindrical volumes punctuate an undulating surface to form a 3 dimensional metaphor of weather formation and behavior.
The cast-in-place concrete cylinders bristle with vertical copper mesh fins that can move with the wind…
