WATA BOOK 2022 October 2022 | Page 108

WINNER WORKING

Industrial Facility Santo Tirso , Portugal

by Multiprojectus
The building , which houses the production of aeronautical components , is made up of two autonomous blocks , of equal height . The first is made up of a large industrial warehouse , while the second block , with three floors , is the social and administrative area . The skin of the main elevation is made up of a prefabricated concrete panel that adapts and homogenises the whole of the parts .
A series of formally ordered sheets provides roundness to the project . This dynamism is broken by the play of solids and voids projected , also creating an enormous flexibility and variety of lights that penetrate the building .
The aluminium curtain wall helps to formalise the reticular rhythm of the facade . Once inside , the lobby designed at triple height stands out with its suspended staircase that connects the different floors , exploring the harmony between rhythm , light , and the play of scales within the space .
The permeability that is experienced between the exterior and the interior is produced by the GEODE curtain wall , designed on the basis of the same reticulated reticular pattern that forms the concrete façade .
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