Industrial architecture

For us, it is very important to design attending to the character of the building through its physical presence and to communicate clearly the use of the building working with its image. Looking at the work of German photographers Bernrd and Hilla Becher, we can appreciate the beauty of the industrial structures that in part is because its forms and the relations of its elements are the result of the pertinence in use. In other words, they are beautiful because of the sincerity of its forms and none of its elements were added for aesthetical or decorative purpose. We wanted to propose a building that was able to communicate its industrial condition through the architectural elements. So we recalled a couple of forms that is possible to r... Más

A Decade Later, Crossboundaries Realizes Aimer’slingerie Factory, A New Model Of Industrial Architecture That Embodies China’s Economy In Transition When Aimer first approached Crossboundaries in 2004, it requested a factory compound of 14000 sqm gross floor area that could house conventional storage, manufacturing, and a 300-people dormitory by individual functions. However, as Aimer grew rapidly in China, the leadership quickly foresaw the importance to upgrade its operation shifting from a production-focused business to a genuine fashion brand. In order to reinforce its brand image and adapt to a maturing economy, Crossboundaries was asked to add a Research and Development office, a 23000sqm distribution center as well as spaces to sh... Más

The regional learning center of Gennevilliers appears as a set of two parallel and monolithic naves. These are cladded by a siding shingle of terra-cotta which covers the façades and the roofs, giving it continuity and unity to the different volumes created. Designed as an open end of the building, the Northern facade includes a high and smooth glass wall which becomes their showcase. Más

The renovation of the technological halls is the cornerstone of an ambitious renovation program that aims to give the Ensam school a new face and allow it to stand out as an "engineering school of the future", at the forefront of technological development. The restructuring of the halls took place over three core interventions. The first concerned enhancing the architectural heritage of the halls which bear witness to an earlier industrial architecture. The second was related to potentially convertible surfaces. These have been given greater density and been extended, permitting the installation of new classrooms, laboratories, experimental areas and offices. Finally, spaces favouring exchanges and relaxation have been designed to... Más

The existing building was a dilapidated hinge factory. The conversion to a graphic design studio sought to retain the industrial architecture of the elevations and the riveted steel trusses within. The apex of the long roof was glazed to admit a large amount of natural light to the main space. Open plan offices occupy the entire first floor, intentionally bounded by large glazed elements on either elevation. The ground floor spaces contain all of the organisation's other spaces including: meeting rooms, gallery, recording studio and audio-visual facilities. These spaces are more private and introverted. Más

The Capco and BoldRocket offices in Shoreditch, London are located in a 150 year old 5 story steel and brick loft building. The architectural and cultural context of the neighborhood inspired the design concept: open loft space, industrial architecture with character, solid materials, visible joinery details. The custom furniture and walls use raw materials and expose the method of construction. Solid ash wood, timber pine either left natural or painted, black powder coated steel are the predominant materials. Walls reveal the method of construction, turning the typical construction inside out, wood studs are visible. The building has a challenging shape, dividing the floor plan in 4 fairly separated corners with a central area in the m... Más

Project: BXBstudio Boguslaw Barnas Team: Boguslaw Barnas, Elena Casado Castrillo, Giulia Berloco Cooperation: Filip Maciejowski Visualisations & Graphics: BXBstudio Boguslaw Barnas Consultation: Stefan Godecki Location: Konary, gm. Mogilany, k. Krakowa, Polska Date: 2013 Total area: 615 m2 Client: Privat All rights reserved only for BXBstudio . The Artist’s House is a re-incarnation of The Rural House. Further development of this design was initiated by the client in order to figure out the optimal solution in regards to the problem of function vs. space. The process relied on both physical and 3d modelling and resulted in a more detailed understanding of the site and natural environment, form and function. A small scaled wo... Más

