New 78 Seventy-Eight headquarters by Tangram
16/06/2021.
[Zaragoza] Spain
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The Tangram architecture studio prepares an old industrial warehouse in the center of the city of Zaragoza, for the new use of offices proposed by the Zaragoza company 78 Seventy Eight.
The updating of these offices maintains the modulation of their previous state to which a series of bedrooms and a selection of finishes are incorporated that generate a striking appearance of this new property, contrasting the different rooms of the project.
The updating of these offices maintains the modulation of their previous state to which a series of bedrooms and a selection of finishes are incorporated that generate a striking appearance of this new property, contrasting the different rooms of the project.
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Seventy-Eight by Tangram. Photograph by Iñaki Bergera
Plan. Seventy-Eight by Tangram
Roof plan. Seventy-Eight by Tangram
The Tangram rehabilitation work takes advantage of the large interior space that the warehouse offers thanks to its structural elements of trusses that accompany a sawtooth roof, to design a new common work space.
The team takes advantage of the great spatiality of this industrial endowment to create different open areas, where we are at the back of the warehouse with a parking, the intermediate part with the private offices and bathrooms, and in the front with the parking area. common space with the porch of the access area. The latter takes advantage of the views of the exterior space by transforming the old parking lot into a natural barrier.
The team takes advantage of the great spatiality of this industrial endowment to create different open areas, where we are at the back of the warehouse with a parking, the intermediate part with the private offices and bathrooms, and in the front with the parking area. common space with the porch of the access area. The latter takes advantage of the views of the exterior space by transforming the old parking lot into a natural barrier.
Description of project by Tangram
78 Seventy-Eight is an internationally successful company from Zaragoza that is in the process of expansion. In line with this growth, it requires new facilities in accordance with the brand, for which he proposes to refurbish this old industrial warehouse.
Immersed in a marked industrial environment, it is characterized by a versatile interior space free of pillars thanks to a series of metal trusses that are integrated into a sawtooth section that bathes the interior space with natural light through large skylights. The sober finishes and a large outdoor space define this construction that after a while asleep, is about to recover all its splendor.
The singularity of the pre-existence will undoubtedly mark the general lines of the project. Make the interior spaciousness profitable through a large common workspace, integrate the section as the identity of the old building and add the exterior space as an indispensable part of the whole. The proposal is divided into three main lines of action:
a) The incorporation of the exterior space into the project by converting the old parking lot into a natural barrier that will allow it to be isolated from the hostile environment, generating a controlled, more human, and natural atmosphere. The new green area moves towards the interior, colonizing a space that was previously closed through a wide porch where exterior and interior are diluted.
b) Longitudinally, and as a continuation of the exterior, a large open workspace, where the different areas are gradually located. On the first line and in direct relation to the porch: the reception, the office, and a series of informal spaces that encourage interaction and collaboration between employees. Second, the more traditional positions are arranged under the large central skylight, in the form of benches perpendicular to the façade and delimited at the back by the management offices, guaranteeing with this distribution the visual of the exterior space of all employees through a large window.
c) The textures offered by the exposed thermo-clay factory and its different surfaces, the natural American pine wood, the constant vegetal presence, the transparency and reflections of the glass, together with the clarity of the skylights, generate a feeling of warmth that, added to studied acoustics, it results in a pleasant working environment.
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Architects
Trangram. Lead architect.- David Martínez García.
Project team
Santiago Elía García, Javier Muñoz Escolano.
Builder
78 Seventy Eight. Retail Construction.
Developer
Petrito SL.
Dates
2020.
Location
Zaragoza, Spain.
Photography
David Martínez Tangram
Trangram is a studio founded in 2015 in Zaragoza by the architects, David Martínez and Santiago Elía García.
David Martínez is an architect, with a specialization in building, from the Higher School of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2007). He completes his studies at the Graz University of Technology (Austria) where he obtains the GAD-AWARD 06/07 (Best Final Project 06/07). Certified Passivhaus Designer by the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt (2018).
In 2008 he settled in Zaragoza where, after collaborating with different reference studios, in 2013 he began to work independently to found in 2015, together with Santiago Elía, the TANGRAM Arquitectura + Diseño studio.
During this time he develops projects mainly at a private level, among which the houses “Sisallete” and “Iker & María” stand out, as well as “Entreolivos” (extension and reform of a single-family house). At the same time, it has developed important projects at the equipment level, highlighting the Housing Module Area and the Expansion Master Plan of the Hotel Balneario de Ariño (2017).
