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Alphatex's new workshop
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Beijing, China
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Alphatex's new workshop
Beijing, China
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2020
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
Unknown
An industrial building is often regarded boring and unattractive. Despite a mediocre site and a relatively low budget, we attempted to create a balance between function, form, and cost by manipulating the building through materials and colors. It's a combined effort of the client, the architect, and the builder.
This new workshop building for a textile factory is in Beijing, China. The clients of the company are some well-known international brands, such as Hermes, Burberry, etc., so the corresponding requirements on the building quality are much higher than ordinary workshops.
As the project is in an industrial park, the surrounding environment of the site features mostly factories and no special environmental elements to respond to. Therefore, the architectural design focused on the spatial qualities of the building’s own interior. In terms of internal layout, the plan needs to be efficient and compact due to technological requirements, so resulting in a graceful rectangle. The building occupies one side of the site, while the other side is occupied by a sloping lawn which gradually slides towards a parking space on the stilt floor. This allows light and views into the open floors.
In terms of the form, the building has two open floors, which form various platforms through the displacement between different levels. These platforms and the two open floors further form a continuous “blank space”. Circulation then connects these “blank spaces”. These “blank spaces” provide public areas for people to rest and communicate, transforming the dull factory with overlapping functions into a lively and user-friendly space.
The floor plan is very efficient. The rectangular layout consists of a 5-meter-wide service space and an 18-meter-wide working space. Service space includes freight elevator, toilet, staircase, pipe well, equipment room, etc. The large working space can satisfy flexible arrangements and adjust according to future needs. There is a modular relationship between the dimensions of the partition between the structural column grid, the external glazing, and the suspended ceiling boards of the open floors.
The external wall of the service space is painted in gray with partial openings. The three facades of the large working space are covered with full height glazing to allow maximum daylight. Grey frames with 200mm thickness are installed outside the glazing, reinforcing the modular unit while storing electric louvers, which can adjust to the change of weather and wind, therefore reducing summer indoor energy consumption. In winter, heat generated by the textile machines contributes to achieving a balanced indoor temperature.
All external circulation elements are colored in red to create a sharp contrast with the large areas of grey external walls.
At the top of the interior space are grids of utility equipment pipes. They are orderly arranged to stabilize the atmosphere of the space. Even throughout daily activities and hectic production scenarios, a duality relationship of the spatial balance can be formed between the dynamic production layer underneath and the organized ductwork layer above.
This new workshop building for a textile factory is in Beijing, China. The clients of the company are some well-known international brands, such as Hermes, Burberry, etc., so the corresponding requirements on the building quality are much higher than ordinary workshops.
As the project is in an industrial park, the surrounding environment of the site features mostly factories and no special environmental elements to respond to. Therefore, the architectural design focused on the spatial qualities of the building’s own interior. In terms of internal layout, the plan needs to be efficient and compact due to technological requirements, so resulting in a graceful rectangle. The building occupies one side of the site, while the other side is occupied by a sloping lawn which gradually slides towards a parking space on the stilt floor. This allows light and views into the open floors.
In terms of the form, the building has two open floors, which form various platforms through the displacement between different levels. These platforms and the two open floors further form a continuous “blank space”. Circulation then connects these “blank spaces”. These “blank spaces” provide public areas for people to rest and communicate, transforming the dull factory with overlapping functions into a lively and user-friendly space.
The floor plan is very efficient. The rectangular layout consists of a 5-meter-wide service space and an 18-meter-wide working space. Service space includes freight elevator, toilet, staircase, pipe well, equipment room, etc. The large working space can satisfy flexible arrangements and adjust according to future needs. There is a modular relationship between the dimensions of the partition between the structural column grid, the external glazing, and the suspended ceiling boards of the open floors.
The external wall of the service space is painted in gray with partial openings. The three facades of the large working space are covered with full height glazing to allow maximum daylight. Grey frames with 200mm thickness are installed outside the glazing, reinforcing the modular unit while storing electric louvers, which can adjust to the change of weather and wind, therefore reducing summer indoor energy consumption. In winter, heat generated by the textile machines contributes to achieving a balanced indoor temperature.
All external circulation elements are colored in red to create a sharp contrast with the large areas of grey external walls.
At the top of the interior space are grids of utility equipment pipes. They are orderly arranged to stabilize the atmosphere of the space. Even throughout daily activities and hectic production scenarios, a duality relationship of the spatial balance can be formed between the dynamic production layer underneath and the organized ductwork layer above.
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