ESO Hotel

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ESO Hotel
Covered inner courtyard with greenery

Covered inner courtyard with greenery

Data
place Cerro Paranal
Construction year 1998-2001
Coordinates 24 ° 38 ′ 25 ″  S , 70 ° 23 ′ 18 ″  W Coordinates: 24 ° 38 ′ 25 ″  S , 70 ° 23 ′ 18 ″  W
ESO Hotel (Chile)
ESO Hotel
South-west facade at dusk
Overview of the site. The ESO Hotel is on the left in the picture.

The ESO Hotel is a building on Cerro Paranal in Chile that was completed in 2002. The architectural office Auer + Weber + Assoziierte was responsible for the planning. The client was the European Southern Observatory (ESO). The term “hotel” is misleading, as the building is mainly used as a place to live by the employees of the Paranal Observatory . The building is called Residencia by ESO .

Description / construction

The European Organization for Astronomical Research operates the so-called Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert at an altitude of 2600 m . The Residencia is located below the Paranal Observatory at an altitude of 2400 m. The building is built between the flanks of a basin, the facade faces west towards the Pacific. The structure is built entirely from exposed concrete colored in the tones of the desert. The central lounge and relaxation area is spanned by a flat arched steel lattice dome with a diameter of 35 m. In addition, green courtyards punched into the surface of the site serve to regulate the moisture balance.

The complex offers 120 rooms and public spaces such as a canteen, lounge, swimming pool, fitness center and library. Years later, Auer + Weber + Assoziierte described the building, which was handed over to its intended purpose in 2002, as one of the "most unusual and exciting building projects in our office".

In 2008, the ESO Hotel was used as the setting for some scenes from the movie James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace .

Data

  • Completion: 2002
  • Gross floor area: 12,000 m²
  • Gross volume: 40,000 m³
  • Main usable area: 8,000 m²

Prizes and awards

  • 2005: Cityscape Architectural Review Awards 2005
  • 2004: International Architecture Prize “Dedalo Minosse” 2003/2004, recognition
  • 2004: Leaf Awards 2004 - category "New Build" and "Overall"

Web links

Commons : ESO Hotel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Prantner: The desert flat share of the star explorers. “A hotel like no other”. In: orf.at. December 24, 2012, accessed December 24, 2012 .