He has been selected and awarded in different international architectural ideas competitions, highlighting among them the proposals for the new Multifunctional Center in Cabezón de Pisuerga (2nd prize), the Extension of the Child Care Center in Palma de Mallorca (3rd prize) , the Rehabilitation of the Roquetas de Mar Food Market (2nd prize) and the new UNED headquarters in Barbastro (3rd prize).
In collaboration with the architect Santiago Elia, the SELF-SUFFICIENT SHOPS developed for the Zaragoza Transport Consortium (2017) stand out.
In collaboration with the architect Ángel Comeras, there are 80 Sheltered Homes for the Zaragoza Vivenda Municipal Society (2016) as well as the Expansion of the Utebo City Council (2016).
Santiago Elía García, is an architect from the University of Navarra, specializing in Urban Planning, and a Master's Degree in Research and Advanced Training in Architecture from the San Jorge University. He has developed his activity independently and as part of other reference studies. Currently and since 2010 he combines his professional performance as an architect with his work as a researcher, teacher and Head of Studies at the School of Architecture and Technology of the San Jorge University.
He brings extensive experience in work of various scales and locations. He has coordinated different multidisciplinary teams capable of proposing integrated solutions to complex problems. Driven by efficiency, creativity, knowledge of the trade and honesty, he assumes the social responsibility and the concept of service of the architect profession, helping to link needs and skills, resources and utility, desires and experience. His work has been awarded, published and exhibited on numerous occasions and in different media. He is a regular collaborator of the Zaragoza Area Transport Consortium, advising on design issues related to urban and interurban mobility in Zaragoza, this being one of his main lines of research. In addition, he is interested in other fields related to architectural graphic expression, thought and graphic narrative linked to the recent history of Spanish architecture.
David Martínez is an architect, with a specialization in building, from the Higher School of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (2007). He completes his studies at the Graz University of Technology (Austria) where he obtains the GAD-AWARD 06/07 (Best Final Project 06/07). Certified Passivhaus Designer by the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt (2018).
In 2008 he settled in Zaragoza where, after collaborating with different reference studios, in 2013 he began to work independently to found in 2015, together with Santiago Elía, the TANGRAM Arquitectura + Diseño studio.
During this time he develops projects mainly at a private level, among which the houses “Sisallete” and “Iker & María” stand out, as well as “Entreolivos” (extension and reform of a single-family house). At the same time, it has developed important projects at the equipment level, highlighting the Housing Module Area and the Expansion Master Plan of the Hotel Balneario de Ariño (2017).
He has been selected and awarded in different international architectural ideas competitions, highlighting among them the proposals for the new Multifunctional Center in Cabezón de Pisuerga (2nd prize), the Extension of the Child Care Center in Palma de Mallorca (3rd prize) , the Rehabilitation of the Roquetas de Mar Food Market (2nd prize) and the new UNED headquarters in Barbastro (3rd prize).
In collaboration with the architect Santiago Elia, the SELF-SUFFICIENT SHOPS developed for the Zaragoza Transport Consortium (2017) stand out.
In collaboration with the architect Ángel Comeras, there are 80 Sheltered Homes for the Zaragoza Vivenda Municipal Society (2016) as well as the Expansion of the Utebo City Council (2016).
Santiago Elía García, is an architect from the University of Navarra, specializing in Urban Planning, and a Master's Degree in Research and Advanced Training in Architecture from the San Jorge University. He has developed his activity independently and as part of other reference studies. Currently and since 2010 he combines his professional performance as an architect with his work as a researcher, teacher and Head of Studies at the School of Architecture and Technology of the San Jorge University.
He brings extensive experience in work of various scales and locations. He has coordinated different multidisciplinary teams capable of proposing integrated solutions to complex problems. Driven by efficiency, creativity, knowledge of the trade and honesty, he assumes the social responsibility and the concept of service of the architect profession, helping to link needs and skills, resources and utility, desires and experience. His work has been awarded, published and exhibited on numerous occasions and in different media. He is a regular collaborator of the Zaragoza Area Transport Consortium, advising on design issues related to urban and interurban mobility in Zaragoza, this being one of his main lines of research. In addition, he is interested in other fields related to architectural graphic expression, thought and graphic narrative linked to the recent history of Spanish architecture.
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