Refurbishment of the old Lekuona bakery. Municipal cultural factory by VAUMM
03/02/2022.
[Errenteria] Spain
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
metalocus, VALERIA OZUNA
Description of project by VAUMM
The former Lekuona industrial bakery in Errenteria is a construction dating from the 1960s and consists of a main body to which another trapezoidal body is attached laterally.
Facing the Oiartzun river, its central, visible and accessible position makes the old factory an ideal space for its reuse as a new municipal facility. The proposal reconverts the uses of the old Lekuona bakery and its extension into a space for intellectual, technological, artistic and scientific creation, as a Library of Creation and Performing Arts.
The extension is conceived as a compact element that contrasts in form and materiality with the old factory building. Given the factory character of the building defined by its large open-plan spaces, this transformation based on the change of use is compatible and the building, conceived as a large flexible container, allows it.
The aim is to enable new strategies that bring new life to these original spaces, in which the value of the original building resides. Under the premise that Creation does not imply luxury, but ingenuity, the factory will be adapted with adjusted surfaces, minimum possible extension, industrial materials and maximum use of the existing.
vaumm architects is the coincidence of several people (Marta Álvarez Pastor, Iñigo García Odiaga, Jon Muniategiandikoetxea Markiegi, Javier Ubillos Pernaut & Tomás Valenciano Tamayo) who since establishment in 2002, operate under a strategy of adding. Adding goals, hope, efforts and experiences, with a broad sense of curiosity and research-based methodology. Incorporating specialists from diverse disciplines, inside and outside the office, finally adding knowledge to present solutions. Through this changeable organization, intensifying the permanent office, multiple collaborations are carried out in each situation, crafting the best global team in every project.
Our work is dedicated to the thoughtful conception of projects and careful crafting of buildings and spaces, exploring the intersection of contemporary design and building production. The Office has worked since its establishment at many different scales from diverse angles; completed works include various new and rehabilitation building works, collaborations with artists as technical support for the realization of constructive intervention and urban planning with a cultural or theoretical view.