Architecture for industry
By virtue of its nature the industrial building is considered an essential part of the production cycle; in fact, it is one of the few building types whose value is measured more in terms of instrumental assets than of real estate. In particular, in la …
Epopee of the industrial building: from spinning mill to museum
AEG’s Turbine factory, Alfeld on the Leine, by Peter Behrens, 1908-1909 – photo by Roland Halbe According to the Encyclopaedic Dictionary of architecture and town planning edited by Paolo Portoghesi, the term industrial architecture “is used to indic …
Perfetti Van Melle Factory
In 2004 Perfetti van Melle, an important Italian private capital corporation and one of the world’s leading chewing gum and candy manufacturers, decided to expand its first historical plant in Lainate, a few kilometres north of Milan. The technological …
Metal foundation [sLAB]
The concept of the new headquarters of Metal Foundation, in Aviles, was born in the first visit and from the memory of the place. The slabs parks of the factory of ArcelorMittal, where placed just by our site and the idea of staring to play with this b …
Pratic new seat
Driving along the provincial road from Udine to Spilimbergo, one comes across an architecture that immediately catches the eye by virtue of its architectural quality. It is the new administrative and management headquarters of Pratic in Fagagna, a comp …
Nestlé factory‘s visiting areas
The main intention of the design for Nestle factory‘s visiting areas was to create a landmark in the generic landscape of the highway that connects São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, revealing the existence of a public and accessible space. This visibility …
G&J office building and logistic center
The project is located in a strategic industrial area, well connected with the main highway which bring traffic from the north to the south part of Italy. The site area is highly visible from the highway, and the client requests were to create a very s …
GH genhelix biopharmaceutical facilities
A technological and pragmatic space in the same place. A building which explores sustainable technological connections between the most efficient shape, comfort and rapid qualities, reversible and functional construction. The headquarters, as the compa …
Concrete factory
The owners proposed us with to act in an old concrete factory, which was fully operative and met all legal requirements, in order to improve the exploitation in production, enviromental and landscape parameters. We took the assignment as a challenge, f …
Oliveira da Serra Olive oil mill
The Oliveira da Serra Mill intends to be the reference of a new era for olive oil in Portugal. It is both a symbolic and functional building that represents the pinnacle of technology in the service of olive oil quality and design as a way to honour th …