Bombas Gens, the renovation of an Art Deco industrial building by Ramón Esteve Estudio
09/10/2017.
[Valencia] Spain
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The new Bombas Gens complex is an industrial building from the 1930s and art-deco style. Its restoration is presented with a multipurpose program and with an international reference that will allow the development of various activities, both artistic and social and researchers.
Façade view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Birdview. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Outdoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Outdoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Outdoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Outdoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Outdoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Outdoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Outdoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Indoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Outdoors view. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Photograph © Alfonso Calza.
Site plan. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Image courtesy of Ramón Esteve Estudio.
Section. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Image courtesy of Ramón Esteve Estudio.
Section. Bombas Gens by Ramón Esteve Estudio. Image courtesy of Ramón Esteve Estudio.
Ramón Esteve Estudio, will be in charge of the last restoration of this building, offering a reinvention and an extension of this space with a historical-social value. The architecture and style of the building allows to accommodate the new uses, each one being given the specific singularity that needs.
Description of the project by Ramón Esteve Estudio
Bombas Gens is an old industrial building with an unquestionable social-historical value and one of the rare remaining examples of the industrial architecture of the thirties. Its Art Deco façades and architecture make it a special, unique location for some new uses according to today needs.
The new facilities have been created as an internationally renowned multi-use space where Fundació Per Amor a L’Art will carry out its three-branch activity (arts, society and research). The first images of the addition reveal a few details of a refurbishing process that is unique in Valencia.
After the restoration of the warehouses by Eduardo de Miguel, Ramón Esteve has taken over the reinvention and extension of the complex with the advice of Annabelle Selldorf, an expert in turning iconic buildings into museums.
“Our aim has always been to apply a homogeneous intervention criterion to the whole complex, and, at the same time, give each building, be it original or recently built, the characteristic features that it needs for its specific use.” Ramón Esteve.
The core of the complex is an art centre that uses four of the original warehouses and most of the façade. By its sides we can nd the restaurant and the day care centre for children at risk of social exclusion, as well as Foundation’s o ces using the former villa.
There are other detached premises such as the remains of 16th century cellar on the backyard or an air-raid centre from the Spanish Civil War. They are organized by means of courtyards and gardens that allow the proper use and enjoyment of the whole complex and each of its corners.
Ceramic brick and galvanized steel are the most used materials because they evoke the original industrial atmosphere of the complex. In some other more secluded places, we have reinterpreted the original tiling of the cellar and the archery, which combines with the wood to make the rooms more distinguished. In the interior, we have reproduced the original lightweight timber decks.
You can access the Bombas Gens Art Centre through the façade bay. Then you get into the courtyard walking on a restored industrial weighing machine that covers most of the floor of the hall. In the courtyard, some hackberry trees grow on a floor covered by recovered sandstone cobbles. Through its irregular shape, we can discover intuitively the different facilities: straight forward, the entrance to the art centre; to the right, the restaurant, and to the left, partially secluded from the entrance, the offices.
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Architect
Ramón Esteve
Project Team
Víctor Ruiz, Javier Estevan, María Luna, Francisco Palomo
Collaborators
Museum Project Architect.- Annabelle Selldorf. Restoration Architect.- Eduardo de Miguel. Quantity survayor.- Rafael Ferriols. MEP Engineering.- ICA S.L. Structural Engineering.- Estructuras Singulares. David Gallardo Llopis. UPV
Developer
Sancana S.L
Constructor
Main builder.- Grupo Inserman. Structure.- Bertolín. Landscaping.- Gustavo Marina
Dates
2017
Area
6981 m²
Venue
Valencia, Spain
Ramón Esteve. Ramón Esteve Estudio
Ramón Esteve. In 1991, Ramón Esteve founded the studio with the certainty that architecture was a global discipline. Since then, we have been building a professional team united by the search of a common objective, generating design solutions to unique spaces, objects and brands. Today, the studio is a place where architects, designers and creatives work together to develop signature projects.
Architecture and design are complementary disciplines for us that enrich one another and in some way, are inseparable. They begin every project by investigating all its design and architectural parameters with the aim of achieving a result that produces the maximum levels of clarity, simplicity, consistency and harmony.
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