Located in an industrial area of Barbatáin, a small hamlet in the Community of Navarra located just over 5 kilometres from Pamplona, the warehouse and offices for Atecna are built, projected by Íñigo Beguiristáin and GVG Estudio.

Atecna is a company specialized in document management started in Pamplona, the company has evolved to such an extent that right now it is a provider of process automation, digitization and document management services, due to this the company decided to unify all the warehouses and offices I had in the region in the same complex.
The project made by Íñigo Beguiristáin and GVG Estudio seeks to unify the extensive program both inside and outside, for this reason, it carries out a homogeneous treatment of the entire volume, which response to the typical image of children's story factories with the succession of skirts that make up the façade.

Regarding the main façade, the building has a typical industrial finish of corrugated sheet metal, with long rows of windows that illuminate the interior of the offices, both outside and inside, a neutral colour palette predominates.
 

Description of project by Íñigo Beguiristáin and GVG Estudio

Atecna is a company specialized in document management, founded in Pamplona 20 years ago. Its main aim is to help businesses increase their efficiency and improve their decision-making processes through better management of their documentation and data. It started its life as a traditional file custodian but has evolved over the past two decades into a provider of fully digitised document management and process automation services. Its rapid growth made it necessary to bring together in a single location all the warehouses and offices, which until now were scattered throughout the region.

The program is complex, since it includes various departments with specific needs and different levels of relationships between them and, in turn, between these and the custody unit. Beyond the necessary proximity between the warehouse or archive and the administrative area, the premise was to avoid the traditional dissociation and to ensure a homogeneous treatment of the only resulting volume. In addition to conveying a clear and immediate image, this line of work made it possible to take advantage of the large size of the building to enhance the ambitious image of the administrative façade.

The two orientation options offered by a corner site were immediately opted for as a result of the obvious benefits of the incoming north light to illuminate both the workspaces and the warehouse. It is known that the sawtooth section is ideal to meet this requirement, and that the steel structure is the one that best meets the construction requirements of this characteristic profile. This silhouette and its inevitable evocation of the prototypical factory section, as evidenced by traffic signs or children’s stories, reinforce the forcefulness of the image. On the other hand, the technological lightness conferred by the steel to this broken outline is perfectly suited to the aspirations of an agile, dynamic and aggressive company.

In addition, the repeated succession of gable, as well as their ideal orientation and inclination, offer the perfect support for the almost obligatory solar panels, which occupy most of the roof surface.

Common sense and means economy encouraged subjecting the planimetry of the building to a rigorous orthogonal pattern. Modulation also extends to elevations. The only concession occurs in one of the vertices of a substantially square floor. This accident is justified for several reasons. In a plot that is characterized by its pronounced corner condition, not only of the block, but also of the entire industrial estate, it is necessary to attend to the convenience of taking advantage of this privileged exposure to gain visibility. On the other hand, the property's requirement to have a generous terrace oriented at noon, in a building that turns its back to the sun, made it necessary to sensibly manipulate the volume at this point. Finally, the coincidence of the gesture with the position of the only entrance to the warehouse, invites us to signify this access in consonance with the monumentality provided by its scale.

The translation of the oblique geometries, from the section and the lateral elevation to the ground plan, allows to effectively solve all these requirements. The same diagonal, taken to the offices, suggests a staggered section that enriches the perception of space, emphasizes transparency and dissociates hierarchies. In the same way, incorporating the sawtooth of the front wall into the main façade, far from being a casual or arbitrary gesture, allows the sequence to be crowned with a timely entry of light.

A crown also replaces the logo and corporate image of the company. It is made up of the last three teeth of the elevation, with the last one inverted, highlighting the fortunate symbiosis that exists between architecture and client.

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Íñigo Beguiristáin and GVG Estudio - Daniel Galar, Josecho Vélaz, Javier Gil.
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Technical architect.- Miguel Sola. Structure.- Eduardo Ozcoidi. Engineering.- Naven Ingenieros.
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Amaia Lumbreras del Peral (Arq).
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Area
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4286sqm + 2905sqm (Urbanization).
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From 06/2019 to 01/2021.
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Equipment.- Spiu.
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Polígono Comarca 2 Street C, number 1, 31191 Barbatáin, Navarra.
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GVG Estudio consists of an interdisciplinary team managed by Daniel Galar Irurre, Josecho Vélaz Ballesteros and Javier Gil Ayesa. Thanks to our large team of collaborators we are able to cover large scale projects.

We have more than 20 years of architectural experience and numerous works, which have been built, awarded and published all over the world. Yet, we still turn every day into a new challenge in which we put all our knowledge and enthusiasm at the customer´s and the project´s service, regardless its magnitude.

Our working method practices a complementary relationship between the conceptualized idea adapted to the local issues and the resolution of complex layouts focusing on utility, beauty and economic sustainability.
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Íñigo Beguiristáin has a degree in Architecture from the University of Navarra since 1998. From 1999 to 2002 he worked as an editor at Ra Architecture Magazine, in 2003 he obtained a Diploma in Advanced Studies at the University of Navarra. He has collaborated with different studios and institutions since 1996, however, since 2009 he began his solo study.

He has also worked as a professor at different institutions, between 1998 and 2003 at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Navarra, in 2010 at the School of Design CEDIM in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2011 as a guest critic at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of Zaragoza, in 2012 at the School of Architecture of the University of Lisbon, between 2010 and 2012 at the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of the Basque Country, and from 2015 to the present at the School of Design of Navarra.
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Published on: July 5, 2021
Cite: "Dynamic and modern. Warehouse and offices for Atecna by Íñigo Beguiristáin and GVG Estudio" METALOCUS. Accessed
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