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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. LoCa Studio Office in Barcelona, SpainMarch 10th, 2019 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: LoCa Studio LoCa Studio is locate in a fantastic space in one of the Barcelona centers, next to Plaza de España. The office is in an industrial warehouse that served the first Feria de Barcelona (Barcelona Fair), build for the International Exhibition of 1929. The old industrial warehouse was shifted later to storages and today has become a complex of galleries and studios focus on art and design. One of this spaces is occupied by LoCa Studio, a little industrial building of 9m height with two mezzanine floors on the extremes that left free the middle and higher space.  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia
 Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia The work of renovation and transformation, from its previous use as a storage, was: reconnecting the mezzanines, promote the entrance of natural light inside and kept the proportions of the original industrial space. To succeed on this, the original container was freed taking out the original tiny distribution, the workplaces were set, the mezzanines were connected through a bridge, the façade was open taking advantage of an existing arc in the wall, a meeting room was organized downstairs in the back to capitalize its natural protection and quiet, and furniture was produced according for works in the Studio.  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia Works of distribution and furniture were realized mostly by two craft men: the blacksmith and the carpenter with whom hybrid solutions were shaped. Likewise, construction elements were minimized to ease construction and reduce costs. Those were limited to: T metal profile of 40mm, wooden profile of 45mm, white melamine no treated edge of 22mm and birch plywood of 22mm.  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia The result is a comfortable and wide space that promote collaboration and work between the members of the studio. The use of the mezzanines and the organization of the workstations make possible dive the team in groups and activities. In the other hand, the bridge, the double height and the resting net generates a meeting space always present. A central space that due its proportions and the reduced number of members in the team, promotes the good feeling and a family feeling and close, which is the company’s core.  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia  Image Courtesy © Carlos Garmendia  Image Courtesy © LoCa Studio  Image Courtesy © LoCa Studio  Image Courtesy © LoCa Studio  Image Courtesy © LoCa Studio
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