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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Biokilab Laboratories in Miñano Mayor, Spain by Taller Básico De ArquitecturaMay 11th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Taller Básico De Arquitectura Two boxes in the air and a structure as architecture: The technology Park of Vitoria colonizes a little bit of nature. The quality of the site and its steepness make us question where to build. Two boxes made from air rise above the slope. The structure become architecture carries on its shoulders these boxes, showing a new plane. This new place is signed by the novelty of the time of this research center. We investigate new ways of entering new places. Our place appears on a new level, determined by a four-legged and colorful structure. Two hollow boxes of concrete inhabit this new place on the structure. The whole complex in a permanent flight reveals a new gravity.  Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas
 Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas Quadruped anatomies: The metallic structure that raises the boxes in the air is a quadruped structure. Its two horizontal elements form a cross inscribed in the square floor of the boxes. The sides of these floors measure twelve and thirteen meters respectively. The horizontal beams are two IPE 500 where the boxes rest, avoiding any interlocking. Consequently, the structure is visible in its entirety.
 Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas The ends of the beams join four vertical elements respectively, which become the legs of this quadruped anatomy. Legs are as wide as beams, managing a continuity that makes all the pieces be understood as a unique element. Different lengths of the legs are required because of the elevation of the boxes over the slope, which remains unaltered. Each quadruped structure is painted in deep red.  Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas The structure of the box: Concrete boxes rest on quadruped structures. As mentioned before, these structures avoid the alteration of nature. The box is thought as a second structure that replaces walls with beams and roofs with double slabs. The vertical faces of the box are beams as high as the box. These wall-beams have only one hole, defined by the maximum dimensions that let the beams work properly.  Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas The horizontal face of the box is a reinforced double slab. Outside, the concrete structure is visible on all faces of the box. Inside, plaster boards cover the structure. The window frame, drawn as a single line, stays hidden between both sheets. Its disappearance enables a simultaneous lecture of upper and back sides of the box. The gap between sheets, both in walls and slabs, contains all building systems, as plumbing, electricity, voice and data. This net of systems solves the flexibility needed by the laboratory for its continuous transformation.  Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas  Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas  Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas  Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas  Image Courtesy © José Manuel Cutillas  Image courtesy Taller Básico De Arquitectura  Image courtesy Taller Básico De Arquitectura  Image courtesy Taller Básico De Arquitectura  Image courtesy Taller Básico De Arquitectura  Image courtesy Taller Básico De Arquitectura
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