75 Envases | Innovative Industrial Architecture For A Quality Workplace
In collaboration with VI17 Architects
Service
Architecture
Sector
Civic, Industrial
Client
Fundación Ciudad del Embase y del Embalaje
Location
Calahorra, Spain
Area
0.57 Ha
Project Status
Tender
The upcoming Centro Nacional Tecnologías del Envases, or National Packaging Research Center, will be a modern building serving as an architectural, technological, and sustainable excellence icon. The design of 75 Envases reflects the company’s ethos of sustainable and innovative solutions.
75 Envases focuses on providing high-quality workspaces that prioritise the well-being of its occupants. Designing the building with a longitudinal axis promotes accessible communication and connection between its various multidisciplinary spaces.
The project embraces a prefabrication approach to streamline construction processes and allow for seamless future expansion. The building features a wooden modular construction.
75 Envases will become a hallmark of the ‘Ciudad del Envase y el Embalaje’ Foundation, demonstrating a new era of sustainable industrial architecture that is both innovative and eco-friendly.
Adaptive Container Concept
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75 Envases is a single facility that prioritises space optimisation using modular units measuring 10 x 10m.
Unlike traditional industrial buildings, this facility emphasises longitudinal expansion, resulting in a sprawling central axis that is the hub for fluid communication and interconnections among various multidisciplinary spaces. Each modular unit offers high adaptability and repeatability, making customising the facility according to specific needs easy.
The building includes strategically rotated roofs at 45-degree angles, oriented towards the south to harness solar energy efficiently. A double-skin facade also helps to ensure optimal visual relationships with the surrounding environment, with the west facade facing Los Agudos and the east opening up to the Ebro riverbank.
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An inviting open patio at the facility’s centre harmonises the interior spaces with the plot’s natural embrace. The ground floor layout and permeable access routes around the courtyard ensure a dynamic entrance, seamlessly connecting the outdoors and indoors. The circular roof then became the foundation of an extended pavilion.
To create a healthy environment and optimise natural light and ventilation throughout the structure, we transformed the outdoor spaces into natural refuges and quality workplaces through landscaping.
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Flexibility of Modularisation
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We can effortlessly combine various materials and elements using prefabrication and modularisation. This approach enables us to construct structures more efficiently and sustainably, making the building process faster and less expensive.
Local pine wood became a defining material to reduce waste and enhance the project’s eco-friendly footprint. Furthermore, the constructive nature of the structure is complemented by maintained, exposed slabs within the building.
The lightweight wooden structure has contributed to a visually pleasing aesthetic while significantly reducing carbon emissions.
This project has employed innovative active systems, including heat recuperators and a roof adorned with photovoltaic panels. These systems work cohesively for energy efficiency and create a building with lesser energy consumption.
