The project emerged as an intervention in the company’s old warehouses with the purpose of generating a work space that would promote employee physical and mental wellbeing. The architectural program sought to enable new and better relationships and interactions through areas designed according to the collective and individual needs of each employee. Throughout the project, this required constant communication with all personnel, from management to maintenance.
The essential design was based on how to perceptively separate the staff operating within an office module. To this end, voids and green areas were created, which formed part of the route between zones. The exterior vegetation was adapted in street-facing canopies to créate a thermal buffer on the south and main façade, contained by a permeable skin of oxidized steel.
The renovation sought to give the staff a protagonista role within their new, endemic and natural environment. The finishes created an ethereal and monochromatic atmosphere, with semi-transparent metallic corridors and walls filled with integral shades. The social visibility and south façade were no impediment to achieving harmony and thermal comfort inside the new facilities.