Originally designed by an engineer, during our first visit to LH135 we found an old industrial building, characterized by a concrete structure of regular columns and beams, terrazzo floor tiles pavement, a granite lobby and an imposing limestone façade. As opposed to completely transforming the space, our main concept sought to embrace the valuable elements of the original industrial design, restore and leave them exposed, highlighting original features, and liven up the office spaces by applying, what we called, "the joy of color", forging a relationship between the old and new architecture. Inspired by the yellow color, which had recently been use to mark paths on the floor of the car parking, we decided that this color would invade all the common areas, with only the existing terrazzo floor standing out from the bold hue. Each office will be a different world, pink, white, orange… We painted the ceilings with these colors to unify the “sky” of each office, since it is the only area where nothing can be reached, except the glance… In addition with the solids blocks of color on the ceiling, all the recovered elements, such as the rough gray texture of the exposed concrete columns and the pattern of the existing terrazzo flooring are further highlighted.
LH135. Restoration of existing office building in Madrid
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