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 

• Architects: Taller Básico De Arquitectura
• Project: Biokilab Laboratories
• Location: Álava, Miñano Mayor, Spain
• Photography: José Manuel Cutillas
• Developer: BIOKILAB SL.
• Building Company: CONSTRUCCIONES HIERRO LOPEZ DE ARBINA SA.
• Project Architects: JAVIER PÉREZ HERRERAS, Fco. JAVIER QUINTANA DE UÑA, EDURNE PÉREZ DÍAZ DE ARCAYA, XABIER ILUNDAIN MADURGA, LEIRE ZALDUA AMUNDARAIN, DAVID SANTAMARIA OZCOIDI, LAURA ELVIRA TEJEDOR
• Construction manager: JAVIER PÉREZ HERRERAS, Fco. JAVIER QUINTANA DE UÑA, EDURNE PÉREZ DÍAZ DE ARCAYA
• Area: 342,8 m2
• Start date: 2^nd of September of 2009
• End date: 22th of July of 2010