Arquid has extended the facilities of the cocoa cream company Idilia Foods to optimise and increase its production capacity. The building envelope stands out by having a play of colours applied that projects the new contemporary industrial image for the company.
Location
Parets del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Collaborators
Project Manager: IPS Spain. Carpentry: INBISA
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Industrial › Factory
TEF Design: The newly completed electrical switchgear building is the first Net Zero Energy (NZE) targeted electrical substation building in the United States. Tucked midblock on Eddy Street between Larkin and Hyde, the steel frame concrete structure is a modern addition to the existing historic 1962 substation building designed by PG&E to supply...
Project name
Larkin Street Substation Expansion
Architecture firm
TEF Design
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Photography
Mikiko Kikuyama
Design team
Andrew Wolfram, AIA (Principal-In-Charge), Paul Cooper, AIA (Project Manager), Justin Blinn, AIA (Project Designer)
Collaborators
Urb-in (utility consultant/owner’s representative), Thornton Tomasetti (sustainability consultant)
Civil engineer
BFK Engineers
Structural engineer
Rutherford + Chekene
Environmental & MEP
MHC Engineers, Inc.
Lighting
Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design
Construction
Plant Construction Company, LP
Material
Structural System; Foundation System: 3’ thick concrete mat slab designed to resist high ground water level. Lateral System: Buckling-Restrained Braced Frames with moment resisting beam-column connections; designed under Risk Category IV with Importance factor of I=1.5 with anticipation facility will be operational after a major earthquake. Exterior Cladding; Masonry: Basalite Concrete Products. Rainscreen: Nvelope. Moisture barrier: Vaproshield. Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Panels: Kreysler & Associates. Decorative Metal Screen: Cambridge Architectural. Roofing; Built-up roofing: Johns Manville. Traffic Coatings: Kemper System. Doors; Metal doors: Stiles Custom Metal. Fire-control doors, security grilles: Cornell Iron. Special doors: The Smith Company. Hardware Locksets: Schlage Closers: LCN Exit devices: Von Duprin Interior Finishes; Paints and stains: Benjamin Moore. Floor and wall tile: Crossville, Heath Ceramics
Typology
Industrial Architecture
Ecological Thermal Power Plant
This small building is the visible part of a whole that remains hidden from view. It is the head of a new energy infrastructure for the city of Palencia. A District Heating network promoted by the company DH Ecoenergías, a brave pioneer in the energy transformation of Spanish cities.
Architecture firm
FRPO Rodríguez & Oriol
Principal architect
Pablo Oriol, Fernando Rodríguez
Design team
Adrián Sánchez Castellano
Collaborators
MEP services: DH Ecoenergías. Structure: Mecanismo Ingeniería. Quantity surveyor: Jesús Eguren. Landscape: Juan Tur. Facade: Nummit. Measurments: Marc Buxó
Built area
Gross floor area 1960 m², Usable floor area 1833 m²
Material
In-situ concrete base with formwork based on drainage sheet Danodren 2 Reinforced concrete slab floors. Structural steel with standardized open profiles, applied intumescent, anticorrosive, and lacquered protection Exterior doors in galvanized steel sheet on substructure of tubular metal frames. Interior doors in galvanized steel sheet. Stairs in galvanized steel sheet on galvanized metal profiles. Balustrades in galvanized steel tube. Roof formed by corrugated sheet, insulation, and TPO membrane on the exterior. Facade made of fluted polycarbonate
Typology
Industrial, Energy Plant
We believe that it is right to conceive the building in a modern, true, simple, yet humble way. That is why we work with an exposed concrete structure that corresponds to the character of an industrial building (workshop, garage) in combination with natural materials such as wood (large garage door panels), glass, steel, and green roof.
Project name
Technical Services Base Lysolaje
Architecture firm
PROGRES architekti
Location
Květová Street, Prague – Lysolaje, Czech Republic
Photography
Alex Shoots Buildings
Principal architect
Jan Kalivoda, Vojtěch Kaas
Design team
Michal Svoboda, Tereza Soubustová
Collaborators
Losík statika (Statics)
Material
Concrete – columns, trusses, ceilings, floor. Steel – stairs, grates, doors. Shaped glass – atrium wall. Wood – doors, furniture
Client
District Prague – Lysolaje
Typology
Industrial › Office Building
In the north-western part of South Tyrol, at the edge of the Ötztal Alps, lies the alpine farming village of Planeil at 1600m above sea level. As one of the driest areas in this region the mountain streams, such as the Puni River, are central lifelines for agriculture and local artisans. Another important use of the water is the use of hydroelectri...
Project name
Hydroelectric Power Station 'Punibach'
Architecture firm
monovolume architecture + design
Location
Mals, South Tyrol, Italy
Design team
Simon Constantini, Benjamin Gaensbacher
Structural engineer
Otmar Pattis
Material
Exposed concrete and larch wood
Client
Puni Energy Limited Company
Typology
Industrial › Hydroelectric Power Station
Settled into the picturesque hills of the Krasnodar region in the South of Russia not far from Anapa, a new winery under the Cote Rocheuse label is designed by architect Alexander Balabin - founder and chief architect of Severin Project architectural bureau (Moscow, Russia).
Project name
Cote Rocheuse Winery, Anapa, Krasnodar Region, Russia
Architecture firm
Severin Proekt, Moscow
Location
Varvarovka Village, Anapa, Krasnodar Region, Russia
Photography
Severin Proekt and Daniel Annenkov
Principal architect
Alexander Balabin
Typology
Industrial › Winery
On the Hembrug terrain in Zaandam, an area of 42,5 hectares, a monumental industrial site has been transformed by Studio Modijefsky into the home and studio of an artist couple. The studio has joined forces with the client’s atelier, Studio Molen, for the design and realization of bronze details and custom light elements; this collaboration resulte...
Interior design
Studio Modijefsky
Location
Zaandam, The Netherlands
Photography
Maarten Willemstein
Design team
Studio Modijefsky; Esther Stam, Moene van Werven, Zahra Rajaei, Karen Man Lai Cheng
Collaborators
Studio Molen
Material
Oak Wood, Brass, Steel
Typology
Residential, gallery space, artist studio
Cubes is located on a plot of land with an area of 5015 square meters in Shamsabad Industrial Park, 5 km away from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the south of Tehran. Most of the buildings in the park are aesthetically lacking metal structures.
Project name
Cubes Warehouse
Architecture firm
Nazar Idea Paidar Company
Principal architect
Nushin Samavaki
Design team
Nazar Idea Paidar Company
Collaborators
Mohammad Nazarnia (Project Manager)
Interior design
Nazar Idea Paidar Company
Built area
3787 m². Area Office Building: 1023 m². Area 2 Warehouses: 2764 m²
Civil engineer
Mohammad Nazarnia
Structural engineer
Ramin Haji Mohammadrezaei
Tools used
Autocad, Revit, SketchUp, Autosedk 3D Studio Max, Etabs, Sap, Safe, MS Project
Construction
Mohammad Nazarnia
Material
Concrete, Steel, Glass
Typology
Industrial › Warehouse
