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The planning process began as part of the Master Plan for the university. A University Planning Committee, with representatives from administration, the Engineering department, and student life, identified the project as a key priority of the plan and among the first to be implemented. The team used a combination of methods to identify needs from the school. Their outcomes, in combination with the analysis of comparative national and international benchmarks and standards, were used in the debate of program alternatives as part of the User Group charrettes. The implementation of a diverse program model for the center was a direct response to a key university priority: to provide a hub and a showcase for technological innovation across the country’s emerging industries.
The project redefined the character and experience of the campus core by replacing an old classroom building making new connections to the existing lab building giving a new facade to the newly created plaza, and more importantly, redeveloping the ornamental landscape of the parcel into a highly programmable hardscape plaza of civic scale. The building connects to existing underground facilities and creates a multi level atrium with the existing academic lab building. This atrium becomes the central circulation space of the proposal, articulating the pedestrian circulation to and from the new plaza with the interior vertical circulation of the intervention. The pedestrian strategy of the building links academic programs with exterior public spaces like an amphitheater and terrace on the upper floors as destinies of the social armature of the circulation.
Designed for long-term resilience, the building uses active and passive measures to reduce its energy consumption. Its undulating floors provide self-shading to its west and south-facing facades, with screens that optimize shading while maximizing illumination into spaces. A clerestory atop the atrium provides daylighting and passive ventilation for common areas. The project is fully electric and uses clean energy sources. Its combined sustainable strategies optimize the specification of mechanical systems and minimize energy consumption, achieving an EUI of 8.34 kBtu/sf/yr that results in a 94.68% reduction from a baseline scenario. The Center tracks LEED Gold Certification.
The Universidad de Lima Center for Technological Innovation is a vibrant new center fostering collaboration and cross-disciplinary thinking among students, local industries, and regional institutions. Located in the heart of campus, the facility introduces a network of engineering hubs aligned with the emerging industries of Peru that are showcased as the preeminent programs of each building floor. Woven across the 6-story complex is a series of collaboration spaces, classrooms, laboratories, and an entrepreneurship center featuring pitch spaces, graduate and undergraduate workshops, a multi-use auditorium, and flexible working space for companies in residence. The Center is the result of a key initiative by the university promoting research and entrepreneurship at undergraduate and graduate levels and to give greater visibility and access to new engineering disciplines and areas of professional practice. The Center defines an important edge of the campus plaza and establishes multiple connections to the adjacent School of Engineering, providing accessibility to several of its floors. The building’s transient areas and the vegetated multi story atrium are naturally ventilated, while the working areas of the building are mechanically conditioned. Faculty offices and technical support areas are incorporated into the lab suites to maximize the interaction between students, faculty, and researchers.
“The building has had an enormous impact on campus. Externally, It is part of the main open space of the University, configuring a plaza of intense, multipurpose use. Internally, the space is defined through the movement of the stairs in the atrium. This dual quality makes the building a pleasant sequence of spaces, which is complemented by two amphitheaters located on different levels constituting integrated social areas at various levels.” Enrique Bonilla, Dean, School of Architecture
At Sasaki, defining the future of place is a collective, contextual, and values-driven exercise. We bring together the best of architecture, interior design, planning and urban design, space planning, landscape architecture, and civil engineering to shape the places in which we live. Out of our multiple offices, we are changing the contours of place and redefining what’s possible along the way. We are a diverse practice of over 300 professionals who share a singular passion for creating authentic, equitable, and inspiring places. We challenge ourselves to think beyond today and into the future, delivering architecture and design that catalyzes communities, promotes quality and craft, and engages people in an inclusive and welcoming built environment. From public realm to private development, civic spaces to campus settings, Sasaki is imagining a future where good design creates memorable experiences and ample opportunities for all.
