The Eovastudio has designed the renovation of an old industrial warehouse to transform it into the new offices of the Trucksur group, located on the outskirts of the city of Seville.

The project faces a series of health problems such as lack of light, poor natural ventilation, noise, and little visual interest both inside and outside that condition the project in every way. They decide to intervene in the industrial space with a white, transparent, and independent volume, creating a strong contrast between the existing and the built.
This renovation of the Trucksur group offices projected by Eovastudio, solves the problems of light, ventilation, views, noise, and pollution, using reinforced glazing with thermal and acoustic insulation, forced ventilation systems, and low consumption artificial light installations that make up for the lack of natural light.

Also, the project has two floors connected by a spiral staircase that articulates the communication spaces between offices, all of them glazed that look into the old industrial warehouse, framing the views towards this unique space.
 

Description of project by Eovastudio

The question that the project tries to answer is simply how to proceed when everything is against you. When you don't have light, you don't have ventilation, you have nowhere to look, and yet you have noise, pollution and confusion.

The commission consisted of inserting, almost as in a surgical operation, a new administrative volume inside an old metallurgical factory, used for more than 20 years as a scrapyard for a large industrial group.

Towards the west, the only existing façade of the entire complex, a highway with constant traffic, made a fluid relationship with the outside impossible. At best, it would allow the capture of daytime natural light with the exception of the evening hours, when the excessive incidence of sunlight made working conditions impossible.

On the opposite side, an empty, dusty and indeterminate industrial space, where at least a visual and contemplative appeal could be found for the users of the interior spaces.

With this lack of light, difficulty in natural ventilation, constant noise and conditioned visuals, the only strategy we found was to create a hermetic and autonomous space, isolated from the outside, but also ethereal and transparent, where you can glimpse everything that surrounds you from an exclusively contemplative way.

To this end, glass with reinforced thermal-acoustic glazing, forced ventilation system, hot-cold radiant air conditioning and enhanced, but low-consumption artificial lighting were essential strategies to satisfy the functional requirements of the spaces.

Almost as the only freedom of movement within all the conditions we had to solve, a spiral staircase of variable width and a square plan connects the two levels of the project, articulating the open space and service areas, in an upward turn that visually displays the functioning of the self-sufficient mechanism.

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EOVASTUDIO. Architects.- Juan Jose Baena Martinez, Marta Gomez Martinez y Joanna Jedrus Cabrera.
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David Rivera Contreras.
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Construcciones Javier Guzmán.
 
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Trucksur.
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2020.
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Curtain wall.- Grupo Mariano Luque.
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Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
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EOVASTUDIO is a Seville-based studio founded by Juan José Baena, Marta Gómez, Joanna Jedrus in 2010.

Juan José Baena Martínez.- Born in Valencia (Spain), 1981. Studied Architecture at the University of Valencia (Spain, 1999). Collaborated with Carlos Meri, Valencia (Spain) in 2003. Collaborated with Ladaa, Valencia (Spain) in 2004. Collaborated with Jorge Torres, Valencia (Spain) in 2005. Received the Fundación Caja de Arquitectos Scholarship for best academic results in 2006.

Graduated with degree in Architecture in 2006. Collaborated with Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, Seville (Spain) between 2007-2009. Project Coordinator at Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, Seville (Spain) between 2009-2015. Assistant Professor for the International Workshop “Arquitectura Blanca” at the University of Seville (Spain) in 2009. Co-founded EOVASTUDIO, Seville (Spain) in 2010.

Marta Gómez Martínez. Born in Seville (Spain) in 1974. Studied Architecture at the University of Seville (Spain, 1992). Collaborated with Andrés López Fernández, Seville (Spain) in 1996. Studied Architecture at the Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome (Italy) between 2000-2001 (Erasmus Scholarship). Collaborated with Massimiliano Coccia, Rome (Italy) in 2001. Collaborated with City Council of Carmona, Seville (Spain) between 2001-2002.

Graduated with degree in Architecture in 2002. Collaborated with Glenn Howells Architects, Birmingham (United Kingdom) between 2002-2004. Collaborated with Associated Architects, Birmingham (United Kingdom) between 2004-2005. Collaborated with Cruz y Ortiz Architects, Seville (Spain) between 2005-2006. Founded MGM Architects, Seville (Spain) Worked on a number of projects in the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain, 2007-2010. Co-founded EOVASTUDIO, Seville (Spain) in 2010. Project Manager Professional PMP© by the PMI in 2011.

Joanna Jedrus. Born in Katowice (Poland) in 1979. Studied Architecture at the Silesian University of Technology of Gliwice (Poland, 1998). Collaborated with PORT, Tadeusz Kmiec, Katowice (Poland) in 2001. Studied Architecture at the Università di Bologna (Italy) between 2002-2003 (Erasmus Scholarship). Collaborated with Romano Botti-Kalina Eibl, Modena (Italy) in 2003. Collaborated with Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, Seville (Spain). Leonardo da Vinci Scholarship, 2003-2004.

Graduated with degree in Architecture in 2004. Collaborated with Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, Seville (Spain) between 2004-2009. Project Coordinator at Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, Seville (Spain), 2009-2012. Architectural and Construction Professional Qualification by the Chamber of Architects(Poland), 2008. Assistant Professor for the International Workshop “Arquitectura Blanca” at the University of Seville (Spain), 2009. Co-founded EOVASTUDIO, Seville (Spain), 2010. 
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