Warehouse architecture

Its purpose lies in the creation of collaborative and meeting spaces, with an introspective approach that adapts to the surrounding industrial environment.  Camila Cossio Camila Cossio Camila Cossio The design of the pavilion is aimed at generating flexible areas for collaboration and design, as well as meeting spaces that encourage interaction between workers. These aspects are complemented by plant elements that make up a green oasis, acting as a barrier against visual and acoustic pollution. Camila Cossio Camila Cossio Camila Cossio The "H"-shaped arrangement stores blind areas at the ends and transparent areas in the center, allowing unique permeability. The materiality of the pavilion is made up of... More

Transformation of an old industrial space/parking into a modern office area in Espai Serrahima, Barcelona. Located in Espai Serrahima, a hub for artistic and cultural companies, this former industrial building has been renovated to serve as a modern workspace. The building was originally a textile factory, but an addition of concrete-steel structure was added later in the 1970s providing the complex an eclectic and uncommon image within Barcelona. Over the years, the space was repeatedly transformed, hosting activities from parking to warehousing, and/or a culinary research center before the interest in shifting it to become an office space. Caption Caption Designed to enhance the building's unique identity, the renovation recog... More

Two new 50,000 sf pre-engineered warehouses were designed to flank an existing 150,000 sf corporate office building that was converted into a luxury fashion logistics headquarters for Stellae International. Carl Daguillard Caption The new warehouses, clad with MBCI metal wall panels and punctured with bands of polycarbonate sheets allow diffused light into the 33' high spaces. The angled and cantilevered front facades provide a canopy above the recessed translucent walls, while framing them with red ribboning panels that further accentuate the entry facades which glow at night creating a dramatic presence on this nearly 13 acre site. Stellae International Inc., is a luxury goods and fashion logistics company based in Melville, N... More

Vailate is a tiny town in the north of Italy, located in the Gera d’Adda territory, it is part of a local network of small scale goods production companies, and it has witnessed the rapid passage from an agricultural to an industrial society after WWII.The whole territory has seen a rapid extension and transformation in its urban fabric and architecture since the 1950s, warehouses started to pop-up these lands and especially in Vailate, as it is strategically positioned at the core of the industrial net of Brescia, Bergamo, Milano and Cremona.One of these warehouses is the one in which as young ambitious and naive teenagers our garage band used to play and have fun, in the space that we renamed as “caverna”, referring to t... More

Located in the fast-growing East Downtown neighborhood in Houston, Texas, this project updates an underutilized industrial site to become a vibrant community hub with office, restaurant, bar, and retail space. The 66,000 square foot development incorporates 30,000 square feet of existing, updated building stock that includes two warehouses. New skylights highlight the vaulted ceilings and allow the original bow-string wood trusses to take center stage. One warehouse building converts into creative office space while the other anchors a retail center with leasable square footage for commercial use. A salvaged warehouse facade from a previous addition becomes a canvas for future artworks along Sampson Street. The project aims to become a blu... More