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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 company main...

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...

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...

Software and biotechnology plants

The Technology Park is a center of high technology industries turning 25 years in 2010. For the last phase of its industrial growth, it has been decided to build two new buildings for research...

Waste treatment facility

The Waste Treatment Facility is located on a hillside overlooking the Coll Cardús massif in the municipality of Vacarisses, in the district of the Vallès Occidental. This site is currently taken up by a controlled...