The Nedisco factory is one of the most prominent buildings in Venlo. The conversion and restoration of this national monument forms the crux of the Maaswaard Plan, the urban redevelopment to the south of the inner city. The complex - built from concrete, steel and glass - is an exceptional example of industrial architecture, which can be accredited to The International Style with the foundational theory of air, space, and light. Originally the factory was a complex for the production of Carl Zeiss periscopes, field glasses and distance meters. The five building elements were designed by Hans Schlag and built in the period 1920-30 and include what is known as the periscope tower and transparent machine hall. The Nederlandse Instrumenten Comp... Más

A starting point was that a new art museum, a public and cultural building, represents a rare opportunity to create a new node within the city, the urban balance is changed and the neighborhood develops. In Malmö, in the south of Sweden, there was also the possibility to, starting from the industrial architecture of the former Electricity plant dating from the year 1900, create a new art museum with an informal and experimental character that would complement the main museum in Stockholm. The greatest challenge posed by the project, (in addition to the demanding eighteen-month time limit from sketch-design to inauguration), was the need to adapt the existing industrial brick building to current climatic and security requirements to compl... Más

Sheppard Robson, Maccreanor Lavington and Piercy&Company have revealed detailed façade designs for buildings located within Barts Square – a new urban, 3.2 acre mixed-use quarter in the City of London’s Smithfield Conservation Area. Planning consent for these elevations has just been confirmed. The buildings form part of a masterplan by Sheppard Robson Architects for developers Helical Bar plc and The Baupost Group LLC for a new urban quarter encompassing the redevelopment of a number of former hospital buildings on Little Britain and Bartholomew Close. The overall project consists of 17 buildings providing 215 residential apartments, 230,000ft2 net of Grade A office space and circa 25,000ft2 of retail and café/restaurant use. Detailed p... Más

On a fine Easter morning, our family set out on a daytrip and we found a stone island in the Baltic Sea with the ruins of a building. It was the Fish Factory pumping station, built in the1980s. Over 20 years since it was built, it has never been exploired. The monument of industrial architecture from the Soviet era was transformed into a vacation home for ourselves. Our vacation home was registered as Easter Island. The original Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean was also discovered at Easter and the images of the stone Moai are perforated in the sliding shutters of our home. HISTORY OF THE ISLAND, SITE PLAN The original drafts designed by collective farm Banga engineers in 1980 reveal an extremely ambitious plan. An island was built 2... Más

The building envelope ≠ the insulation envelope : the interspace between these two shells is ‘covered outdoor’ space. The interspace allows/obliges inhabitants to use the space differently each season. In summer and spring the interspace is occupied as living space (covered from rain) and in winter there’s only the ‘cocoon’ that needs to be heated. The covered outdoor space also allows a flexible use in time which is a way of sustainable living / building. Units can be added, removed or repositioned to create a different constellation and use of space. CHALLENGES The covered outdoor space allows the use of materials and building details in a way that wouldn’t be possible outdoors in all weather conditions. In a ‘normal’... Más

Kolbermoor, a small town in Bavaria, about 65 km south-east of Munich at the foot of the Alps, began to expand in the nineteenth century, when a spinning mill and other industrial enterprises settled there and attracted a large workforce. The spinning mill closed down in the nineties of the 20th century and the buildings were no longer used. A few years later the client Quest Immobilien came up with plans to convert the listed industrial complex into an urban district with high-end residential buildings, shops, gastronomy and facilities for cultural events. The combination of old industrial architecture, new buildings and abundant greenery certainly offers the potential for an attractive new location with a distinctive character. The... Más

The Hangar’s garden was born as a completion of the museum space dedicated to contemporary art. The contemporary garden is characterized by a dense and impenetrable natural forest with 3500 Carpinus betulus on the border and a large, formal parterre with grasses, perennials and long hedges of Buxus sempervirens that receive the monumental sculpture of Fausto Melotti. The paths are concrete industrial brushed with joints in brick which recall the industrial architecture of the museum. Más